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H I S T O R Y 



TOWN OF RINDGE, 



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NEW HAMPSHIRE, -^ 



FROM THE DATE OF THE 



ROWLEY CANADA OR MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER, 

TO THE PRESENT TIME, 

1736— 1874, 

WITH A 

GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 

OF THE 

RINDGE FAMILIES, 



EZRA S. STEARNS. 



" Who so shall telle a tale after a man, 
He inoste reherse, as iieighe as ever he can, 
Everich word, if it be in his charge. 
All speke he never so rudely and so large; 
Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe. 
Or feinen thinges or linden wordes newe." 

Prologue to Canterbury Tales. 



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BOSTON: ' 

PRESS OF GEORGE H. ELLIS. 

1875- • 






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The preservation of the history of our own New Englaj^d, 
... is but a just and affectionate tribute to the memory of 
those worthy men who here planted the germs of american 
civilization, which have not only budded and blossomed, but 
have borne abundant fruit; who here established those immu- 
table principles of justice, equal laws, and equal rights, 
which have made our nation independent and free in the most 
noble sense — a shining example to the world, —and which, like 
the spirit of light moving on the face of the dark waters, 

SHALL ILLUMINE THE ENTIRE GLOBE. . . . AnD WHAT MORE PRE- 
CIOUS TESTIMONIAL OF YOUR LOVE OF KINDRED AND HOME CAN YOU 
LEAVE, THAN THAT WHICH PROVIDES FOB THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 
HISTORY OF YOUR ANCESTORS, YOURSELF AND FAMILY, TO FUTURE GEN- 
ERATIONS! How CONSOLING THE THOUGHT, THAT WHEN YOU SHALL 
HAVE BEEN GATHERED TO YOUB FATHERS, THIS HISTORY SHALL LIVE 
THROUGH ALL COMING TIME AS A PRECIOUS INHERITANCE TO YOUR DE- 
SCENDANTS ! This is a trust which Providence has confided to 
YOUR care; and ^YUo so dead to sympathy and affection, to 

KINDRED AND COUNTRY, THAT HE WOULD NOT PRESERVE THE RECORD 
OF HIS ANCESTORS, THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH, THE HOME OF HIS CHILD- 
HOOD, AND THE SACRED SPOT WHERE REPOSE THE LOVED AND LOST 
ONES OF earth! 

Hon. Marshall Pinckney Wilder. 



PREFACE. 



Prefaces to works of this character are generally lugu- 
brious affairs, penned with a weary hand, and tinged with 
the lassitude of a jaded brain. These brief lines, like the 
Song of Miriam, shall rather proclaim deliverance from a 
prolonged labor, as they joyfully announce a task performed 
and a duty done. The constant employment of these many 
months has not been altogether tiresome and monotonous. 
The study of the character of our fathers, and the constant 
testimony of the steady purpose and consistent obedience to 
duty which crowned their lives with triumphs and suc- 
cesses, have awakened a firmer faith in the inherent strength 
and moral courage of mankind. During these years a 
forest has been leveled, and the green glasses and fruitful 
products of a virgin soil have sprung up in a most capti- 
vating luxuriance. Sturdy men, seeking homes for their 
wives and children, have appeared upon the scene, to fulfill 
the mission of their active, useful lives, and have been laid . 
in graves from which their vigorous strokes in the prime of 
manhood's strength removed the monarchs of the forest, and 
are now sleeping beneath the sunshine which the}^ let in to 
warm the surface of the earth. Another and another gen- 
eration have followed, and in their turn have been gathered 
to the dust of their fathers. 

But none has possessed the manly form, the proud 
bearing, the firm faith, and frank honesty which crowned 



2 PREFACE. 

as Nature's kings the sturdy settlers who first awoke the 
echoes of the forest with their hearty strokes, and amid the 
dying flame and fading smoke hopefully reared their rude 
cabins, and thither conducted their wives and children. 
They erected meeting-houses, settled ministers, established 
schools, and promptly joined their brethren in arms in the 
cause of national independence. The chapters relating to 
these several subjects have been carefully written. 

Throughout the following pages a broad distinction has 
been maintained between fact and tradition, and nothing- 
has been stated which was not believed to be true. With 
charity for error when discovered, and censure restrained by 
a strict adherence to truth, it is hoped there will appear no 
occasion for disapprobation of the motive, although the 
scholar may justly complain of hurried, and frequently of 
careless, composition. 

While it has been the constant aim of the author to 
narrate facts and recount the deeds of men, he has also 
attempted to portray the lives, the characters, and the 
passions of the people, and to present the most prominent 
features of the manners and customs of the times. How 
far he has succeeded, or wherein he has failed, must be 
judged by the readers of the following pages. 

The material for several chapters of this volume has 
been accumulating for many years. During several sessions 
of the Legislature many hours' have been devoted to an 
examination of the papers, records, and documents which 
are deposited in the State House, and much valuable infor- 
mation was thus secured. The cliapters devoted to the 
Revolutionary history of this town are more particularly 
indebted to these researches. A search of several days 
among the Massachusetts State Archives furnished consid- 
erable information of the grant of Rowley Canada by the 



PREFACE. 3 

Province of Massachusetts ; and the records of this town 
have been daily consulted during the progress of the work. 

The citizens of Rindge, from whom the author, at all 
times, has received the most considerate treatment, have not 
been indifferent to the undertaking, and the kindly interest 
manifested by very many has been a constant pleasure and 
encouragement from the beginning. At a legal meeting held 
August 11, 1874, an appropriation of five hundred dollars 
was voted the author on certain conditions, and a committee 
was chosen to carry the vote into effect. With this com- 
mittee a contract was made by which they, in behalf of the 
town, were to publish an edition of four hundred copies, and 
to have the exclusive sale of the book in the town of Rindge 
until they had disposed of two hundred and fifty copies. 
Of the remaining one hundred and fifty copies, not more 
than ten is to be sold in any one year, which provision will 
reserve a part of the town's edition to meet future demands ; 
while the author, having the benefit of the type, has been 
at no part of the expense of composition, and has been at 
liberty to publish an unlimited edition, which he is per- 
mitted to dispose of to any person not a resident of this 
town. The cost of publication has been less than at first 
was anticipated, and for this reason the author has not 
received the full benefit that was intended by the generous 
action of the town ; but as made the contract has been 
honorably and faithfully fulfilled. To Zebulon Converse, 
Samuel W. Fletcher, Joel Wellington, James B. Robbins, 
and Daniel H. Sargent, Esqrs., the members of the com- 
mittee, the author extends the most grateful acknowledg- 
ment of courteous treatment, and of the faithful effort 
which has secured a volume that in mechanical appearance 
is far superior to its literary merit. 

In the mention of any town the State is also generally 



4 PREFACE. 

stated ; Init in the frequent occurrence of the names of the 
border towns of Winchendon and Ashlmrnham, in Massa- 
chusetts, of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Sharon, and New Ipswich, 
in New Hampshire, the name of the State is purposely 
omitted. 

More time and labor was given to the genealogies than 
to the former portion of the volume. The multitude of 
names and dates was drawn from very many sources. 
Witliout the cheering assistance of many friends, both in 
Rindge and abroad, the family registers, which now contain 
above five thousand names, exclusive of those who have 
intermarried with the Rindge families, would have been less 
complete. While all who have rendered assistance are grate- 
fully remembered, I cannot refrain from an acknowledgment 
of polite attention and valuable assistance from Robert 
Safeord Hale, LL.D., of ElizaV)ethtown, N. Y., John Ward 
Dean, A.M., the efficient librarian of the New England 
Historic Genealogical Society, the late George A. Cunning- 
ham, Esq., of Lunenburg, Mass., Benjamin Cutter, Esq., of 
Jaffrey, Drs. Albert Smith and D. B. Cutter, of Peterboro, 
N. H., Amos J. Blake, Esq., of Fitzwilliam, and Hiram 
Blake, Esq., of Iveene, N. H. ; and also many others who 
have furnished records of their own and of collateral 
families. 

That the following pages may prove acceptable to his 
townsmen, and afford a measure of enjoyment and profit to . 
the general reader, and be found of some value to the 
genealogist and historian, is the hope that has encouraged 
the author from the beginning. 



Ezra S. Stearns. 



Rindge, January 1, 1875. 



CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 

Location. — Area. — Hills. = — Water Courses. — Lakes. — Fish. — Wild 
Animals. — Arboreal Products. — Scenery. 13 — 22. 

CHAPTER I. 

THE GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA BY TEE PROVINCE OF 
MA SSA CHU SETTS. 

Sir William Phipps. — Expedition to Canada, 1690. — Its Influence upon 
the History of Rindge. — First mention of Abel Platts. — The Char- 
ter. — Plan and Description of the Boundaries of Rowley Canada. — 
Ezekiel Jewett. — Location of the Boundary Line between the 
Provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. — Forfeiture of 
the Charter. 23 — 38. 

CHAPTER II. 

THE SECOND, OR MASONIAN, CHARTER. 

Conflict of Titles. — Grant of Land in New Hampshire to Capt. John 
Mason. — Confirmation of the Grant to John Tufton Mason. — Its 
Sale to Atkinson and others. — The Masonian Charter, or Grant, of 
Monadnock Number One. — Influence of the former Charter. — Th*- 
Western Boundary of the Masonian Patent. — The Cui-ved Line. — 
Gen. Joseph Blanchard. — The Charter, and Survey of the Town- 
ship. — Drawing of the Lots. — Settlements. — Conflict of Titles. — 
Lawsuit with Joseph Platts. — The Last French War. — Indians and 
Indian Relics. 39 — 65. 
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6 CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER III. 

RECORD OF SETTLEMENTS, 1758 — 1708. 

Amended Fortunes. — Retrospect. — Roads Laid Out. — Saw-Mill. — 
Labor upon Highways. — Severe Drought. — The Common. — Delin- 
quent Tax-payers. — Rev. Deth Dean ordained. — Incorporation first 
Proposed. — Census of 1767. 66 — 80. 

CHAPTER IV. 

A RECORD FROM THE INCORPORATION TO THE 
REVOLUTION. 

Town Incorporated. — Origin of the Nan^e. — The Charter. — Town- 
Meetings. — Warning out of Town. — Settlements. — John Fitch. 
81 — 99. 

CHAPTER V. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY — 1115 AND 1770. 

The Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Census of 1775. — Conven- 
tion at Keene. — Delegate chosen to attend the Provincial Con- 
gress. — Convention at Walpole. — Town-Meeting Warrants. — 
Minute-Men. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety for 1775. — 
Battle of Lexington. — RoU of Captain Hale's Company. — Captain 
Philip Thomas' Company. — Battle of Bunker HiU. — Lovejoy, 
Adams, and Carleton Killed. — Loss of Arms and Clothing. — The 
Company Continues in the Sei-vice. — Enoch Hale Appointed Colonel 
of the Fom'teenth Regiment. — Training Bands and Alarm Lists. — 
List of Officers. — Importance given to Military Titles. — Selectmen 
and Committee of Safety for 1776. — Conventions at Walpole and 
Hanover. — Association Test. — Captain Parker's Company. — Colonel 
Baldwin's Regiment. — Other Enlistments. — Scarcity of Salt. 
100 — 128. 

CHAPTER VI. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY — 1111. 

.A.larm and Defensive Measures. — Report of Col. Hale. — Alarm at 
Ticonderoga. — Fourteen Men in Capt. Brown's Company. — Capt. 



CONTENTS. 7 

Stone's Company. — Capt. Stone's Letter. — Vermont asks for 
Assistance. — Twenty-four Men in Stark's Brigade. — Capt. Rand's 
Company. — Casualties. — Sentiment and Votes of the Town. — 
Small-Pox. — A Season of Sickness. — Col. Nathan Hale. — Charges 
not Sustained. — Daniel Russell. — Letters of Col. Enoch Hale. 
129—160. 

CHAPTER VII. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. — 1778 — 178L 

Auspicious Omens. — Depreciation of Currency. — New Recruits. — Cas- 
ualties. — Expedition to Rhode Island. — Col. Enoch Hale's Regi- 
ment. — Taxation. — Powder. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety 
for 1778 and 1779. — Enlistments. — Record of Soldiers. — Capt. 
Othniel Thomas. — Tobe Cutler. — Bounties paid by the Town. — 
Other Soldiers from Rindge. — Selectmen for 1781. — Scale of Depre- 
ciation. — Beef and Rum Tax. — Money Tax paid to the State. — 
Contention between New Hampshire and Vei-mont. 161 — 177. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE.— ADOPTION OF 
THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS. 

Rindge Classed with Jaffrey and Sharon. — Representatives not allowed 
Seats in the Assembly, 1775. — Enoch Hale and William Smiley. — 
First Constitution Rejected, 1779. — Second Constitution Adopted, 
1783. — Amendments, 1792. — Federal Constitution. — Removal of 
Col. Enoch Hale. 178 — 184. 

CHAPTER IX. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Early Efforts to Secure Preaching. — Mr. Swan. — The Call Extended to 
Timothy Walker declined. — Rev. Seth Dean settled. — Church 
Embodied. — Withdrawal and Discipline of the Baptists. — Mr. 
Dean's Salary. — Loss Sustained by Depreciation of the Currency. — 
His Dismissal and Character. — Seth Payson called. — Letter of 
Acceptance. — Ordination. — Owning the Covenant. — Successful 



5 CONTENTS. 

Ministry of Dr. Payson. — His Salary. — Death of Dr. Payson. — His 
Character. — Call extended to Mr. Demond and to Mr. Goodell. — 
Mr. Burnham preaches in Rindge. — Accepts a Call. — Ordina- 
tion. — His Prolonged Ministry. — Personal Notice. — Era of Sup- 
plies. — Installation of Mr. Clark. 185 — 226. 

CHAPTER X. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 

Charter Stipulations concerning Meeting-Houses. — The Common. — 
Fears of the Indians. — Voted to Build a Meeting-House. — Building 
Raised. — Cost of First Meeting-House. — House Occupied. — Seat- 
ing of the Meeting-House. — Second Meeting-House Built. — Cost of 
Building. — Preparations for the Raising. — Dedication. — Member^ 
of other Denominations excused from the Ministerial Tax. — Relig- 
ious Society Organized. — The Methodists ask for Privileges in the 
Meeting-House. — Town Grants the Society liberty to Remodel the 
Meeting-House. — Extensive Repairs Made. — Internal Arrange- 
ment. — Repairs made in 1870. — Reduction of Society Debt. 
227 — 257. 

CHAPTER XL 

THE METHODIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 

Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — Father Taylor. — First Meeting- 
House. — Society Organized. — Second Meeting-House. — New Con- 
stitutions of the Society. — Early Members. — Ministerial Fund. — 
Peterborough and Rindge Circuit. — Rindge and Richmond Circuit. 
— Rindge made a Station. — The Clergy. 258 — 263. 

CHAPTER Xn. 

SACRED MUSIC. 

Attention Early Paid to this Subject. — First Choristers. — Lining the 
Hymn. — Fugues. — Instruments and Players. — Anecdote. — Sing- 
ing Schools. — Other Choristers. — New Organ. 264 — 272. 



CONTENTS. 9 

CHAPTER XIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

Home Instruction. — The First Appropriation for Schools. — Five School 
Districts. — Early Instructors. — "Wages of Teachers. — A New Era. 

— Text Books. — Organization of Districts. — Boundaries Defined. 

— Prudential Committees. — Supervision. — Private Schools. — Ex- 
hibitions. — Names of School Committees. 273 — 294. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 

Inconveniences Experienced by the Early Settlers. — The First Saw- 
Mill. — Grist^Mill. — Hopkinson's Mill. — Robbins' Mill. — Tarbell 
MiU. — Platts' Mill. — Asa Cole. — Tanneries. — Shoes. — Clothes- 
pins. — Nest - Boxes. — Pails. — Clothiers. — Bobbins and Spools. — 
Miscellaneous. 295 — 309. 

CHAPTER XV. 

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 

Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Importance of Town Meetings. — 
Resolutions Adopted. — Spontaneous Meetings. — War Committee 
Chosen. — Presentation of a Sword to Capt. Converse. — Sudden 
Death of Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq. — Names and Character of the 
Soldiers. — Record of Sixth Regiment, 1862. — Additional Bounties 
Offered. — Soldiers in the Ninth, Foiu-teenth, and Sixteenth Regi- 
ments. — Record, 1863. — Draft. — Regiment of Cavalry. — Substi- 
tutes for Enrolled Men. — Last Quota FiUed. — Surgeons Darling, 
Abbott, and Norcross. — Others in the Service. — Payments by the 
War Committee, and for Bounties. — List of Selectmen. — Soldiers 
Aid Society. — Tablets. 310 — 330. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS, AND A LIST OF 
COLLEGE GRADUATES. 

Edward Payson. — Asa Rand. — Marshall P. Wilder. — Ezekiel Jewett. 
— George P. Barker. — Amasa Norcross. — Ira Russell. — Samuel 



10 CONTENTS. 

Burnham. — Albert S. Ingalls. — Lake Coffeen. — James Milliken. — 
James Walker. — Isaac Kimball. — Silas Wilder. — Charles Walker. 
— Charles Shedd. — William C.Richards. — George Shedd. — John 
P. Perry. — Joseph Brownlee Brown. — Charles W. Kimball. — How- 
ard Rand. — Frank H. Hardison. — Albert F. Norcross. 331 — 362. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

PHYSICIANS, LAWYERS, AND MERCHANTS. 

Drs. Morse, Palmer, Prescott, Townsend, Hartshorn, Whitney, Jewett, 
Shui'tleff, Abell, Abbott, Seyffarth, Darling, Symonds, Heard, Wat- 
son. — Noah R. Cook, and Benjamin Ward, Esqs. — Hale, Parker, 
the Wilders, Sherwin, IngaUs, Breed, Adams, Howe, Hale, Jennings, 
Raymond, Sawtell, Stearns, Fletcher, Emory. 363 — 382. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Tithing-Men. — Pauperism. — Turnpikes. — Post-OflBces. — Railroad. — 
War of 1812. — Centennial Celebration. — Libraries. — Mechanics' 
Hall. — Population. — Mortuary Record. — Longevity. — Representa- 
tives to the General Court. — Town Officers. — Justices of the 
Peace. — Measurement of Trees. 383 — 417. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 

MEETING-HOUSE 240 

REV. AMOS W. BURNHAM, D. D 222 

HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER 340 

COL. EZEKIEL JEWETT 346 

DR. IRA RUSSELL 351 

SAMUEL BURNHAM, A. M 353 

SAMUEL L. WILDER, Esq 377 

THOMAS INGALLS, Esq 380 

JOSHUA CONVERSE, Esq 486 

ELIPHALET HALE, Esq 545 

HARRY HALE, Esq 546 

HON. ERASTUS RUGG 666 

THOMAS SHERWIN, A. M 692 



INTRODUCTION. 



Location. — Area. — Hills. — Water Courses. — Lakes. ■ — Fish. — Wild 
Animals. — Arboral Products. — Scenery. 

RiNDGE is the most eastern of the five towns in Cheshire 
County in New Hampshire, bordering upon Massachusetts, 
and is bounded north, 1,898 rods, by Jaffrey, and 513 rods by 
Sharon ; east, 1,694 rods, by New Ipswich ; south by Ash- 
burnham and Winchendon, Mass. ; and west, 1,730 rods, by 
Fitzwilliam. The centre of the town is twenty miles south- 
east from Keene, and fifty miles southwest from Concord, 
and is in latitude 42°, 4.V north, and longitude 72° west, or 
4°, 7' east from Washington. In outline the town is rhom- 
boid, the boundary lines inclining about two degrees east of 
north, and about twelve degrees north of west. The area is 
not far from 24,000 acres, of which about one-sixth is covered 
with water. 

The surface is hilly. There are no chains or ranges of 
hills in this town, and no elevation is prominent above many 
others. The similarity of many of the rounded, mound-like 
forms of the higher elevations is a prominent feature of the 
landscape. Very few of the hills are abrupt or broken in 
outline, and nearly all are fertile to their summits. Numer- 
ous farm-buildings, situated on the height of these elevations, 
are the centres of the most productive farms ; and, in marked 
contrast with manv other sections of New England, the 



14 HISTORY OF BINDGE, 

forests and wild lands are in the valleys and upon the plains, 
leaving the hills for grazing and tillage. The prevailing 
stone is granite, which abounds more in the form of boulders 
than of ledges. Upon the farm of Samuel Martin, formerly 
of Ebenezer Blake, is found a decomposed rock, from which 
a coarse paint has been made for more than fifty years ; its 
color, a red, shading into brown, is owing to the presence of 
iron. Crystals of quartz are abundant in several jjortions of 
the town, and specimens of rare beauty and ])erfeetion of 
form are frequently secured. 

The town is well watered. The clay formation of the 
soil is well adapted to retain moisture, and springs of the 
purest water abound. The w^ater-courses are numerous, and 
all have their rise within the limits of the town. \ few 
small brooks from the western slope of the New Ipswich 
mountains, which, with one exception, are dry a j^ortion of 
each year, are only a partial exception to the general state- 
ment. 

The course of the streams is a certain index of the eleva- 
tion of a j)lace. Miller's and Contoocook Rivers have their 
rise in this town, and the water-shed, between the Connecti- 
cut and Merrimac River valleys, divides the town into two 
nearly equal portions. Here are several dwelling-houses, the 
water from one side of the roof of which finds its way into 
the Connecticut, and from the other side into the Merrimac, 
River. The northern slope of the township is drained into 
Long Pond, the head of the Contoocook River, flowing- 
through Jaflfrey and Peterborough, thence north and east 
emptying into Merrimac River a few miles north of Con(;ord. 
The southern slope is mostly drained into Monomonock l^ake, 
the head of Miller's River, which flows through Winchen- 
don ; thence west and south emptying into the Connecticut 
River near the town of Greenfield, Mass. The western por- 
tion of the town belongs to the southern slope, and is 
drained into Miller's River a few miles l)elow its rise. The 



INTR 01) UCTION. 1 5 

drainage of a small area in the southeast part of the town, 
including the stream from Pecker Pond, empties into the 
eastern branch of Miller's River in Ashburnham, which joins 
the northern branch from Monomonock Lake, at the reservoir 
of B. D. Whitney, Esq., in Winchendon. 

The ponds, inclusive of reservoirs, are thirteen in number, 
six in the northern and seven in the southern slope. The 
Monomonock Lake, the largest body of water, lies partly in 
Winchendon, but the greater portion is in this town. A 
dam, erected at the outlet, has raised the level at high water 
twelve feet above the natural surface. The present area is 
2,600 acres. It has been known by its present name, which 
is of Indian origin, from the date of the earliest settlements 
in this vicinity. The orthography of the name has experi- 
enced many changes, but in them all a similarity of sound 
has been preserved. Different people formerly wrote such 
names as the sound happened to strike them. Wonomenock 
was a form which was sometimes employed more than a 
hundred years ago. This and the other forms of spelling 
the word, wliich have prevailed, substantially preserve the 
Indian proniuiciation of the name. The orthography most 
current has been here employed, and is as good as any. The 
word is said to have been derived from Monon, or 3Ienan, an 
island, and ock, or auk^ signifying locality or place, and 
before the dam had raised the water above its natural level, 
two islands, now submerged, were prominent near the centre 
of the lake. 

Emerson Pond is a beautiful sheet of water, locked in 
the embrace of the surrounding hills. There are no streams 
flowing into it, and the pond is fed entirely by springs. The 
water is remarkably cool and clear. It has been designated 
by its present name since 1763, and perhaps for a longer 
period. This name is evidently derived from some member 
of the Emerson family, but the origin is unknown. The 
tradition, current in many such instances, that a man l^y this 



16 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

name was drowned in the pond, has not l)een withhekl, but 
shoidd be received with considerable allowance. The drain- 
age of this pond was originally from the eastern extremity. 
For nearly a century the water has been diverted from its 
natural channel, and conducted by the mills of A. S. Coffin, 
Esq., and thence into Monomonock Lake. The central por- 
tion of this body of water is in the eighth lot in the seventh 
range. 

Smith Pond, sometimes called Goddard Pond, on account 
of families of these names residing in the vicinity, was origi- 
nally one of the smallest ponds in town, comprising not 
more than thirty acres, and is situated in the corner of the 
second and third lots in the fifth and sixth ranges. A dam 
erected on the stream near the residence of Addison Bancroft 
forms a reservoir which has multiplied the area of this sheet 
of water. 

Tortoise Pond is appropriately named. The names of 
Sawtell Pond and Divoll Pond have been employed, but the 
former is the older and better name. The greater portion is 
in the second lot in the second range. The two latter ponds 
are drained by the East Pindge stream, thence by way of 
Converseville into Monomonock Lake. 

Pearly Pond is so called on account of the clearness 
of its waters. The name of Tarl)ell Pond has been more 
rarely employed. Portions of six lots are submerged by this 
pond. The central portion is in the eighteenth lot in the 
eighth range. 'J'he stream from this pond is an affluent of 
Miller's River. The junction is several miles below the 
outlet of Monomonock Lake. 

Mud Pond, a small body of water in the northwest corner 
of the town, is properly named. The drainage is into Pearly 
Pond. 

Pecker Pond, only a few acres in extent, covers a part of 
the fifth and sixtli lots in the first range. The course of the 
stream lias licen (U-scribcd. 



INTltOBUCTION. 17 

Long Pond, situated upon the borders of Jaffrey, with the 
exception of the Monomonock Lake, is the largest body of 
water in the township, and receives the drainage of the 
northern slope- 
Pool Pond derives its name from its circular form and its 
crystal waters. The greater portion is in the fifth lot in the 
eighth range. 

Grassy Pond, so called on account of the water-grasses 
which appear above its surface, is in the ninth and tenth lots 
in the eighth range. 

Bullet Pond takes its name naturally from the outline of 
the shore, and " round as a bullet " was a comparison early 
associated with tlie pond. The drainage is into Grassy 
Pond, thence into Pool, and thence into Long Pond. The 
original course of the stream from Grassy Pond was in a 
northern direction to Long Pond. The diversion of the 
stream from its natui-al channel was for the benefit of the 
mills at West Rindge. 

Hubbard Pond, situated in the fourth and fifth lots in 
the eighth and ninth ranges, was known by its present name 
previous to the incorporation of the town, and several years 
before any person of this name resided in Rindge. Jonathan 
Hubbard, Esq., never resided here, but he was one of the 
proprietors, and assisted in surveying the grant. Tradition 
says he fell from a log into this pond, and that the name 
preserves the story of his mishap. It is probable that the 
name of the pond is associated in some way with this gentle- 
man. As it is said to be easy to roll off a log, the tradition 
may be founded upon fact. Situated near, is Little Hub- 
])ard or ]Mud Pond. A dam has been built near the outlet 
of the latter, and in high water the two ponds are united in 
one. The drainage is into the eastern extremity of Long- 
Pond. 

In addition to these, there are several reservoirs or arti- 
ficial ponds in this town. Some of them, except in dry 



18 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

seasons, overflow many acres, and might proj)erly lie classed 
with the other ponds. At a former period there were other 
bodies of water in this town, the basins of which are now 
filled with deposit. The level of hard bottom in the Con- 
verse and in the Emor}- meadow is several feet lower than 
the natural outlet ; and until the deposit accumulated to 
the height of water-level they must have been submerged. 
Fragments of wood, impressions of leaves, and other vege- 
table growth, found at a considerable depth beneath the 
surface, are evidence that these basins have been filled at a 
comparatively recent period. Theories concerning a glacial 
period, and the action of ice upon the hills and valleys of 
Rindge, are not here advanced, llie evidences will remain, 
and the student of the present or of the future can draw his 
own conclusions. All the ponds and reservoirs abound with 
the fish common to the waters of this vicinity, and the fame 
of the enticing sport here afforded to the disciples of Izaak 
Walton has a wider celebrity than M'ould any descrijition 
contained within these pages. For future reference the 
varieties found here at present are given : the pickerel 
(^Esox reticulatus) \ brook trout {Sahno fo7it'maliis)\ perch 
{Perca fiavescens) ; shiner (^Stilhe chrysolencas)', bream or 
sunfish (^Pomotis vulgaris} ; chub or cheven (^Leuciscu.^ 
chephalus} ; black sucker ( Catostomuii) ; chub sucker, an- 
other of the same genus ; the minnow, or minim, a very 
small fish, and a specie of Leuciscus ; cat fish or horned 
pout (^Pimelodus catus). The common eel (^Anguilla tenu- 
irostru)^ and the lamprey eel, a species of the Petromyzon^ 
although rare, are sometimes taken from the ponds. 

The town was originally heavily wooded. Around the 
ponds were forests of an immense growth, which were the 
haunts of many wild animals common to the locality. The 
bear, wolf, and deer, which have a decided antipathy to civil- 
ization, and, either from instinct or sorrowful experience, a 
wholesome fear of man, were once abundant, and have visited 



INTROBUCTION. 19 

their former retreats within the memory of many persons 
now living. Evidences of the presence of the beaver are 
numerous. The last one killed in this town was by Jeremiah 
Russell, about 1780. The otter has not been exterminated. 
Several have been shot within the past twenty years, and 
their paths in the snow are still frequently seen. The mink, 
not as numerous as formerly, is found upon the borders of 
the brooks, and not a few are annually taken in traps, or 
become the mark of the su(^cessful sportsman. Muskrats art' 
abundant, and their rounded houses of mud and sticks art' 
found in many of the ponds. Foxes remain in great ninn- 
bers, and many are killed during the fall and winter months 
of each year. The woodchuck, the common varieties of the 
squirrel, the hare, and the cony rabbit are al)undant, and oc- 
casionally the sleepy porcupine is found in his quiet home 
within a hollow tree. The sly looks and cunning face of 
the raccoon have not disappeared. These animals are proba- 
bly more numerous than at some former periods. A well- 
trained dog and the mooidight of an autumn evening are the 
conditions of success in hunting these sagacious animals. 
The coon has been employed as a syml)ol in American 
politics, and whoever has studied their habits must acknowl- 
edge that by them the fox is excelled in cunning, and the 
cat in sly movements. 

The birds found here are such as are common to central 
New England, and need not be particularized. The wild 
goose, the black and gray duck, of migratory habits, visit 
the ponds in their spring and autumn transits. T\iv wood 
and dipper duck not unfrequently nest here, and can be 
found in their retreats during the summer and autumn. 
The loon or northern diver (^dAymhun glacialls^ during the 
summer months and early autumn is daily seen floating upon 
the lakes, or in its passage from one pond to another. They 
annually nest upon the islands, or upon the shore of Mono- 
monock I^ake, and occasionallv at Emerson P(uid. The 



20 HISTOEY OF BINDGE. 

sonorous whistle of the quail ( Ortij.r viryin/'anK^') is some- 
times heard, but this l)ird seldom nests in this latitude. 
Partridges {^Tetras itvihellus, or the Bonaxa vmhi'Uu>< of" 
Linnaeus,) are al)U]idant, and the loud whirring sound of 
their wings, as they burst away at the approach of visitors to 
their haunts, is the frequent accompaniment to a walk in the 
forests or partially-wooded wild lands. Their flesh is held 
in high esteem, and they are constantly pursued by the 
sportsman, and beset with many snares. The wild pigeon is 
much less abundant than formerly, and the plover, never 
very numerous, is rarely seen ; while the presence of the red- 
headed woodpecker, whose loud rapping upon the trees, 
mingled with the sound of the woodman's axe, is no longer 
of frequent occurrence. Other species of the genus Picus 
are still numerous. 

The prevailing arl)oral products are white pine, hemlock, 
spruce, maple, beach, and birch, which are found in all 
portions of the town. There are three varieties of the 
maple : the rock or sugar maple, Mdiite, and red ; the latter 
is found in the swamps and low lands. The birches are of 
the white or silver, gray, yellow, and black varieties. Groves 
of red oak were found in several localities, and isolated trees 
throughout the town ; but an increasing demand for this 
wood has greatly reduced the quantity. Pitch pine is not 
generally distributed, but is found in considerable quantity 
in several localities. Juniper, or tamarack, is found in all 
parts of the town, and maintains its relative abundance in 
the forests. Chestnut is abundant, and white and black ash 
cannot l)e considered of rare growth. White poplar is found 
in many forests, and is more plentiful than formerly. White 
willow, of rapid growth, lines the borders of the lakes, and 
mountain ash is as frei|uently discovered in the swamps as 
ujton the highest elevations. Fir ])alsams are scattered here 
and there tlirougliout the town. Leverwood, hornbeam, 
basswood, elm, l)]ack ;ind wild or j)igeon cherry, balm of 



INTRODUCTION. 21 

gilead, and wild j)ear are found in smaller quantities. 
Moosewood, with its large, broad leaves, flourishes beneath 
the shade of the forests. Black alder, bearing red berries, is 
seen upon the roadside, and tag alder lines the shore of the 
brooks and the margin of low lands. Ked and poison sumac, 
or dogw^ood, are rare. Clusters of withe, whitewood, witch 
and nut hazel, and laurel are found in many places. A few 
locust — two varieties, — butternut or white walnut, and 
Lombardy poplar have flourished as shade-trees, but are not 
natives here. It is probable that the gray birch and white 
poplar are of secondary growth, having succeeded the orig- 
inal forests. The usual varieties of fruit trees are cultivated, 
but many of the old orchards of apple trees, from age and 
decay, are rapidly disappearing, while trees of a younger 
growth are coming forward to supply their places. 

Any notice of Kindge, however brief, would be incomjdete 
without reference to the matchless beauty of the scenery. 
The charming diversity of the general landscape presents 
many features of interest to persons of varied tastes, which 
none can witness without the excitement of the warmest 
admiration. 

" 'Tis bom with all : the love of Natnre's works ' 

Is an ingredient in the compound Man, 
Infused at the creation of the kind. 
And, though the Almighty Maker has throughout 
Discriminated each from each, by strokes 
And touches of His hand, with so much art 
Diversified, that two were never found 
Twins at all jioints, — yet this oV)tains in all, 
That all discern a beauty in His works. 
And all can taste them; minds that havi^ been formed 
And tutor'd, with a relish more exact. 
But none without some relish, none unmoved." 

Monadnock is the monarch of mountains in central New 
England, whose towering height and symmetrical form make 
4 



22 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

a grand feature in the landscape, and the views obtained of 
it from the elevations in this town are unsurpassed. Far 
away to the north the distinct outlines of the Kearsarge 
mark the horizon, while the intervening space is charmingly 
diversified with hill and valley, with forest and plain. The 
range of New Ipswich mountains at the east is terminated 
at its southern limit by the rounded form of Watatic, and 
to the south at a distance of thirty miles rises the summit 
of Wachusett. 

The shining surface of numerous lakes, and, in a clear 
atmosphere, the dim and softened outlines of the Green 
Mountains, contribute variety and a most enticing attraction 
and completeness to the landscape. The surrounding scenery 
has a living influence upon the character of the people inhab- 
iting among scenes of such sublimity and matchless beauty ; 
and allied to the ties of kindred will remain, to the absent 
sons and daughters of Rindge, glowing recollections of the 
beautiful in Nature, which delighted their youthful vision. 

" Nature never did betray 
The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, 
Through all the years of this our life, to lead 
From joy to joy ; for she can so inform 
The mind that is within us, so impress 
With quietness and beauty, and so feed 
With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 
Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, 
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all 
The dreary intercourse of daily life. 
Shall e'er prevail against us or disturb 
Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold 
Is full of blessings." 



CHAPTER I. 

THE GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA BY THE PROVINCE OF 
MA 8SA CHUSETTS. 

Sir William Phipps. — Expedition to Canada, 1690. — Its Influence upon 
the History of Rindge. — First mention of Abel Platts. — The Char- 
~ ter. — Plan and Description of the Boundaries of Rowley Canada. — 
Ezekiel Jewett. — Location of the Boundary Line between the 
Provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. — Forfeitiu-e of 
the Charter. 

1 Sm William Phipps was a man of brilliant fortunes. 

S'^ - 

Born about 1750 in an obscure hamlet in Maine, early in life 

he removed to Boston, where for several years he pursued 
the business of a smith, to which occupation he had been 
instructed by his father. Subsequently he followed the seas. 
Hearing of a Spanish ship richly laden with silver which had 
been lost near the Bahamas, he gave such an account of it. 
the English government gave him command of a ship to 
search for the treasures buried in the sea. A second voyage 
was successful, and he carried to England about three hun- 
dred thousand pounds in treasure. For this important service 
the king conferred on him the honor of kniohthood. He 
was soon after appointed High Sheriff for New England, and 
subsequently Governor of Massachusetts. 

In 1690 he commanded an expedition to Canada, which 
met with small success and experienced the severest losses. 



24 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

The first effort to settle the territory included within the 
boundaries of Hindge had its origin in the ill fortunes of this 
expedition ; and thus the only apparent failure of Governor 
Phipps had a most powerful influence over the destiny of the 
settlement. 

The soldiers who participated in this ill-fated expedition 
were paid by the Colony of Massachusetts for this service 
with an emission of paper money, the first which was ever 
issued in New England, which soon depreciated in value, and 
caused great loss to the soldiers. Forty or more years later 
these sufferers petitioned the General Court of the Province 
of Massachusetts for additional compensation. These re- 
quests appear to have been granted in all cases. 

The persons who composed the company from Dor- 
chester, or the legal heirs of those deceased, received a 
township of land, which, for the reason that the grantees 
were from Dorchester, and the service for which the grant 
was made was in Canada, was called Dorchester Canada, 
now Ashburnham ; about the same time and in the same 
manner was granted Ipswich Canada (Winchendon), and 
Rowley Canada, which is now known as Rindge. The 
history of this latter grant will be briefly stated. The sol- 
diers from .Rowley, Topsfield, Boxford, and Newbury, 
composed three companies under command of Captains 
Philip Nelson, John March, and Stephen Greenleaf. The 
officers and privates composing these companies, or the heirs 
of those deceased, were granted two townships of land now 
known as Boscawen and Rindge. The former township was 
laid out in 1789 by Richard Hazen, surveyor, and is described 
as " being westerly of the Merrimack, and northerly of and 
adjoining to the Contoocook River." 

The other township, which took the name of Rowley 
Canada, was surveyed by Nathan Hey wood, and was bounded 



GBANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 25 

SO as to contain a tract of land equivalent to six miles square. 
It included a part of Jaffrey and- Sharon on the north, which 
was a broken line, and did not extend on the south to the 
State line, as subsequently established. In this survey an 
allowance of ten thousand acres was made for "ten large 
ponds," and for "• a large shrub swamp, " which at present is 
familiarly known as " Tophet Swamp." This low ground 
was included in Rowley Canada as bounded by this survey, 
but now constitutes a part of Sharon. The bounds of the 
township were established under the direction of a committee 
appointed by the General Court, which consisted of Hon. 
Thomas Berry on the part of the Council, and Charles Peirce 
and John Hobson on the part of the House of Representa- 
tives. The surveyor and chainmen were sworn to the faith- 
ful performance of their duty, November 1, 1738, and their 
return of the survey with the endorsement of the committee 
was made to the General Court on the twentieth of January 
following. Between these dates the boundaries of Rowley 
Canada were first traced out and established ; but the town- 
ship at this time was not divided into lots, nor any division 
of the lands made among the proprietors, each of whom 
owned one or more undivided shares. For this survey Abel 
Platts, who was the earliest settler of the township, was 
appointed one of the chainmen, which introduces him upon 
the scene of his active life at an early date. 

In the expedition referred to, the town of Rowley fur- 
nished one captain, one lieutenant, and thirty non-commis- 
sioned officers and privates. The lieutenant was Abel 
Platts. whose appointment as ensign of the Rowley foot was 
dated July 15, 1689. Subsequently he received from the 
town of Rowley thirteen pounds, one shilling, and two 
pence for services in Canada. He was the grandfather of 
Abel Platts, of Rindge. Deacon Ezekiel Jewett was paid 



26 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

five pounds and three pence for the service of his son 
Ezekiel Jewett. Deacon Jewett was the great-grandfather 
\^ of Ezekiel, Stephen, and Jonathan Jewett, who were early 
settlers in Rindge. The names of nearly all the soldiers 
are preserved upon the Rowley records, and among them 
also occur the names of Todd, Wood, Crosby, and Boynton, 
whose descendants have been residents of this town. 

At the time the grant of Rowley Canada was made, the 
dispute between the provinces of New Hampshire and Mas- 
sachusetts concerning the location of the dividing lines had 
commenced. It appears to have been the policy of Massachu- 
setts to fortify her claim to a large tract of the controverted 
territory in New Hampshire by possession and occupancy, in 
the hope thereby of maintaining a claim to the domain after 
all diplomacy had failed. In this spirit a large tract of 
unappropriated lands in this vicinity was hurriedly granted, 
and vigorous efforts made to eifect a settlement and secure 
the adherence of the people in each grant. In the following 
proceedings relating to the grant of Rowley Canada it will 
be seen that a petition which for some time had been 
suffered to remain unanswered was now revived, and acted 
upon in a most hurried manner. The following map of 
the township and documents relating to the grant are 
copied from original papers among the Massachusetts State 
archives : — 

In answer to the petition of John Tyler, Joseph Pike and 
others In the House of Representatives December 9 1736 read 
and ordered that this Petition be revived and voted that two Tracts 
of the unappropriated Lands, of this Province of the contents of 
Six Miles Square each, be and hereby are granted to the Peti- 
tioners, the officers and soldiers of the Companys under the Late 
Capt. John March, Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, Capt. Philip Nelson, 
deceased, Anno 1690, there Heirs and assigns respectively and the 



GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 27 

Heirs Legall Representatives Dependants of sucii of them as are 
Deceased and there Heirs and assigns forever, for two Townships 
to lay in some Sutable Place, that the Grantees be and are obliged 
to bring forward the settlements of the said Townships in as 
Regular a manner as the situation and circumstances of said 
Townships will admit of in the following manner viz that each 
grantee his Heirs and assigns build an House on his Respective 
Lot or share of the contents of eighteen feet square and eleven 
feet stud at the Least and Plow or bring to grass fit for mowing six 
acres of Land and that they settle in each Town a Learned and 
orthodox minister and build a convenient Meeting House for the 
Public worship of God, and that a sixty third part of the said 
Townships be and hereby is Granted to the first settled minister, 
the like quantity for the use of the ministry and the like quantity 
for the use of the School, in all the Divisions of the said 
Townships that the grantees be and hereby are obliged to Give 
Bonds of twenty Pounds for the fulfillment of the Conditions 
aforesaid, within five years after the Return and Confirmation of 
the Plan of said Townships and that Capt. John Hobson and 
Major Charles Peirce be a Committee with such as the Honourable 
Board shall Join to lay out said Townships and Return Plots 
thereof within one year for Confirmation and the Said Committee 
to observe such Rules and Directions for the taking of Bond and 
admission of the grantees agreeable to the order of Court in March 
Last and said Committee to receive thirty three Pounds six shil- 
lings and eight pence of the New Projected Bills — Sixteen pounds 
thirteen shillings and four pence for each of the said Townships 
out of the Public Treasurer to enable them to Lay out said Town- 
ships. 

In Council February ^'^ 1736 Read an Concurred and Thomas 
Berry Esqr is Joined in the Affair. 

Consented to J. BELCHER. 

It was nearly two years before the committee to whom 
the business was intrusted by the General Court were ready 



28 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

to proceed with the survey of Rowley Canada, as appears 
from the following record : — 

Mass-*- ss. Nov. i. 1738. 

Then Nathan Heywood, as surveyor, Ephraim Wetherbee and 
Abel Platts, as chainmen, personally appearing made solemn Oath 
that in Surveying the Township granted John Tyler, Joseph Pike 
and. others officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada, Anno 
1690, they would proceed according to their Best skill and Judge- 
ment. 

Before 

THOMAS BERRY J. P. 

A return of the survey, with a plan or outline map of 
the township, was made to the House of Representatives, 
and confirmed on the twentieth of January following. An 
allowance of ten thousand acres for ponds and waste lands, 
made hy the surveyor, was approved by the Legislative Com- 
mittee and adopted by the House. The Council reduced 
the number of acres to five thousand. In this amendment 
the House subsequently concurred. If any copy of a 
reformed plot ever existed it has not been discovered. 
The following official proceedings will need no further 
explanation : — 

We the subscribers appointed a committee to Lay out a town- 
ship of the Contents of six miles square to John Tyler, Joseph 
Pike and others are of opinion that the allowance made in this 
Plat surveyed by Nathan Heywood and returned to this Court 
being about Ten Thousand Acres is but a reasonable and Just 
alowance. 

THOMAS BERRY, 1 
CHARLES PEIRCE, [ Ccj^mtft^,: 
JOHN HOBSON, 



GRANT OF BOWLEY CANADA. 



29 



NORTH. 




SOUTH. 



For the convenience of these pages the plan has been 
reduced in size. Within the outUnes of the original occui-s 
the following written description : — 

A Plat of a Tract of Land of the Contents of Six Miles 
Square laid out by Nathan Heywood, Surveyor, and chainmen on 
Oath to satisfy a Grant made by the Great and General Court of 
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay held at Boston the 24* of 
Novem^ 1736 to John Tyler, Joseph Pike and others that were 



30 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

either officers or soldiers in the Canada expedition Anno 1690 or 
the Descend'^ of such of them as are Dec<i — Which Tract lieth to 
the Southward of the Grand Monadnuck so called and adjoining 
to the Township lately granted by s^ Court to Samuel Haywood 
&c. Beginning at a Maple Tree the Northeasterly [Northwest- 
erly] Corner of Dorchester Canada Township from thence run- 
ning North 32 degrees East two Miles and one Hundred poles to 
a Heap of Stones Thence North 22 Deg'"'^ East four miles, Thence 
North one Mile till it meets with the s'^ Township granted to 
Sam" Haywood &c thence West four Miles by the said Township 
to the Southwesterly Corner thereof thence North by the said 
Township Three miles & 220 poles thence West 30 Deg-"^ South 
five miles & 180 perch to a Wild cherry Tree on the Southward of 
the Grand Monadnuck afores'i thence South one Thousand & 
eighty Perch Thence East 41 Degi's South Two Thousand five 
Hundred Perch to a Heap of Stones Then North Twelve Deg. 
East one Mile to the Northeasterly [Northwesterly] corner of 
Dorchester Canada Township being the Maple Tree first men- 
tioned. With the allowance of One Rod in Thirty for uneven 
Land & Swag of chain ; And there is a further allowance within 
the said Tract for Ten large ponds and a large Shrub Swamp 
about four mile in Length & a mile in wedth. 

NATHAN HEYWOOD, Sur : 
Examined & approved 
Eben^ Burrill. 

In the House of Rept^^^^ Jan^y 20** 1738. 

Read and Ordered that the Plan be accepted and the lands 
therein delineated and described be and hereby are Confirmed to 
the Grantees their heirs and assigns Respectively forever, they 
effectually complying with the Conditions of the Grant provided 
yc Piatt exceeds not the Contents of six mile square with y^ allow- 
ance of Ten Thousand Acres for Ten large ponds and y<= Large 
shrub swamp Included therein and does not Interfere with any 

former Grant. 

Sent up for Concurrence 

J. QUINCY, Speaker. 



GRANT OF ROiVLEY CANADA. 31 

In Council Jano- 23^^ 1738. 

Read and Nonconcurred and ordered That five thousand Acres 
only be allowed for Ponds &c. and that the Committee be directed 
to reform the Plan upon the spot accordingly at the charge of the 
Grantees and report to the Court at the next May session. 
Sent down for Concurrance 

J. WILLARD, Secy. 

In the House of Rep"^"^^ Jan 230 1738. 
Read and Concurred 

J. QUINCY, Spk'. 
2 4«f> Consented to 

J. BELCHER. 

In the House of Representatives Jan. 23 1738. 

Ordered that Thomas Berry Esqr. be and hereby is Impowered 
to assemble the Grantees of the Township granted to John Tyler 
and Joseph Pike and others officers and soldiers under the Com- 
mand of Capt. Stephen Greenleaf and Philip Nelson in the expe- 
dition to Canada Anno 1690 In such Place and at such time as He 
shall think Fit Then to choose a Moderator and Proprietors Clerk 
To agree upon Rules Methods and Orders for the Division and 
Disposall of the said Propriety in the Most Proper Method for the 
speedy fulfilment or the Conditions of this Grant and agree upon 
the Proper Method for calling future meetings 
Sent up for Concurrence 

J. QUINCY, Spkr. 

In Council Jany 24 1738. 

Read & Concurr'd 

SIMON FROST, Depty Sec-^. 
Consented to 

J. BELCHER. 

Ill the official papers which have been presented, it will 
)>e perceived that January following December, 1738, is also 
written January, 1788. This is in accordance with a former 



32 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

system of dating. Previous to 1752 the commencement of 
the legal year was reckoned from the twenty-fifth of March ; 
and all dates between January first and that date were 
written without changing the ordinal number of the year. 
It was common, however, to write the dates, in January, 
February, and the first twenty-four days in March, in a 
double form. Thus January 20, 1738-9, or 173^, would 
indicate the twentieth of January following December, 1738 ; 
and as soon as the twenty-fifth of March was reached the 
figure 8 would be omitted, and the figure 9 would assume 
its place. 

The connection with the history of this town of the 
persons introduced in these proceedings is so remote that 
the briefest notice only will be attempted. Hon. Thomas 
Berry, of Ipswich, was a physician. Graduate of Harvard 
University, 1712. He was a member of the Council of Mas- 
sachusetts from 1735 to 1750, with the exception of one year 
(1741) ; a Judge of Probate of Essex County from 1739 to 
1756, and a Judge for several years of the County Court. 
Col. Berry was also employed by the province of Massa- 
chusetts in relation to the location of the province line. As 
a member of the Council he was frequently selected to direct 
the surveys of the new townships granted by the Legislature, 
and his name is associated with the first survey of Rindge. 
Winchendon, New Ipswich, and many other places. He 
died August 10, 1756. 

John Hobson was a resident of Rowley, and represented 
that town in the General Court about twenty years. He 
was Speaker of the House, 1741. 

Capt. Philip Nelson was from Rowley, a graduate of 
Harvard University, 1654. He died Aug. 19, 1691. 

Capt. John March was from Newbury. July 15, 1690, 
he was appointed captain of one of the companies for the 



GRANT OF EOWLEY CANADA. 33 

Canada expedition. Subsequently he won considerable 
distinction for his gallant defence of Casco Fort. He was 
an innholder and a man of wealth. 

Capt. Stephen Greenleaf was from . New^bury . With sev- 
eral others he was cast away and drowned near Cape Breton 
in the month of October, 1690. 

Joseph Pike, one of the petitioners, resided in Newbury. 
He is supposed to have been a son of Joseph Pike who was 
killed by the Indians at Haverhill, 1694. He was born 1674, 
and died 1757. 

Of John Tyler, the other petitioner, little is known. 

The grant being located and confirmed upon the proprie- 
tors, the management of its affairs devolved 'entirely upon 
them. But no record of their proceedings has been found. 
It has been seen that Hon. Thomas Berry was authorized to 
call the first meeting at which an organization was undoubt- 
edly effected: Other meetings must have been held, and it 
is certain that an organization was maintained for several 
years. Their meetings were probably held in Rowley, or 
some town in that vicinity which would best convene the 
parties interested. 

The proprietors were sixty in number, each owning one 
right or share, which, with the public lots specified in the 
grant, would lead to the division of the township into sixty- 
three lots. When the survey was made and the lots marked 
out is unknown ; but that such a division was had and a lot 
assigned to each proprietor is evident from facts which will 
be hereafter presented ; and how many settlements were 
made under these auspices is e(|ually uncertain. But we 
are permitted to know that Abel Platts, from Rowley, was 
here, and had improved lands as early as 1742. These were 
partly upon the farm of Martin L. Goddard, and partly 
included in the lands which have been sold from the orijxinal 



34 HISTORY OF RTNBGE. 

Platts farm. The following bond will show that P^zekiel 
Jewett had built a house previous to 1758, and had a 
nursery, which could not have sprung up in a day, growing 
upon his improved lands. In this bond the place is styled 
Rowley Canada, and no reference is made to the new name 
of the township under the second charter. Reference is also 
made to lot Number Fifty, which must have been defined 
by the first survey, since the numbers were arranged on a 
different system when the grantees of the second charter 
divided the township into lots. These facts are conclusive 
that Mr. Jewett occupied this lot under a title from the 
Massachusetts grantees, and probably made improvements 
previous to the date of the second cliarter. 

Know all men by these Presents, that I Oliver Scales of 
Andover in the County of Essex in the Province of y^ Massachu- 
setts Bay in New England, Labourer, am holden and Do Stand 
Bound and Obliged unto Ezekiel Jewett of a place called Rowley 
Canada in the province of New Hampshire, Husbandman, in the 
full and Just Sum of three Hundred pounds Lawfull money to be 
paid to him y« said Ezekiel his Heirs Executors administrators or 
assigns the which payment well and truly to Be made I Bind 
myself my Heirs Executors Administrators Firmly by these pres- 
ents Sealed with my Seal Dated this thirteenth Day of November 
anno Domini 1753. 

The Condition of y« above Obligation is such that if the above 
Bounden Oliver Scales Shall forthwith Remove himself and family 
to a place called Rowley Canada in the province of New Hamp- 
shire and there take the Possession of a house and Lot of land 
No. 50: Belonging to the aforesaid Ezekiel Jewett (which s^^Jewet 
shall Give y possession of) and there Dwell and Improve s'' Land 
and House During y^ term of three years, Either by himself or by 
Some other Family who shall well and truly performe and Improve 
as ye s'' Scales is obliged to do, and also pay or Cause to Be paid 
one half of the Taxes that shall arise on s^ Lot During said term 



GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 35 

and also Clear or Cut Down what underbrush shall arise or Grow 
where the trees are Now Curdled During s^ term and Give s^' Jewet 
liberty to set out an orchard on s^' lot of y^ Nursery which Now 
Groweth thereon, furthermore that the said Scales Shall not Dam- 
nific [injure] s^ lot by fireing of it or Cuting white ash trees also to 
Give s^i Ezekiel Liberty to clear a pasture & field on s^' lot where 
tis not yet improved and to Deliver up the possession of y afores'^ 
lot & house at ye end of y^ terme afores^ to the said Ezekiel Jewet 
his heirs or assigns then y^ above obligation to Be void but in 
y^ Default thereof to Remain in full force and vertue 
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of 
Joseph Matthews, Wm. Foster. 

OLIVER SCALES (seal) 

In addition to Abel Platts and Ezekiel Jevs^ett, it is 
probable that other families settled, under the first charter, 
and made a temporary abode in the township. Were their 
number fev^^ or many, events were hastening which must 
of necessity retard, if not entirely defeat, all attempts to 
proceed with the settlement. The province line, which had 
never been clearly defined, was located soon after the grant 
of Rowley Canada was made, and greatly to the disadvantage 
of the proposed settlement. In this affair the province of 
New Hampshire had sent John Rindge, a merchant of Ports 
mouth, to represent the interests of the Colony before the 
king. Dr. Belknap says : " The appointment of tliis gentle- 
man was fortunate for them, not only as he had large 
connections in England, but he was capable of advancing 
money to carry on the solicitation.'' On his return, he left 
the management of the affair to John Thomlinson, who ably 
fulfilled the trust. This controversy between the provinces 
of New Hampshire and Massachusetts had proceeded so far 
and had grown so warm, that the king appointed commis- 
sioners to hear the contending parties, and gave them power 



36 EISTOBY OF lilNDGE. 

to establish the dividing lines. . This commission met at 
Hampton in 1737. During their sessions the Legislature of 
New Hampshire asseml)led at Hampton Falls, while the 
Legislature of Massachusetts was convened at Salisbury. 
Thus were assembled the Legislatures of the two provinces 
within a distance of five miles, to give aid and encourage- 
ment to the agents and attorneys representing their several 
interests. A large cavalcade was formed in Boston, which, 
with a troop of horse, escorted Governor Belcher to the 
scene of action. 'Jliis display of pomp was the occasion of 
the following satirical verse in an assumed Hibernian 
style : — 

" Dear Paddy, you neVr did behold such a sip^ht. 
As yesterday niorning was seen before night. 
You in all your born days saw, nor I didn't neither, 
So many fine horses and men ride together. 
At the head, the lower House trotted two in a row, 
Then all the higher House pranced after the low ; 
Then the Governor's coach gallop'd on like the wind. 
And the last that came foremost were the troopers behind;. 
But I fear it means no good, to your neck or mine. 
For they say 'tis to fix a right place for the line." 

At this time nothing concerning the southern boundary 
of New Hampshire was decided except that the point of 
beginning should be at the Atlantic Ocean, about three miles 
north of the Black Rocks in the channel of the Merrimac 
River. New Hampshire claimed that the southern boundary 
of the province should begin at the given point, " and 
extend in a straight line west until it meets with His 
Majesty's other governments.'" ( )n the part of Massachu- 
setts it was contended that the line should extend at a 
distance of three miles to the north, and parallel to the 
Merrimac Kiver until the bend in the river was reached, 
thence northerly, following the river to its source. 



GRANT OF ROWLEY CANADA. 37 

The controverted question was at last determined in 
1740. It was then decided that the dividing line between 
the provinces should be " a similar curve pursuing the 
course of Merrimac River at three miles' distance on the 
north thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending 
at a point due north of Pawtuxet Falls, and a straight 
line drawn from thence due west until it meets with His 
Majesty's other governments." 

The bend in the Merrimac where the straight line com- 
menced is several miles south of the point of beginning 
at the ocean. By this decision New Hampshire secured 
a tract of land fourteen miles in width, and extending 
from the Merrimac to the Connecticut River, in addition 
to all the province had claimed or hoped to receive. 

In accordance with this decision the province line extend- 
ing from the Merrimac to the Connecticut River was run by 
Richard Hazen in 1741, and thus the location of the boundary 
became known to the proprietors and the settlers of the 
townships in its vicinity. The grant of Rowley Canada was 
found to be upon the New Hampshire side of the line, and 
consequently its charter was void. The result of this contro- 
versy could have none but the most injurious effects upon the 
settlement. It prevented others from removing hither and 
improving land held by uncertain titles. It discouraged and 
crippled the energies of those who had already performed 
labor uj)on their lots, and until some decision was had, or a 
new charter secured, it was plain that little, if any, prosper- 
ity would attend the fortunes of the proposed settlement. 

In addition to these adverse influences came the conster- 
nation and alarm occasioned by the French and Indian War 
of 1744. The prevailing feeling of insecurity was even more 
disastrous to the enterprise than the forfeiture of the charter. 
The township was temporarily abandoned. To forsake alto- 



38 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

gether the improvements which had been made, or to give 
up the land without testing the validity of the title, was 
probably never contemplated. Abel Platts and his son 
Joseph retired to Lunenburg, and awaited the return of 
peace and greater security. A few years later they again 
took up their abode and became the first permanent settlers 
of this town. These first works, towards the settlement of 
Rindge, have faded entirely from the traditions of the people 
who inhabit the town ; but indisputable evidence of the same 
exists, and will be presented in the course of these pages. 

The few fires thus lighted upon these primitive hearths 
■;7ere suffered to die out, soon to be rekindled under 
more favoring auspices ; the rude home was deserted, but 
destined again to receive its former tenants. For a few 
years the small number of acres brought under cultivation 
were neither ploughed nor planted, but awaited the return 
of the husbandman, when their promise of harvest again 
was read in the growing blade. 



CHAPTER II. 

THE SECOND, OB MASONIAN, CHARTER. 

Conflict of Titles. — Grant of Land in New Hampshire to Capt. John 
Mason. — Confirmation of the Grant to John Tufton Mason. — Its 
Sale to Atkinson and others. — The Masonian Charter, or Grant, of 
Monadnock Number One. — Influence of the former Charter. — The 
Western Boundary of the Masonian Patent. — The Curved Line. — 
Gen. Joseph Blanchard. — The Charter, and Survey of the Town- 
ship. — Drawing of the Lots. — Settlements. — Conflict of Titles. — 
Lawsuit with Joseph Platts. — The Last French War. — Indians and 
Indian Relics. 

No sooner had the province line been established than a 
new question of titles arose, which had a most potent influ- 
ence on the destiny of the township. The old Masonian 
grant was noAv revived and confirmed. 

It had been mutually agreed between the two provinces 
that private property should in no wise be affected by the 
settlement of the controversy about the dividing lines. It is 
highly probable that the proprietors under the Massachusetts 
grant, and those M'ho had purchased land of them, enter- 
tained the opinion that they would not be disturbed in their 
possessions, but would be permitted to traffic in land and 
proceed with the settlement of their township as they had 
previously proposed to do. They would be under the laws 
and government of the province of New Hampshire instead 



40 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

of those of Massachusetts, and this was the only effect which 
they expected to experience from the establishment of the 
province line. 

With the confirmation of the Masonian title, all was 
changed, and the officers and soldiers in the Canada expedi- 
tion experienced another disappointment concerning the 
compensation for their services almost as aggravated as the 
depreciation of the paper money with which they had been 
paid in the first instance. The loss was not Avholly sustained 
by the grantees, since they had sold many parcels of land to 
those persons who proposed to settle in the new township. 
As would be presumed, a majority of these purchasers were 
deterred by the uncertainty of their titles from entering 
upon and improving their newly-acquired possessions. 

During the reign of King James, he established a council 
which had the general control of a large territory including 
all of New England. F'rom this council, of which he was 
an active member, Capt. John Mason obtained a grant of 
land which included a portion of New Hampshire. This 
grant was east of the Merrimac River, and has no connec- 
tion with the history of the towns in this vicinity. 

In 1629, Capt. Mason secured a second patent for the land 
"from the middle of Pascataqua River, and up the same to 
the farthest head thereof, and from thence northwestward 
until sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor are finished ; 
also through Merrimack River to the farthest head thereof, 
and so forward up into the land westward until sixty miles 
are finished ; and from thence to cross overland to the end 
of sixty miles accounted from the mouth of Pascataqua 
River." This grant is intimately associated with the history 
of Rindge, since, for many years, it was supposed to cover 
the whole of the township, and did in fact include the 
greater part of it. 



THE MASON IAN CHARTER. 41 

This grant, triangular in form, included a portion of the 
territory conveyed by the earlier patent. The exact bounds 
were determined by the establishment of the province lines, 
which permitted the southern boundary to take a western 
course from the bend in the Merrimac instead of following 
a course with the river, which would have been a more 
iteral construction of the language of the grant. In 
familiar terms, the patent was bounded on the south by the 
State line, and extended sixt}^ miles westward from the 
ocean ; the eastern boundary extended northerly on the line 
between Maine and New Hampshire to a point a few miles 
south of Conway. By the terms of the patent this line was 
to extend northwestward, which was liberally construed to 
mean, not northwest, but north a little west, and the line 
was run north two degrees west. The remaining side of the 
triangle was a line extending from the point on the State 
line sixty miles from the ocean to the point south of Conway. 

After the death of Capt. John Mason the patent, for the 
land described, was neglected for many years. Subse- 
quently many vain attempts to revive the title were made 
by his heirs. A full account of these proceedings is found 
in Belknap's " History of New Hampshire," and several 
histories of towns in this State contain extended accounts of 
the history of this patent. 

It is sufficient for the present purpose to state that John 
Tufton Mason, a native of Boston, and a great-grandson of 
Capt. John Mason, successfully prosecuted his claim, and 
in 1746 sold his interest in it to twelve men, residents of 
Portsmouth and vicinity, who will be referred to as the 
" Masonian Proprietors." At first the purchase was divided 
into fifteen shares. The owners were : Theodore Atkinson, 
three-fifteenths ; Mark Hunking Wentworth, two-fifteenths ; 
Richard Wibird, John Wentworth, John Moffat, Samuel 



42 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Moore, Jotham Odiorne, George Jaffrey, Joshua Peirce, 
Nathaniel Meserve, all of Portsmouth, Thomas Wallingford, 
of Somersworth, and Thomas Packer, of Greenland, to the 
last ten one-fifteenth each. Previous to the date of the 
charter of this town the number of shares was increased to 
eighteen, and nine more persons were admitted to a common 
partnership. The new members of the association were : 
John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Peirce, John 
Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Matthew Livermore, 
William Parker, Samuel SoUey, and Clement March. 

The Masonian proprietors early directed their attention 
to the western part of their possessions, and caused several 
townships to be surveyed and held in readiness to answer 
any proper request for a grant. It appears to have been 
their policy to defend their borders by occupation. Some- 
time previous to the date of their charters the outlines of 
three townships, similar in form, were marked out, and to 
them were assigned the names of South Monadnock, or 
Monadnock Number One, (Rindge) ; Middle Monadnock, or 
Monadnock Number Two (Jaffrey) ; North Monadnock, or 
Monadnock Number Three (Dublin) ; Fitzwilliam was 
Monadnock Number Four ; Marlborough, Monadnock Num- 
ber Five ; Nelson, Monadnock Number Six ; Stoddard, 
Monadnock Number Seven; and Washington, Monadnock 
Number Eight. By this survey the boundaries of the town- 
ship, formerly known as Rowley Canada, were considerably 
changed. The old name was entirely discarded, and for 
twenty years the official and only name of the place was 
Monadnock Number One, or South Monadnock. Very 
rarely the term " formerly known as Rowley Canada " was 
employed ; but in a general sense the old name became 
extinct with the invalidation of the Massachusetts charter. 
Keen-sighted gazetteers have frequently made the discovery 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 43 

that the Masonian proprietors designated the township by 
the name of Rowley Canada, or Monadnock Number One. 
This is entirely wrong. Each charter gave the territory a 
sj)ecific name, and there was no repetition. 

No sooner had the grantees, under the Massachusetts 
charter, heard of these proceedings, on the part of the 
Masonian proprietors, than they began to inquire if their 
former possessions were in reality included within the Maso- 
nian purchase. In 1750 they ordered the measurement of 
the distance from the Atlantic Ocean, as will appear from the 
return of the survey. 

Andover, April y^ 1750. 
We y« Subscribers being appointed by a Committee chosen by 
y^ Proprietors of Rowley Canada Township to go in y-' Capacity of 
Surveyors and run a line from three miles North of Black Rocks in 
Salisbury Sixty miles Due West ; have so done and find that sixty 
Miles extends one mile <& a half into Canada Township. 

N. B. We have Neither of us ] SAMUEL JOHNSON Jr. 
any interest in said Township. v MOODY BRIDGES. 

Perhaps satisfied that they could not lay claim to the 
whole, and realizing that possession is nine points of the law, 
they appear to have given up all pretension to the ownership 
of any part of the township, for this is the last we hear of 
them as proprietors. This survey, however, gives evidence 
that to this date they had maintained an organization as 
common owners of Rowley Canada. 

While the first works of settlement were suspended, and 
the grant was wholly abandoned by the Massachusetts 
grantees, those persons who had pm-chased settling-lots of 
the original proprietors never entertained the idea of forsak- 
ing their possessions. On the return of peace and greater 



44 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

security from Indian depredations, a large number of families 
from Rowley and vicinity emigrated to the township and 
made permanent settlements. A majority of these persons 
came armed with a deed of land which had been obtained 
from the former proprietors. Finding their titles worthless, 
a few, discouraged at their loss, returned ; but most of them 
repurchased their lots of the Masonians, and avoided all 
occasion for future contention. 

The influence of the INIassachusetts charter is plainly 
seen. The same persons who had been interested in the 
grant, and whose attention had thereby been turned in this 
direction, were the earliest and most numerous of the 
settlers under the Masonian charter. It is true the attempt 
to settle the township under this grant was a failure ; yet it 
is equally certain that these initial measures determined the 
character of future emigration, and even designated the 
persons who were to become permanent residents and the 
progenitors of the future inhabitants of the town. 

For many years the location of the western boundary of 
the Masonian purchase was undetermined. F'rom early 
measurements, however, it was discovered that only a part of 
Rindge and a very small part of Jaifrey were included within 
the patent, and that Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Nel- 
son, Stoddard, and Washington were entirely outside of it. 
Yet all these towns had been granted by the Masonian 
proprietors, and described as " lying within Mason's Grant." 
Finding they had exceeded the limits of their charter, the 
Masonian proprietors laid claim to this extraneous territory 
with a system of expansion which was equal to the emer- 
p-ency, and by which, din-ing many years of controversy, they 
successfully maintained the control of the lands and town- 
ships in dispute. They contended that the original grant to 
Mason described an extent " of sixty miles from the sea on 



THE MASON IAN CHARTER. 45 

each side of New Hampshire, and a line to cross over from 
the end of one line of sixty miles to the end of the other " ; 
they therefore claimed that this cross line should be a curve^ 
because no other line would preserve the distance of sixty 
miles from the sea. In other words, they claimed their 
western boundary should be the arc of a circle with a radius 
of sixty miles, and whose centre was at the sea. However 
ingenious this argument may appear, it was, without doubt, 
an after-thought, advanced for the occasion, to temporarily 
fortify their claim to the controverted townships. They also 
conveniently fixed upon the southwest corner of Fitzwilliam 
as the termination of sixty miles from the sea, by which, with 
an accommodating elasticity of the curved line, they success- 
fully embraced the eight Monadnock townships and others to 
the north of them. 

Several of the northern townships had also been char- 
tered by the crown, and a most bitter conflict of grants 
ensued. The decision of the king alone could settle a 
dispute of this character, and the Masonians were nearest 
the throne. By the Revolution the State became the arbi- 
trator, and soon after the return of peace the Legislature 
took the subject under consideration, and after a hearing of 
the conflicting interests it was decided to run a line of sixty 
miles from the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern and southern 
lines of the State, and a straight line from the end of one 
line of sixty miles to the end of the other. This surve}^ was 
made in 1787 by Joseph Blanchard, a son of Col. Joseph 
Blanchard, and Charles Clapham. The termination of sixty 
miles from the sea, or the southwest corner of Mason's 
grant, was found to be at lot Number Eighteen in Rindge, 
about one-half of a mile west of the Aquilla Kimball farm, 
now occupied b}^ John O'Niel, and one and one-fourth of a 
mile from the southwest corner of the town, and from thence 



46 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

north thirty-nine degrees east, a distance of ninety-three and 
one-half miles, to the end of the eastern boundary. Having 
failed to substantiate their claim, the Masonian proprietors 
then came forward and purchased of the State all the terri- 
tory included between the straight and the curved lines, for 
the sum of forty thousand dollars in public securities and 
eight hundred dollars in ■ specie. The further contest 
between Allen and the Masonians does not appear to have 
entered into the history of this town. 

Of the several Monadnock townships, Rindge was the 
third in the order of grant. The charter is dated February 
14, 1749. As stated in the preceding chapter, the date 
would now be written 1750, for such it really was. Until 
1752, the civil year did not begin until the twenty-fifth of 
March, while the historic year was reckoned from the first of 
January. Other towns in this vicinity were chartered in the 
following order : — 

Dublin November 3, 1749. 

Jaffrey, " 30, 1749. 

New Ipswich, .... April 17, 1750. 
Marlborough, .... April 29, 1751. 

Fitzwilliam, . . . January 15, 1751-2. 

Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, a man of enterprise and 
of considerable distinction, had become one of the Masonian 
proprietors, and was appointed by his associates an agent to 
grant the townships in this vicinity and to forward settle- 
ments ; consequently the charters were drawn and signed by 
him in behalf of the whole proprietary. 

An association of individuals from Lunenburg, Dunsta- 
ble, Townsend, and a few from other towns, held a meeting 
on the thirteenth day of February, 1749-50, at which they 
styled themselves the "proprietors of a township, on the 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 47 

province line, in Mason's grant, lying southeast of the Grand 
Monadnock." The persons who attended this meeting 
became the grantees of Monadnock Number One. The 
proceedings of this meeting were as follows : — 

After being assembled, made choice of Joseph Blanchard 
Esq., for their moderator. Made choice of William Downe for 
clerk to y-^ Proprietors. Made choice of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., 
for their Treasurer. 

A proposal was then made and put to vote whether each 
proprietor should pay to Joseph Blanchard, Esq., Six Pounds, 
Old Tenor, for the charge, &c., he had already been at, and was 
voted. 

It was then proposed and put to vote, Whether fifty four 
Pounds Ten Shillings be paid out of the Treasury for y^ other 
charges past for Surveying, &c. Passed in the affirmative. 

Proposed that for the speedy settlement of said Township, 
Each Proprietor takes effectual care that within Two years from 
Novr. 1749, there be three acres of Land cleared upon some one 
or other of the Lots which may be drawn by him, and in one year 
afterward Three acres more of said Land cleared and an House 
built thereon, with a Family residing on s'^' land, and that in four 
years from October last past there be a meeting House built in 
said Town at y^ charge of y« proprietors. 

Aboves'd article being put to vote, passed in the affirmative. 

Being proposed whether a Committee be chosen to Couple the 
Lotts in said Township and put to vote, passed in the affirm- 
ative. 

Voted likewise that two Persons be chosen to assist y^ Sur- 
veyor in coupling s^' Lotts, and to take care that y^ are done: 
effectually, Major Hvibbard being nominated to be one of s^ Com- 
mttee^ Voted. 

Lieut. Bellows being nominated to be y^ other of s^^ Com"ee^ 
Voted. 

A further proposal was y" made, in case Lieut. Bellows be the 



48 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

Undertaker to Survey, that y" Lieut. Josiah Fitch supply his place 
or be in his room as one of the Com»ee afores'd, and in case of 
failure of either of them that Capt. Hubbard be assistant, and 
also that Capt. Powers be another assistant in case of failure of 
above, and that no more than two of said Persons at one time 
attend s'd business. Said articles being put to vote passed in 
ye affirmative. 

Voted also that the Persons attending s<i business as Com- 
m'tee men be allowed them for their trouble thirty Shillings Old 
Tenour pr. Day, they finding their own provision, &c. The persons 
above accepted s^ service for the above pay. 

It was then proposed and put to vote whether the Propriety 
will let the business of Surveying and coupling the lotts to any 
one particular person by the Great, s'd Person paying the Com- 
m"ee abovesaid their whole amount of charges for assisting as 
above proposed, which passed in the affirmative. 

Lieut Bellows offering to undertake the business of Sur- 
veying, &c. 

Voted that he have paid him out of the Treasury the sum 
of Three Hundred and Seventy pounds Old Tenour for Sur- 
veying s'^ Township and Coupling the Lotts and delivering in a 
plan of the same to the Propriety. 

A proposal being made whether Lieut. Fitch, if he assists as 
one of the Com"^^ be paid for his extraordinary travel from his 
own House to Lunenburg by the Propriety, put to vote. Nega- 
tived. It being proposed and put to vote whether fifteen 
Pounds Old Tenour be advanced immediately upon each right 
and Voted. 

Also voted that y^ aboves'd work of Surveying, &c., be com- 
pleated by the first Tuesday of June next. 

Then proposed and voted that the meeting be adjourned to 
the first Wednesday in June next, and y" y^ Proprietors meet at 
the House of Capt. French in Dunstable at lo o'clock forenoon. 

And then the s'^ meeting was adjourned accordingly. 

These proceedings apparently met the approval of the 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 49 

agent of tlie Masonians, for the next day the charter was 
drawn and the grant confirmed upon the persons who par- 
ticipated in this meeting. 

A COPY OF THE CHARTER. 

Province of 
New Hampshire. 

Pursuant to the power and authority granted and vested in me 
by the Propi"^ of Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason, Esq., in 
the Province of New Hampshire, by vote passed at their meeting 
held at Portsmouth in said Province, the i6ti^ day of June 1749. 

I DO, BY THESE PRESENTS, on the Tcrms, Conditions and 
Limitations hereafter expressed, Give and Grant all the Right, 
Possession and Property of the Proprietors afores'd unto Solomon 
Stewart, John Combs, Jonathan Hubbard Jun"", Thomas Syms, 
Stanton Prentice, Peter Powers Jun^", William Spaulding, Joseph 
Blanchard Jun"", Coll" John Hill, Samuel Cummings, Thomas 
Prentiss, Joseph French, Jona. Powers, Samuel Greele, Jona. 
Hubbard, William Downe, Peter Stevens, Sampson French, James 
Stewart, Robert Fletcher Junr., Eleazer Blanchard, David Cheever, 
Samuel Reed, Jona. Whitney, John Hubbard, Jacob Gould, Nehe- 
miah Gould, Robert Melvin, Jerahmael Powers, Joseph Jackson, 
Janies Coleman, Peter Powers, Daniel Taylor, Samuel Greele 
Junr., Zacheus Lovewell, Stephen Powers, John Lovewell Junr., 
Joseph Winn, Nathaniel Page, Timothy Taylor, one Right each. 

Benjamin Bellows Six Rights, Samuel Johnson Jun'' Two 
Rights, one Right for encouragement for building of Mills, and 
Two Rights more to be disposed of by the Grantees for Publick 
uses of in or to that Tract of Land or Township lying in the Prov- 
ince afores'd, containing by estimation thirty five square miles that 
is Begining on the line between the Province afores'd and the Prov- 
ince of the Massachusetts Bay Six miles Westerly from the South 
west Corner of the Township called No i North of Townshend 
and Runs North Eighty Degrees west in said Line seven miles, 
thence north by the needle Five miles, from thence South Eighty 



50 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

Degrees East seven miles, thence South by the Needle to the 
first Bounds mentioned. 

To Have and to Hold to them their heirs and assighs in Equal 
Shares on the following Terms and Conditions with the Reser- 
vations hereafter expressed (That is to say), That the Tract 
afores'd be divided into Seventy three Equal Shares, and that 
each Share or Right be divided into three Lotts, and drawn for 
at or before the last day of November next ensuing in some 
equitable manner. That three of the afores'd Rights be and 
hereby are granted. One for the first settled minister, One for 
the ministry, and one for the School, these forever. One Lott for 
each such Right to be first lay'd out (and not Drawn for) near 
y^ middle of the Town. 

That eighteen of said Shares be reserved for the use of the 
Grantors their Heirs and assigns forever, exempted and free from 
all Charges whatsoever in making or bringing forward the settle- 
ment untill improved by them or some holding under them 
respectively. That the Grantees shall make settlement in the 
following manner, viz. : That the afores'd Tract be l-aid out as 
afores'd, at the Grantees expence ; That all necessary Highways 
be lay'd out through the Lotts of either Grantors or Grantees as 
there shall be needed hereafter free from charge for the Land such 
width as [the Proprietors*] shall judge necessary. 

That Forty of y^ [said Shares shall be brought forward or 
settled in the following * ] manner viz ; Each of the said Forty 
shares to have Three acres of Land on some one Lott cleared, 
inclosed, and fitted for mowing or Tillage in said Tract at or before 
the Last day of December, 1752, and in like manner Three acres 
more annually for two years more then next coming. That on 
each of the said Forty Lotts so cleared as afores'd there be a 
Convenient House of one Room Sixteen feet square at the least, 
fitted for Comfortable dwelling therein, and the Grantees or some 
Person Resident on each of the Lotts to be settled as afores'd at 
or before the last day of Deer. 1753, and continue resident there 

♦Record Book defaced. 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 51 

for Two years then next coming, and Build a Convenient Meeting 
House therein five years from this Date. 

Tliat the following nine Shares be exempted from making 
settlement only to Pay their Proportion to all Public Taxes as 
other Grantees, viz : Benjamin Bellows for four Rights ; Samuel 
Reed one; Jonathan Whitney one ; Jonathan Hubbard Junr. one ; 
Samuel Johnson one ; Timothy Taylor one. That each of the 
said Grantees at the Executing this Instrument pay fifteen 
Pounds Old Tenour to defray the necessary charges risen or 
arising in Bringing forward the Settlement afores'd, to be depos- 
ited in the Hands of such person as they shall appoint being a 
Freeholder and Resident in this Province. That the afores'd 
Grantees or their Assigns assess such further sum or sums of 
money equally in Proportion to their Rights the share of each 
Grantee (exclusive of the three publick Lotts) as may be thought 
necessary for carrying on the settlement afores'd or any Publick 
matter. And on failure of Payment for the space of three months 
after such assessment is agreed upon and posted up at such place or 
places as the Grantees afores'd shall appoint for notifying Proprs. 
meetings that so much of such Delinquent Rights Respectively 
be disposed of as will pay the said Tax and all charges arising 
thereon. And in case any of the said Grantees shall neglect to 
perform any of the articles aforementioned he shall forfeit his 
share or Right in said Township unto those of the said Grantees 
who shall not then be Delinquent in the Performance of their 
part, and it shall be lawfull for them by their Agent or Agents 
to enter into and upon the Right of such Delinquent owner, and 
him to amove, oust, and Expell for their use, their Heirs and 
Assigns, Provided they settle such Delinquents Right within one 
year after the Periods Conditioned in this Grant, and fully comply 
with the whole duty such Delinquent ought to have done within 
the space of one year from Time to Time after the Respective 
Periods thereof. And in case they omit complying as afores'd in 
that Term, that all such Delinquent Rights shall revert and belong 
to the Grantors their Heirs and assigns forever free from the 



52 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Incumbrance of settlement or charge, always Provided there be 
no Indian Warr within the Terms afores'd and in case that 
should happen, The same be allowed for the Respective matters 
afores'd after such Impediments shall be removed. 

That all white Pine Trees fit for the masting his Majesty's 
Royall navy be and hereby are granted unto his Majesty, his heirs, 
and Successors forever. Lastly, the said Grantors do hereby 
promise to the said Grantees, their Heirs, and assigns, to Defend 
through the Law to King and Councill if need be one action that 
shall and may be brought against them or any Number of them by 
any Person or Persons whatsoever claiming the said land or any 
part thereof by any other Title than that of the said Grantors or 
that by which they hold or derive theirs from. 

Provided the said Grantors are avouched in to defend the 

same and that in case of final Tryall the same shall be Recovered 

against the said Grantors the Grantees shall Recover nothing over 

against the Grantors for the said Lands Improvements or Expence 

in bringing forward the settlement In witness whereof I the 

subscriber Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable have hereto in behalf of 

the Proprietors afores'd Sett to my hand and seal this fourteenth 

day of February 1749. 

Joseph Blanchard. [Seal.] 

Of the grantees, forty-tliree in number, fifteen were resi- 
dents, at this time, of Lunenburg, which then included 
Fitchburg. They were : Solomon Stewart, whose brother 
William was one of the first settlers of Peterboro ; Major 
Jonathan Hubbard, a Deacon and Town Treasurer, who 
died April 7, 1761, and was buried in Townsend, soon after 
his removal from Lunenburg ; his son, Jonathan Huljbard, 
Jr., removed (17o7) to Charlestown, N. H ; Col. John 
Hill, whose children settled in Peterboro ; Thomas Pren- 
tice, a Justice of the Peace, and prominent in public affairs ; 
Capt. Jacob Gould, who was master-carpenter at the build- 
ino' of the first meeting-house in this town, and whose son. 



THE MASON I AN CHARTER. 53 

Jacob, Jr., settled in Rindge ; Nehemiah Gould, Jonathan 
Whitney, Samuel Cummings, Samuel Greele, James Cole- 
man, William Downe, who was proprietors' clerk until 1758; 
a Justice of the Peace, and a Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas ; Nathaniel Page, who settled soon after in Rindge ; 
Samuel Johnson, a man of wealth and enterprise, whose 
descendants for many years lived on Johnson Hill in this 
town ; and Samuel Reed, who had a " potash " west of the 
residence of Addison Todd, and at the time of his death, 
July 7, 1771, owned one thousand acres of land in Rindge ; 
but he never resided here. The residents of no other 
town were as numerous. John Hubbard, a son of Major 
Jonathan Hubbard, was of Townsend. His son. Rev. John 
Hubbard, was preceptor of the Academy at New Ipswich, 
Judge of Probate for Cheshire County, and subsequently 
professor at Dartmouth College. Of the same town was 
John Stevens, who was Treasurer for the proprietors for 
several years. Captain Peter Powers was of Hollis ; also 
his son, Rev. Peter Powers, who received the first call from 
the church at New Ipswich. He was afterwards settled at 
Haverhill, N. H. Zaccheus and John Lovewell, a brother 
and son of the famous Indian fighter, were of Dunstable, as 
well , as Robert Fletcher, Jr., a surveyor. Gen. Joseph 
Blanchard, a son of Col. Blanchard, was of Merrimac, N. H. 
He was for several years clerk -to the proprietors of Dublin. 
He subsequently removed to Dunstable. Stanton Prentice 
was a physician of Lancaster, — a brother of Thomas Pren- 
tice, Esq., of Lunenburg. Jarahmael Powers and William 
Spaulding were of Groton, and Major Joseph Jackson was 
of Boston. He was one of the very few whose residence is 
made known by the records. The few remaining names 
were probably from the vicinity of Dunstable. 

These persons who received the charter, and became 



54 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

proprietors of the township, in only a few instances pro- 
posed to settle upon their newly acquired possessions, but 
awaited an opportunity to advantageously dispose of the 
land which fell to their lot. Many owned shares in several 
townships in this vicinity. Their traffic was prompted 
solely by the hope of gain. 

The lots were promptly laid out by Lieut. Benjamin 
Bellows. By this survey the town was divided into ten 
ranges by east and west lines. Each range was divided 
into twenty-two lots by north and south lines. It was the 
intention of the surveyor to have the lots one hundred and 
sixty rods from north to south, and one hundred rods from 
east to west. This could have been done with an allow- 
ance for error of about one and three-fourths acres to each 
lot. The plan was generally carried out; yet a few lots 
exceed one hundred acres, and others are as much too small. 
The drawing occurred during the summer of 1750. From 
the charter it will be perceived that eighteen rights, or 
shares, which was about one-fourth of the township, were 
reserved by the Masonian proprietors for their own benefit. 
For the convenience of the reader their names, in the 
following schedule of lots drawn, are indicated by an 
asterisk. The others were grantees, and their names are 
contained in the charter. 



THE MASON I AN CHARTER. 



55 



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Solomon Stewart, 

* Nathaniel Mesen'e, . . . . . 

John Stevens, 

Benjamin Bellows, 

John Combs, 

Samuel Johnson, Jr., 

* George Jaffrey, 

Jonathan Hubbard, Jr., . . . . 

Benjamin Bellows 

Thomas Sjths 

Stanton Prentice, 

* Richard Wibird, ... . . 

John Hill, 

Samuel Cummings 

Thomas Prentice, 

Peter Powers, Jr., 

* Daniel Pierce and * Mary Moor, 

* John Tomlinson and ) 

* John TitEton Mason, ^ • • • • 

William Spaulding, 

Joseph Blanchard, Jr 

Joseph French, 

Benjamin Bellows, 

*John Rindge, 

Jonathan Powers. 

Minister, 

Samuel Greele, 

Jonathan Hubbard, 

* John Wentworth, 

*.Ioshua Peirce, 

Benjamin Bellows, 

* William Parker 

William Downe, 

* Matthew Livermore 

Peter Stevens. 

Sampson French, 

Public Lots, 

Public Lots, 



12 
12 
12 
12 
13 
6 
13 
13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 

15 



15 

15 

16 

16 

16 

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

10 

10 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

13 

14 



6 
5 
4 
7 
6 
13 
4 
7 
3 
8 
3 
5 
6 
7 



10 



16 
21 
21 

1 
21 

5 
21 
17 
21 
20 
18 
19 
21 
19 
15 
21 
17 

18 

5 17 

6 20 
18 
18 
20 

1 
2 



1 
12 
11 

7 

8 

2 

10 

10 

10 

9 

20 



4 
4 
5 

6 
7 
9 
6 
9 
9 
7 

10 
3 
1 

10 
4 



1 


15 


1 


22 


2 


22 


6 


2 


3 


22 


21 


4 


5 


22 


1 


18 


9 


22 


7 


21 


3 


19 


5 


20 


6 


22 


6 


20 


8 


17 


8 


22 


7 


17 


2 


19 


5 


19 


3 


20 


4 


19 


6 


18 


8 


19 


4 


2 


1 


3 


2 


4 


7 


1 


9 


12 


10 


5 


3 


6 


3 


8 


10 


3 


5 


7 


3 


4 


1 


9 


6 


12 


1 


20 



2 
1 
2 
6 
3 
22 
5 
1 
9 
7 
3 
5 
6 



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4 
4 
5 
8 
4 
1 
2 

8 

10 

3 

3 

4 

10 

10 

10 

5 

1 

9 



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40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

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55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

63 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 

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James Stewart, . . . 
Robert Fletcher. Jr.. . 
Eleazer Blanchard, 
David Cheever, . . . 
*John Moffat, . . . 
Samuel Reed, . . . 
Jonathan Whitney, 

* Theodore Atkinson. 
John Hubbard. . . . 
Jacob Gould. . . . 

* March and * Solley, . 

* Thomas Packer. . . 
Xehemiah Gould. . . 
Robert ]\Ielvin, . . . 
Jarahmael Powers, 
Joseph Jackson. . . 
Samuel Johnson. Jr., . 
James Coleman, . . 
Peter Powers, . . . 
Benjamin Bellows, 
Daniel Taylor. . . . 

Ministry, 

Samuel Greele. Jr., 
Zaccheus Lovewell, 
Stephen Powers, . . 
John Lovewell. Jr.. 

* Thomas Wallin.s^ord, 

* Joseph Blanchard, . 
*Jotham Odiorne, . . 
*John H. Went worth. 
Joseph Winn, . . . 
Nathaniel Pa^e, . . 
Timothy Taylor, . . 

School 

Benjamin Bellows. 
Mill Lots, 



7 
7 
6 
6 
6 
5 
17 
18 
6 
6 
4 
3 



10 

10 

15 

15 

16 

17 

18 

4 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 



3 
20 
21 
19 
16 
15 
12 



4 

7 
9 
2 

9 

9 

2 

1 

1 

4 
10 
10 

4 
10 

9 

9 

10 
10 

4 

6 

1 

2 

3 

9 

7 

8 

10 

10 

10 

3 

3 

8 



o 

5 
13 
18 

2 

5 

3 
10 

3 

6 

9 

15 
16 
16 
17 
11 

5 

4 
12 

13 
2 

1 
4 
4 

20 

22 

19 

2 

4 
o 



2 


6 


8 


6 


5 


1 


9 


8 


2 


4 


7 


8 


9 


8 


5 


6 


9 


3 


8 


18 


9 


10 


1 


7 


4 


17 


8 


22 



10 
4 
7 

10 
8 
4 
3 
4 
6 
2 

1 
3 

10 
7 
8 
9 

10 
9 
5 
9 
8 



5 
10 

9 

15 
16 
12 
17 
11 

3 

5 
11 
13 
14 



11 
16 
11 
U 

9 



5 

9 
5 

7 
5 
5 
9 
7 
2 

1 
2 

7 

10 
7 
2 

1 
5 



THE MA SON! AN CHARTER. 57 

The owners of sixty-seven shares drew three lots each ; 
four rights, or twelve lots, were reserved for the ministry, 
schools, and mills ; and two rights, or six lots, designated 
as public lots, were owned in common by the grantees. The 
whole number of lots was two hundred and twenty, which 
would leave one lot undrawn. This was lot nineteen in 
the seventh range. The public lots were sold at vendue, 
September, 1754, the three former to Jonathan Hubbard, 
Esq., for ninety-five pounds, and the remaining three to 
Jonathan Whitney for one hundred and five pounds, old 
tenor. From the schedule it would appear that Nehemiah 
Gould and Robert Melvin both drew the third lot in the 
fourth range, and to the ministry and Stephen Powers is 
assigned the eleventh lot in the second range ; the third lot 
in the third range, and fourth lot in the tliird range, are 
not found in the list. The error probably is a clerical one. 
The last two lots should ))e placed in the room of the dupli- 
cate numbers. 

It was the policy of the Masonians to forward settle- 
ments, and thereby enhance the value of the lands which 
they had reserved unto themselves. The liberal provision 
made for the benefit of the ministry and the school is evi- 
dence that they well knew how their object could be most 
effectually accomplished. It was many years before these 
lands were diverted — by sale — from the uses for which 
they had been reserved, and then their loss was more than 
supplied by an increasing annual appropriation for the sup- 
port of the ministry and schools. After the date of the 
charter the first meeting of the grantees, of which any 
record is to be found, was held October 29, 1750. It was 
voted to accept the plan of the township presented by Lieut. 
Benjamin Bellows. A committee was chosen "to see where 
it will be most proper to make a road into the centre of 



0<S HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

the town," and provision was made for calling future meet- 
ings by posting notices in Dunstable, HoUis, Townsend, and 
Lunenburg. From the conditions of the charter, the owners 
of forty of the shares were required to clear a certain 
number of acres, and build a house on some one of the 
three lots in each of the forty shares within a prescribed 
time. Forty-nine rights had been drawn by the grantees. 
To nine of them these provisions of the charter did not 
apply. At this meeting these nine releases were sold at 
vendue, and the owners of as many shares purchased an 
exemption from clearing land and building a house upon 
lots drawn and owned by them. The amount received from 
this source was two hundred and sixty-five pounds, old tenor. 

The progress of the settlement of the township is not 
clearly shown by the records. The facts must be gleaned 
from other sources. It is apparent, however, that at the 
close of the year 1752 the improvements conditioned in the 
charter had not been made, and only a few houses had been 
built. Anticipating this state of affairs, the grantees, at a 
meeting held at Dunstable, August 4, 1752, requested Joseph 
Blanchard, Esq., to solicit from the JNlasonian proprietors an 
extension of the time in which the conditions of the charter 
were to be fulfilled. And again, February 28, 1754, a sim- 
ilar recjuest is made, in these words: — 

Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq""- be and hereby is desired, 
in behalf of the Propriety, to request of the grantors a suspension 
of the dutv conditioned first to be done by charter in consideration 
of the Law Sutes subsisting in said town, the Tryal whereof is 
unexpectedly prolonged,, and to Solicit in our favor any other 
reasonable request. 

This meeting was adjourned to April 22, 1754, and the 
iTC'onl ])r()ceeds : — 

Then Joseph Blaiichard, Ksqr. made report of his proceedings 



THE MA SON IAN CHARTER. 59 

agreeable to the Proprietors directions, for lengthening the time 
of duty, as follows : That on his application they did grant that 
the time of the first Entry be suspended unto the first day of June 
next, and for clearing and inclosing the first three acres and the 
several other Duties, conditioned to be done by charter, be like- 
wise further suspended the same proportion of Time forward as 
they were stated in the charter. 

The liberality evinced, by the Masonians in granting 
their request, and in securing to them the possession of the 
township so far as they had the ability to do, relieved the 
grantees from one embarrassment, and left them at liberty 
to direct their attention to another source of perplexity. 
The continued record of this meeting is of interest : — 

Also voted that the charge of any law sute that shall be com- 
menced by any of the Grantees ag'nst the clairaers of the Lands 
called Rowley Canada Township shall be borne by the Propriety 
in proportion to Interest whether the action be Trespass or Eject- 
ment. 

Also voted that Capt. Peter Powers, Robert Fletcher, Junr. 
and Jacob Gould be a Com"^^ and desired to go to said No. One 
& examine what Lotts are trespassed upon and by whom and 
procure proof thereof and that they make Return of such their 
Enquiry' forthwith unto Joseph Blanchard Esqr. in order for Pros- 
ecution and yt. they take such assistance with them as they shall 
need and in case Jacob Gould cannot attend the service that 
Jonathan Whitney supply his place and if said Wliitney cannot 
go that then Solomon Stewart attend that service. 

Also voted that Joseph Blanchard Esqr. be paid all his rea- 
sonable charge he shall be at if any in attending the Prosecution 
of any action and anything he shall do therein. 

An earnest purpose pervades these proceedings. No 
imaginary or supposed grievance would have given occa- 
sion for so much uncompromising legislation, for the refer- 



Q{) 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



ences to the law-suits were no idle threats. The trouble 
arose from the fact that to several lots of land there were 
two owners, each claiming two undivided halves. Abel 
Platts, Joseph Platts, Joel Russell, Nathaniel Russell, 
Ezekiel Jewett, Jonathan Stanley, and George Hewitt 
came from Massachusetts, and had settled in the township 
previous to the date of these proceedings. Abel and 
Joseph Platts, and perhaps the others, had settled upon 
land purchased of the Rowley Canada proprietors, and the 
stubbornness with which they insisted on the validity of 
their purchase, and resisted the demands of the new pro- 
prietors, was the occasion of these warm proceedings. 

At a subsequent meeting the committee chosen to ascer- 
tain the number and location of the lots which were occupied 
by the persons who had purchased the land of the Rowley 
Canada proprietors was paid for this service. Their account, 
paid in old tenor, was as follows : — 

6 days (oJ, 40.f ;i^i2 — o — o 



To Capt. Peter Powers 
" Jacob Gould 4 " @ 30s 

" Sol" Stewart 4 " («; 30s 

" Samuel Kennedy 4 " (co, 4.0s 

" Robert Fletcher, Jun*" 6 " Qv, 60s 
" Expenses at J. Reids 
" ditto at Fitches 
" Mr. Kennedy his expenses 

at Platts's 
" Making return to Coll° Blanchard 
" The plan of lots where settlements 
are made described by Mr. Fletcher 



6 — o — o 

6 — o — o 

8— 0—0 

18 — o — o 



12- 

2- 

I- 
6- 



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- 5- 
-10- 



£u— 5—0 



The three, who were i)aid for four days' service, resided 
ill Lunenburg, while Capt. Powers came from Hollis, and is 



THE MASON IAN CHARTER. 61 

paid for two additional days' attendance. Mr. Kennedy was 
not one of the persons selected to perform this duty, and 
perhaps in the language of their instructions the committee 
took liim with them "■ as such assistance as they may need.'' 
The nature of their report to Col. Blanchard, or the plan of 
Mr. Fletcher, the surveyor, is not preserved upon the rec- 
ords. At this meeting it was also voted to "pay Lieut. 
James Stevens twenty-five pounds, old tenor, for his ex- 
traordinary service in serving an execution on Joseph 
Platts." Lieut. Stevens resided in Portsmouth, and this 
service was probably deemed extraordinary on account of 
the distance traveled, and not from any remarkable event 
connected with the discharge of his official duty. The com- 
mittee selected to view the premises, and obtain evidence 
against the intruding settlers, had but recently returned un- 
harmed ; and, without doubt, this officer of the law had 
courage to venture among the trespassers without the en- 
couraging presence of extraordinary assistance. From the 
schedule of lots drawn, it will be seen that Samuel Johnson, 
Jr., drew the ninth and tenth lots in the foui-th range. 
These lots included the original Platts farm upon which 
Abel Platts first settled. This land he gave to his son 
Joseph about IToO, and entered upon another tract near 
Pool Pond. 'J'hrough the obliging attention of Hon. C. H. 
Bell, of Exeter, the following Court record is presented : 

Samuel Johnson appellant vs. Joseph Platts appellee. 

Parties appearing and being fully heard by their Counsell 
learned in y^ law, y« case was committed to y^ Jury sworn accord- 
ing to law to try y>^ Issue, who made return of their Verdict upon 
oath and say Jury find for y-- ap» ten shillings damages and costs 
of courts. 

Judgment and execution were issued on tlie twenty-fifth 
9 



62 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

of March, 1754. Without doubt, this was the execution 
served by Lieut. Stevens. 

The following affidavit, copied from the orginal in the 
office of the Secretary of State, is a part of these legal pro- 
ceedings : — 

Francis peabody and Huberd Gould boath of lawful age tes- 
tifyeth and sayth That in y«= year 1742 we went to work at Rowley 
Canada and we kept ower horses on Able plats hay in the medo 
whare y^ trespas is said to be done & paid him for y^ same and 
y^ said plats hath ben in possession of s"^! meado ever sence till 
he gave it to his son Joseph y^ defendant who hath ben in possess- 
ion ever sence & as to ye upland whare y<= trespas is s^ to be 
Done we se Able plats in y^ year 1742 y^ 29 & 30 days of Sep- 
tember Cut wood & timber on the lot whare y^ trespas is said 
to be Done & y^ s'' Able plats hath ben in possession ever sence 
till he gave it to his son Joseph plats the Defendant & he hath 
ben in possession to this day. 

Francis Peabody. 

Hubbard Gould. 

Essex ss. January y^ twenty seventh Day 1752 then the within 
named Francis Peabody and Hubard Gould both being strictly 
cautioned to the truth of what is above written and then made 
oath to the same the adverce party not Notified living more than 
thirty [miles] Distance. 

Before the subscriber Aug' 6. 

Thomas Lambert Jus. of Peace. 

It is to be regretted that a more extended account of 
these lawsuits, and information of the result, has not been 
discovered. It is certain, however, that the Plattses re- 
mained in possession of the lands in dispute, but how the 
controversy was settled or compromised is not known. The 
only remaining reference to the subject upon the records 



THE MASONIAN CHAliTER. 63 

occurs in a notice of a meeting to be held in November, 
1758, in these words: — 

To hear what proposals, the old Proprietary (so called) of die 
township, have to make to y^ present Proprietors and act thereon. 

The record of the meeting states : — 

That after a debate had thereon y^ question was put whether 
■ ye Proprietors would act on said Article and it passed in the 
negative. 

The affidavit of Peabody and Gould is of importance 
bej^ond the connection in which it has been employed, since 
it establishes a date previous to which Abel Platts first com- 
menced a clearing in the township. It will be seen that this 
date is about ten years earlier than has generally been sup- 
posed. 

In the midst of this controversy concerning titles, the 
war for the conquest of Canada was begun. The Indians in 
the French interest again took up the hatchet, and their 
predatory incursions spread terror and alarm on every side. 
In the proceedings of a meeting of the proprietors of Monad- 
nock Number One, held in September, 1754, an opinion was 
expressed that on account of Indian hostilities it would be 
exceedingly hazardous to build a meeting-house at present. 
These fears were not altogether imaginary. In the month 
of May preceding this meeting, Nathaniel Meloon, his wife, 
and four children were captured by the Indians in Salisbury, 
and soon after three persons were killed and several persons 
captured in the same locality. They also broke into the 
house of James Johnson at Charlestown, and carried the 
entire family of eight persons into captivity. The following 
year Benjamin Twitchel was captured at Keene, two men 
were murdered at Walpole, and at Hinsdale a party of men 
at work in the woods were attacked, and three of them were 



64 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

slain. Traces of Indians were also found in Winchendon, 
and the inhabitants of that town took refuge in the block- 
houses, which the}^ had previously l)uilt ; and during their 
alarm they petitioned the Governor and Legislature for 
assistance. Exaggerated accounts of these atrocities were 
swiftly spread by increasing alarm throughout the settle- 
ments. A general feeling of insecurity prevailed to such an 
extent that all progress in the settlements in this vicinity 
was suspended, and many temporarily left their homes to 
seek places of greater security. Such being the state of 
affairs, it is evident that the fears which pervaded the 
weaker settlements were not groundless. Yet in addition 
to the sum of all accredited history, every town has its 
Indian traditions, which should be received with many 
grains of allowance. If the oral accounts of the number of 
Indians slain by pioneers were true, the race long since 
would have been exterminated. It is a fact in history that, 
about 1728, the governments of Massachusetts and New 
Hampshire offered a bounty of one hundred pounds, which 
at that time was equivalent to forty pounds sterling, for 
every Indian scalp which should be exhibited to the proper 
authorities. Capt. John Lovewell, with a company of men 
from Dunstable, Groton, and vicinity, made an excursion 
into New Hampshire, where they killed one Indian and 
captured a small lad. So elated were they with their suc- 
cess that they immediately marched to Boston, where they 
received the stipulated bounty, and a handsome gratuity 
beside. This incident is related in resistance to those tradi- 
tions Avhich magnify the exploits of the early settlers in the 
slaughter of a wary foe. 

Previous to the settlements in this vicinity, the Indians, 
attracted by the number and extent of the ponds in this 
town, made frequent visits to their shores. A most inter- 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 65 

esting collection of arrowheads, hatchets, and other imple- 
ments, has been collected bv Hiram Blake, Esq., of Keene. 
They were found near the southern shore of Long Pond, 
where they were unearthed by the plow after a repose of 
more than a century. They are indisputable evidence of 
the former presence of the Indians in this locality. It is 
not probable, however, that they ever made any continued 
residence in this town, nor is it certain that any hostile 
excursion was ever made within its limits since the advent 
of the white man. The savages had a wholesome fear of the 
more populous settlements, and unless thej^ could stealthily 
approach the defenceless borders they gave them a wide 
berth. The older and stronger towns of Keene, Charles- 
town, Lunenburg, Townsend, and Groton were fortifica- 
tions to the settlements in this vicinity. A retrospect of 
the fortunes of the settlement to this date exhibits many 
discouragements. The first charter has been annulled by 
the location of the province line ; the confirmation of the 
Masonian patent has rendered the deeds acquired of the 
Rowley Canada proprietors for a season extremely problem- 
atical, and finally worthless ; the conflict of titles which 
ensued, and the fear of Indian depredations, has been a most 
effectual barrier to emigration into the township. 



CHAPTER III. 

BECORD OF SETTLEMENTS, 1758 — 17(i8. 

Amended Fortunes. — Retrospect. — Koads Laid Out. — Saw-Mill. — 
Labor upon Hijyhways. — Severe Drought. — The Common. — Delin- 
quent Tax-payers. — Rev. Seth Dean Ordained. — Incorporation iirst 
Proposed. — Census of 1767. 

From the beginning of the year 1758, the fortunes of the 
settlement were greatly amended. The emigration hither 
was much increased and uninterrupted, while a sense of 
security and exemption from an}^ further suspension, never 
before enjoyed, was most happy in its results, and encour- 
aged considerable expenditure in the anticipation of the 
increasing demands of the settlement. The changes which 
had occurred in the membership of the proprietary were of 
a fortunate character. The speculators, who had only a 
selfish interest in the grant, had generally sold their land, 
and thereby transferred their right to vote in the meetings 
of the proprietors, to persons who became residents of the 
township, and had a more lively interest in its affairs. The 
effect of this new element in the proprietary was soon 
a})parent in more liberal legislation, and in the adoption of 
several measures which must have sprung from more 
elevated motives. 

The names of only a few of the persons who were resi- 



SETTLEMENTS. 67 

dents of the township, at this date, have been incidentally 
mentioned. It has been seen that Abel Platts, at this time 
about fifty-four years of age, had been acquainted with the 
township not far from twenty years, and during the time he 
had resided alternately in Lunenburg and in this town. 
Since 1751 or 1752, his residence in this town was contin- 
uous until his death. As previously stated, he first settled 
upon the farm now owned by Martin L. Goddard. This 
farm, with many acres adjoining, he gave to his son Joseph 
previous to 1752, when he commenced another clearing, and 
built a house a short distance north of Pool Pond. His son 
x^bel, born 1738, remained with him until his death, and 
received, by bequest, the farm on which he last resided. 
Joseph Platts was married in 1752, and then became a per- 
manent resident of this town, and had probably been at 
work upon his land during a portion of several preceding 
years. 

Ezekiel Jewett settled about 1752 upon the farm now 
owned by Dr. C. E. Ware, where he resided until his death. 
This land he first purchased of the Rowley Canada grantees. 
After considerable improvement had been made, and a 
house had been built, he found that his title was to be 
disputed. To avoid contention he bought the same land of 
Thomas Prentice, Esq., who had received it in the distribu- 
tion of lots among the Masonian grantees. In this manner 
he was relieved from a law-suit, and perhaps an " extraordi- 
nary service " of an execution by Lieut. Stevens. In the 
preceding chapter, evidence was presented that Mr. Jewett 
had a nursery growing upon this farm in 175--) ; and the tra- 
ditions of his numerous descendants, received from the lips 
of his widow, who lived until 18-30, are clear that before he 
entered the army, during the last French and Indian war, 
he had planted an orchard of apple trees from this nursery. 



68 HISTOBY OF RINBGE. 

Tln' few remaining fruit trees in this orchard are probably 
the oldest in town. Mr. Jewett married, June 16, 1759, 
Hannah, daughter of Abel Platts. A few years later 
Stephen and Jonathan Jewett, brothers of Ezekiel, settled 
on adjoining farms, and lying next south of the farm of 
their brother. Jonathan Stanley, from Topsfield, was an 
early resident in this town, but the date of his removal is 
not precisely known. He was taxed in Lunenburg, IT^o 
and 1754. It is probable that during this time he was 
clearing land and building a house preparatory to the 
removal of his family, and that his residence in Lunenburg 
was only an incident in his removal from Topsfield ; and his 
place of abode in 1754 is made certain in the record of the 
baptism of a child at Lunenburg, in which his residence in 
this town is stated. Among his children were Abigail, Sam- 
uel, John, and Joseph, to whom further reference will be 
made. He settled on lot eleven in the ninth range. John 
Hewitt was among the earliest settlers. He was taxed in 
Lunenburg, 1750 and 1751, and probably came to this town 
during the latter year.- For several years his name occurs 
upon the proprietors' records, but none of this name are 
mentioned after the incorporation of the town. Nothing- 
concerning his family is known. '' George Hewitt, of Row- 
ley Canada, and Miss Triphena Hodgskins, of Lunenburg, 
were married Oct. 21, 17(50." This, probably, was a son of 
John, and removed with him, since a common obscurity sur- 
rounds them both. 

Joel Russell, with his wife and five children, removed 
from Littleton in 1752, and settled in the northwest part of 
the town. After removing several times, he settled upon 
the farm for many years owned by Benjamin Hastings. His 
son Silas was married previous to 1767. 

During the year 1758 came John Coffeen from Boston, 



SETTLEMENTS. 69 

and his brothers Eleazer and Henry Coffeen from Lunen- 
burg. The former settled on the farm now of Thomas and 
Charles G. Buswell. Henry married Lucy Hale soon after 
his arrival, and located near the Jaffrey line, and not far 
from the clearing of Abel Platts. Eleazer was not married 
in 1771, and no reference to his house, if he had one, is 
found upon the records. 

William Carlton came from Andover. Two years later 
he married and settled a short distance south of the Com- 
mon, where he continued to reside as a farmer and innholder 
for many years. 

The arrival of John Lilly from Lunenburg, with his wife 
and one child, probably completes the record of the families 
in the settlement to this date. 

1759. During this year a road was laid out from 
Moses Foster's in Dorchester Canada, and another fi-om 
Aaron Kidder's in New Ipswich, to the centre of Monad- 
nock Number One, and measures were instituted to secure 
the building of a saw-mill. It was also determined to hold 
all future meetings of the proprietors at the house of Abel 
Platts, and that notices thereof should be posted in this 
town, and in Lunenburg, Dunstable, and Groton. Preach- 
ing was enjoyed for the first time during a portion of the 
year. 

The continued record of the early settlers during a few 
succeeding years will be stated as briefly as possible, since 
each of them will be more particularly noticed in the second 
part of this volume. 

The arrivals during the year were not numerous. Aaron 
Taylor, a native of Littleton, removed from Lunenburg, and 
settled in the northwest part of the town. His family 
consisted of a wife and three children. And Samuel 
Hodgskins — who had lived in several places, but last in 

10 



70 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Lunenburg, — with his wife and one child, settled near the 
present residence of Dea. Norcross. 

1760. The saw-mill was built by the proprietors 
during the summer of this year. Numerous roads were 
laid out, the sum of one hundred dollars was raised to 
secure the public ministrations of the Gospel, and the house 
of Samuel Hodgskins designated as the place "where the 
preaching should be." 

The names of Hale and Ingalls appear for the first time 
upon the records. 

Moses Hale removed from Hampstead, N. H., and died 
in 1762. His grave-stone bears the earliest date in the 
cemetery. His widow survived him nearly twenty years. 
Moses Hale, Jr., with his wife and two children, also other 
sons, Enoch and Nathan, and three daughters, came to this 
town at the same time. They settled in the north part of 
the town. James Philbrick, also from Hampstead, settled, 
upon the farm now owned by James P. Clay. He subse- 
quently married a daughter of Moses Hale, senior. 

Josiah Ingalls, from Andover, located near Grassy Pond, 
and soon after acquired possession of the saw-mill which 
was in the vicinity of his dwelling. 

Jonathan Parker came from Groton, and settled near the 
centre of the town. His wife and two sons composed his 
family. Samuel Harper also removed into this town during 
the year. His wife and several children were here soon 
after, and probal)ly accompanied him. 

1761. The legislation for the year related mainly to 
the highways, and provision was made for repairing the 
roads already built "to make them passable for teams." 
Aaron Taylor, Enoch Hale, Joseph Platts, and Jonathan 
Stanley were chosen highway surveyors, with instructions 
" to allow each labourer half a dollar for each day's service 



SETTLEMENTS. 71 

from the first of May until the last of October, and then, 
two pistareens to the first day of May, and for a pair of 
oxen for each day's service fifteen shillings, old tenor, of 
y*" Massachusetts Bay. " Provision was made to secure 
preaching, and Jonathan Hopkinson was chosen to engage a 
minister. The continued record of the measures adopted in 
regard to the meeting-house and the settlement of a minister 
will be found in subsequent chapters. 

The past few years had been seasons of great plenty, 
which rewarded the labor of the husbandman with abundant 
harvests. This and the succeeding year were as remarkable 
for their scarcity. The severe drought which prevailed 
during the summer months rendered them as memorable in 
the distress of the settlement as the former had been in 
abundance. Benjamin Wetherbee, of Lunenburg, who had 
been here a portion of the time for two or three years, 
removed his wife and three children to their futui-e home in 
the southeast part of the town. His younger brothers, John 
and Abraham, who subsequently settled in this town, were 
mere lads at this date. 

176!2. From year to year the management of the 
public affairs was more generally committed to residents 
of the township than to non-resident owners of land, as 
formerly had been the prevailing usage. This indicates 
that the former class of proprietors had become the more 
numerous and controlling element in the organization, and 
that a more liberal policy would be pursued. John 
Lovejoy, who removed into the township early in the 
year, was chosen proprietors* clerk, in room of Abel 
Lawrence, of Groton. The preceding year Jonathan 
Blanchard was excused from further service as treasurer, 
and Josiali Ingalls Avas elected as his successor. The 
Ixmndaries of the twenty acres reserved for a Common 



72 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

in the centre of the town were defined by marked trees, 
a few acres were cleared for a "meeting-house place," and 
the preceding year, one and one-half acres, included within 
the twenty acres of Common, had been reserved for a 
cemetery, and a committee chosen to clear one-half of an 
acre without delay. Through this and the succeeding years 
the highways continued to be a fruitful subject of legis- 
lation, and the numerous measures adopted in relation to 
them occupy a large share of the records. 

Nathaniel Russell, with his wife and three children, 
removed from Littleton, and settled on the farm now of 
William E. Robbins ; and John Lovejoy, from Lunenburg, 
settled on the farm now owned by Addison Todd. He 
was married, and, at the time of removal, had five children. 
Samuel Larabee, an aged man, and his son Samuel Larabee, 
Jr., removed from Lunenburg. The latter was accompanied 
by his wife, five children, and one slave ; and Joshua 
Webster, his wife and four children, came from New Salem 
in this State. Jonathan Hopkinson came this or the pre- 
ceding year. He was married, but no further information 
of his family has been found. 

1763. For sometime past the records have foreshad- 
owed an increasing embarrassment, arising from the number 
of delinquent tax-payers. The sums assessed for public 
uses upon lands owned by non-residents, to a great extent, 
remained unpaid. Upon many of the lots the accumulation 
of the whole number of assessments was in arrears. This 
state of affairs continued to engross the earnest attention of 
the proprietors, and during the year no less than twelve 
votes were passed in relation to the subject. Committees 
were chosen with ample instructions. The lands were 
advertised for sale to meet the taxes due. But from fear 
that this measure would not be sustained by the Courts, 



SETTLEMENTS. 73 

such proceedings were generally postponed. A few lots 
were sold, but not until the proprietors agreed to indemnify 
the committee chosen for that purpose from any personal 
loss in case a lawsuit resulted from such sales. All 
measures relating to this subject appear to have been 
adopted with extreme caution. Under the cloak of a 
provision in the charter, the owners of the fifty-four lots 
reserved by the Masonian grantors refused to pay any taxes 
upon them until they had been improved. As a means of 
relief from this dilemma, and to enable them to speedily 
collect the unpaid taxes on other lands, the proprietors 
resolved to request the General Court of the province to 
pass a statute that would authorize them to summarily 
balance accounts with these delinquent land-owners, and 
Dr. John Hale, of Hollis, was desired to present their 
petition. The Masonians possessed an influence in and 
around the Legislature that could easily defeat any measure 
hostile to their interests, and the subject continued to season 
the deliberations of the proprietors with vexation until the 
township was incorporated, and jDublic affairs were con- 
trolled by a more efficient organization. 

This year it was agreed that the notices of public 
meetings of the proprietors should thereafter be posted 
only in Number One and in Lunenburg. Page Norcross 
and John Demary removed from Lunenburg. The former 
Avas married this year, and settled on the farm owned by 
Nathan Woodbury. The latter, whose family consisted of 
a wife and six children, owned and occupied for many years 
the farm of the late Hubbard Moors. Jacob Gould, his 
brother Elijah, and his cousin Benjamin Gould, of Lunen- 
burg, had owned and improved land in this town for two or 
three years. In June of this year, Jacob Gould married a 
daughter of Moses Hale, and settled in the northwest part 



74 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

of the town. The other two were soon after married, and 
became residents of this town. 

1764:. Five meetings of the proprietors were held 
during the year. The issues which had arisen in the past 
were repeatedly considered, and few new questions were 
proposed. The meeting-house was raised and partly 
finished, and numerous bills for labor and material were 
paid. Moses Hale was chosen treasurer, which office he 
held until the organization was dissolved, soon after the 
incorporation of the town. 

The only arrival in town during the year was Silas 
Dutton, from Lunenburg, and his family was proportioii- 
ately small, being a wife and an infant. 

X76»5. Mr. Dean was ordained, and a church was 
embodied. A committee was chosen to prevent any 
encroachment on the Common, and several acres around 
the meeting-house were cleared and graded. It was also 
ordered that notices of all future meetings of the pro- 
prietors vshould be posted only in the township. For the 
first time the question of incorporation was proposed. At 
these and subsequent meetings, whenever the vsubject was 
considered, it was invariably associated with the difficulties 
the proprietors experienced in collecting tlie taxes assessed 
on non-resident owners of land, and the measure appears 
to have been sustained, not so much as a result to be desired 
of itself as a means of relief from this embarrassment. 
The evidence of the records is clear upon this point : — 

Voted that Enoch Hale be an agent to go to Portsmouth to 
git the town Incorporated with the proviso he can get the land 
taxed. And to see whether there be any other way for our help 
than to be incorporated, and that there be no other way for to 
gather the taxes, and voted that Enoch Hale get the town incor- 



SETTLEMENTS. 7 '5 

porated at all events if he can see no other way for to relieve 
the town. 

It was upon the strength of this vote that the town was 
subsequently mcorporated. Rev. Seth Dean's house was 
near the southern extremity of the Common, and on the 
lot noAv owned by A. A. Fowle. His children at this time 
were a son and two or more daughters. William Stearns, 
his wife and child were also added to the population of 
the settlement, while Daniel Harper came to this town in 
course, having previously resided in nearly all the towns 
in this vicinity. He hailed from Shirley at this time. His 
wife and three children came the following year. Evidently 
they had not been able to keep pace with him in his 
frequent removals. 

1766. From this date the public meetings of the 
proprietors were held in the meeting-house. An article 
in the warrant for a meeting to be held in August does 
not represent a very satisfactory state of the treasury. The 
grief of the proprietors found expression in these words : 
" To see if the proprietors will choose an agent to hire any 
sura of money to relieve some difficulties that labor with 
the proprietors." When the meeting was assembled the 
article was passed without action, but whether in despaii' 
of securing relief, or from some happy change in the 
condition of their finances, is not made known. 

A vote was passed granting Jonathan Stanley, and any 
others that so desired, the privilege of building stables 
near the meeting-house and on the land reserved for a 
(^oinmon. The stranger might reasonably inquire if some 
of the dilapidated horse-sheds, which now shabbily proclaim 
their great age, were not built at this time. But the facts 
and appearances are slightly at variance. 



76 niSTOBY OF RINDGE. 

The emigration to the town for this as well as the 
preceding year was not numerous. David Hammond, with 
his wife and two children, Nathaniel Turner, from Lan- 
caster, with his wife and one child, and Amasa Turner, his 
father, also from Lancaster, complete the number. The 
family of the latter consisted of a wife and several children. 

1767. The usual number of public meetings were 
held, but the proceedings are unimportant. It was now 
apparent that the place would soon be incorporated, by 
which the control of public affairs would be vested in the 
town instead of the association of proprietors, and for this 
reason few measures involving an}^ outlay of money were 
adopted. The town received an addition of eleven families. 
Daniel Kand, of Shrewsbury, was married in May of this 
year, and settled in the southwest district. The farm has 
remained in the possession of his descendants until quite 
recently. Daniel Lake, his wife and seven children, 
removed to the north part of the town. They came from 
Topsfield. Isaac and David Allen, John MacElwain, each 
of whom were married ; Benjamin Davis, from Groton, 
wife and one child ; Abel Stone, also from Groton, wife 
and three children ; Oliver Stevens, who was married in 
April ; Joseph Worcester, wife and one child ; Joseph 
Pao-e, a widower, and his younger children, from Lunen- 
burg ; Samuel Sherwin, of Andover, his wife and two 
children ; and Jonathan Sherwin, from Boxford, with his 
wife and four children, removed to the town during the 
year. 

In September the Provincial Legislature ordered an 
enumeration of the inhabitants, and an inventor}^ of the 
ratable estates in each town or place in the province, to be 
made in December of this year. Any enumeration of the 
inhabitants of a town or of a State is an important item 



SETTLEMENTS. 77 

in its history. This census being made so near the date of 
incorporation possesses more than an ordinary interest, and 
the data are of much service in verifying the record of 
previous settlements. Previous to this enumeration, the 
Hewitts and Samuel Hodgskins had removed from the 
town. 

The returns of a few towns in this vicinity in the 
following table are placed in comparison with the like 
statistics of this town. The names by which these towns 
at present are known are here employed. No returns are 
found with which to fill the blank spaces in the table : — 



, 


s^ 


1:^ 


s^ 


o- 




5- 


C c 


^.2 


1^ 


-S "5 ^ 

B ^ C 




g^l 






Rindge, . . 

Fitzwilliam, 

Dublin, . . 

Keeiie, 

New Ipswich, 

Peterborouo:li, 



298 
.93 



430 
443 



6.5 

40 
106 
150 
100 



£ 
2,200 

1,000 
4,000 
5,000 
3,715 



£ s. 
5 4 

2 7 

9 10 

11 18 

8 17 



The population of each town is arranged in classes. The 
returns from Rindge were as follows : — 

Married men from 16 to 60 years of age, ... 54 

Married women, ......... 64 

Unmarried men from 16 to 60 years of age, ... 18 

Men 60 years and above, 4 

Females unmarried (of aU ages), 82 

Boys of 16 years and under, 84 

Male slaves, 

Female slaves, . 1 

Widows, 1 

Total, 298 

11 



78 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

In this classification of the inhabitants there is a manifest 
error. The number of married men between sixteen and 
sixty years of age is fifty-four ; and the number of men 
above sixty years is four, two of whom were married ; while 
the number of married women is fifty-four. Either the 
number of married men between sixteen and sixty years of 
age should be fifty-two, or else the number of married 
women should be fifty-six. . Probably the latter supposition 
is correct, and the population of the town was two more 
than stated, and the number of families was fifty-eight. Or 
if these married men, to whom the census returns have 
allotted no wives, were clearing land and building houses, 
preparatory to the removal of their families, that fact would 
account for the apjDarent discrepancy. The following exhibit 
of tlie families when the enumeration was made has not 
been prepared without considerable labor. The number 
of the children in some of the families has not been ascer- 
tained. If the table was complete in this particular, the 
sum of the two last columns would be one hundred and 
sixty-six, including others, if any. whose parents were not 
residents of this town. 



"^^ 



"« 






s 








^2l 




t§ 


^ 


<= s ^ 


^ 


'^ 


^.^2 


1« 


la 


• i:: « 


^ 
^ 




^s^ 






1 

2 

4 

.5 
6 

7 

8 



10 

11 

12 



Joseph Page (widower), ! 

Samuel Larrabee, "• 

Abel Platts. [63 

Nathaniel Paqe I 

David Allen,- 

Isaac Allen 

John Coffeen 

Henry Coffeen '20 

William Carlton I 32 

Rev. Setli Dean ! -19 

Silas Dutton, 1 

John Demary, I 



55 



1 4 

1 1 

3 4 



SETTLEMENTS. 



79 



^ 



-^ 




1 


1 


i 
^ 


• of Boys 
ider sixteen 
ars of age. 




^ 

^ 


o. 


55^ 


, Cs 5 Si 


^ 


'^ 


]^ S Sr, 



2'^ 



13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 

•22 
23 
24 

'25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 

■47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 



114 



Benjamin Davis, 

Jacob Gould, 

Benjamin Gould 

Elijah Gould, 

Stephen Gates, 

IMoses Hale, 

Enoch Hale, 

Nathan Hale 

David Hammond, 

David Havper, 

Jonathan Hopkinson, 

Samuel Harper, 

Caleb Huston, 

Josiah Ingalls, 

Ebenezer Ingalls, 

Ezekiel Jewett 

Stephen Jewett, 

Jonathan Jewett, 

Daniel Lake. 

John Love joy, 

Samuel Larrabee, Jr., 

John Lilly, 

John ]\IacElwain, 

Page Norcross, 

James Philbrick, 

Joseph Platts, 

Abel Platts, Jr., 

Jonathan Parker, 

Joel Russell, 

Nathaniel Russell, 

Silas Russell, 

Daniel Rand, 

William Spaulding, 

Jonathan Sherwin, 

Samuel Sherwin, 

William Stearns, 

Jonathan Stanley. 

John Stanley, 

Abel Stone, 

Oliver Stevens, 

Amasa Turner, 

Nathaniel Turner, 

Aaron Taylor, 

Benjamin Wetherbee, 

Joshua Webster, 

Joseph Worcester, 

Children of second wife of J. Platts 

by a former marriage, 

Total. 



23 
30 
26 
24 

35 
34 
24 
30 



27 



22 
40 
30 

28 
41 



29 
28 
41 
29 
46 
51 
34 
25 
25 



38 
29 



56 
22 
25 



30 
41 
39 



21 



29 



25 



26 



40 



39 



27 
26 
27 
49 



21 



33 



35 
36 



80 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

The four men above sixty years of age were Joseph 
Page, Samuel Larrabee, Abel Platts, and Nathaniel Page. 
These names are first upon the foregoing list. Joseph Page 
and Samuel Larrabee were widowers. Elizabeth (Wheeler) 
Hale, widow of Moses Hale, was the widow enumerated in 
the census, and the slave was the property of Samuel 
Larrabee, Jr. The only remaining class in this enumeration 
included the unmarried men between sixteen and sixty 
years of age. They were : Eleazer Coffeen, brother of 
John and Henry ; John, son of Rev. Seth Dean ; John 
Demary, Jr. ; Timothy, son of Stephen Gates ; Joseph 
Gillson ; Josiah, Simeon, and Nathaniel, sons of Josiah 
Ingalls ; John Lovejoy, Jr. ; George, son of Daniel Lake ; 
Stephen, son of Samuel Larrabee, Jr. ; Joseph and Abijah, 
sons of Joseph Page ; Jonathan Parker, Jr. ; Joel and 
William, sons of Joel Russell ; Samuel, son of Jonathan 
Stanley ; and Thomas Walker. 

Such were the inhabitants of the settlement at the close 
of the year, and within six weeks of the date of the 
incorporation of the town. 



CHAPTER IV. 

A BECOBD FROM THE INCORPORATION TO THE 
REVOLUTION. 

Town Incorpoi'ated. — Oricfin of the Name. — The Charter. — Town 
Meetings. — Warning out of Town. — Settlements. — John Fitch. 

1768. ^1^ tlie eleventh of February the town was 
incorporated, and received the name of Rindge. The 
preliminary proceedings were exceedingly brief, and con- 
sisted merely of the votes passed in 1765. Perhaps a 
petition from the inhabitants was presented by Mr. Hale, 
but no mention of such a paper is found upon the records. 
The proprietors expressed a wish that the town be called 
Providence. This name was proposed by Rev. Seth Dean. 
In this, as in many other instances, but little consideration 
was given to the wishes of the people in regard to the 
names of towns. Personal ends were to be obtained, and 
friends rewarded.' If Mr. Dean displayed the better taste, 
the name by him suggested was presented as a request 
from the people, while the name of Rindge was returned 
as an edict of a royal Governor. 

It has been suggested that the town was named in 
memory of John Rindge, who was the efficient agent ' of 
New Hampshire in the controversy with Massachusetts 
concerning the province lines, and who had been a member 



82 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

of both branches of the Legislature. Nor should the fact 
be overlooked that John Wentworth, who was appointed 
Governor the year previous, and who issued the charter, 
was a grandson of Mr. Rindge. But when it is remembered 
that he died in 1740, nearly thirty years previous to the 
charter, it appears more highly probable that the town was 
named in honor of Daniel Rindge, who was an active 
member of the Provincial Council at this time. Daniel 
Rindge and George Jaffrey were members of the Council 
when the towns of Rindge and Jaffrey were incorporated. 
If this town was named in honor of Daniel Rindge, the 
analogy is clearly seen. But a consideration of still greater 
weight rests in the custom then prevailing of assigning to 
the counties and towns in New Hampshire the names of the 
living rather than of the dead. There was also a John 
Rindge, who became one of the proprietors of Mason's 
grant at the time the number of shares was increased and 
several new members admitted ; but no cause appears to 
warrant the association of his name in this connection. 

The charter is here presented as it is found upon the 
town records : — 

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, 
and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so Forth. 

To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, Greeti?lg : 

Whereas our Loyal subjects. Inhabitants of a Tract of Land 
within our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, known by the 
name of Monadnock No. i lying between Monadnock No. 4 and 
New Ipswich, on the Province Line, and containing by estimation 
Thirty-five square miles. Have Humbly Petitioned and Requested 
us that they may be Erected and Incorporated into a Township 
and Infranchised with the same powers and privileges, which other 
Towns in our said province by Law have and Injoy ; and it 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 83 

appearing unto us to be Condusive to the General Good of our 
said province, as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by 
maintaining Good order and encouraging the Culture of the land 
that the same should be done. Know Ye Therefore that we 
of our Especial Grace, Certain Knowledge and for the Encourage- 
ment and promoting the Good purposes and Ends, aforesaid. By 
and with the advice of our Trusty John Wentworth, Esq'^, our 
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and of our Council for said 
province of New Hampshire, have Erected and ordained, and by 
these Presents for us, our heirs and successors. Do will and 
ordain That the Inhabitants of the Tract of Land, aforesaid, and 
others who shall Inhabit and Improve thereon hereafter. The 
same being butted and bounded as follows (viz.) : Beginning at the 
Southwest Corner of New Ipswich then Running on the Province 
Line West Ten Degrees North Seven miles to the Southeast Cor- 
ner of No. 4. Then Turning off and Running North by the 
Needle by No. 4 aforesaid five miles then Turning off and Run- 
ning East Ten Degrees South seven miles to New Ipswich, then 
Turning off again and Running South by the needle by New 
Ipswich aforesaid Five miles to the bounds began at. Be and 
HEREBY are DECLARED AND ORDAINED to be a Town Corporate 
and are hereby Erected and Incorporated into a Body politick and 
Corporate, to have Continuance During our pleasure, by the name 
of RINDGE with all the powers and authorities, privileges, immu- 
nities, and franchises, which any other Towns in said province 
by Law hold and injoy to the said Inhabitants or who shall here- 
after inhabit there and their successors for said Term. Always 
Reserving to us our heirs or successors all white Pine Trees 
that are or shall be growing and being on the said Tract of Land, 
fit for the use of our Royal Navy. Reserving also to us our heirs 
and successors the Power and Right of Dividing the said Town 
when it shall appear Necessary and Convenient for the Inhabi- 
tants thereof. Provided Nevertheless and it is hereby Declared 
that this Charter and Grant is not Intended and shall not in any 
manner be Construed to effect the Private Property of the soil 



84 HISTOEY OF EINDGE. 

within the Limits aforesaid and as the several Towns within our 
said province are by the Laws thereof enabled and authorized to 
assemble and, by the majority of the voters present, to choose all 
such officers and Transact such affairs as in the said Laws are 
Declared. We do by these Presents nominate and appoint 
Enoch Hale Esq'' to call the first meeting, of said Inhabitants, to 
be held within the said Town at any time within eighty days from 
the Date hereof. Giving Legal Notice of the Time and Design of 
holding such meeting. After which the annual meeting in said 
Town shall be held for the choice of said officers and the purposes 
aforesaid on the third Thursday in the month of March annually. 

In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our said 
Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness our aforesaid Governor 
and Commander-in-Chief this eleventh day of February in the 
Eighth year of our Reign, and in the year of our Lord Christ 1768. 

J. WENTWORTH. 
By his Excellancy's Command, 

T. ATKINSON, [Secty.] 

Entered and Recorded in the Book for Recording Charters of 
Incorporations. Folio 299 & 300. 

GEO. KING, Dep. Secy. 

The i)ul»lic interests which had been controlled by the 
proprietors were now assumed by the town. Hereafter the 
taxes were levied, not simply upon lands, but upon all 
estates, both personal and real ; and every citizen, without 
regard to the amount of land in his possession, was 
permitted to have a voice in the management of public 
affairs. The public meetings were no longer called at the 
request of one or more of the principal land-owners, but in 
response to the voice of the citizen, without regard to the 
number of his acres or the value of his estate. The 
incorporation of towns to succeed the more aristocratic 
organizations of proprietors was simpl}' the founding of 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 85 

schools for the training of freemen. It was in the town 
meetings that the American Revolution was inaugurated. 
Here the situation was debated, the lives and fortunes of 
the people were pledged to the cause, and the sum of these 
debates and resolutions formed the public sentiment at large 
which carried the colonies through the war, and controlled 
their leaders in the adoption of liberal constitutions as the 
proper fruits of a successful revolution. 

According to the bounds defined in the charter, the town 
would contain about 22,060 acres. If each corner had been 
a right angle, the area would have been thirty-five square 
miles, or 22,400 acres. In Merrill's " Gazetteer of New 
Hampshire,'' published in 1817, the area is given as 23,838 
acres. The town is more than seven miles from east to 
west, and more than five miles from north to south, and 
contains about 24,000 acres. In accordance with a provision 
of the charter, the first town meeting was called by Enoch 
Hale, Esq., who had been appointed a Justice of the Peace 
only a short time previous. At this meeting the town 
officers for the ensuing year were chosen, but no other 
business was transacted. The record of the meeting is 
given entire : — 

The Inhabitants of said Town of Rindge being met at the 
meeting house in said Town upon the seventeenth Day of March 
A.D, 1768 agreeable to the aforegoing Warrant, Proceeded as 
foUoweth (viz.) 

First Choose Enoch Hale Esq'' Moderator To Govern said 
meeting. 

Secondly made Choice of Nathaniel Russell for Town Clerk. 

Thirdly Choose Nathaniel Russell first Selectman, William 
Carlton second Selectman, and Henry Goddin third Selectman. 

Choose Nathan Hale Constable, and Henry Coffeen Town 
Treasurer, and Aaron Taylor and John Coffeen Tythingmen, and 

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86 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Samuel Sherwin and Page Norcross fence Viewers, and Joseph 
Worster and Abel Stone Haywards and field Drivers. And Jacob 
Gould, Benjamin Davis, Joseph Worster and Jonathan Parker 
Jun"^ Surveyors of Highways, Choose Enoch Hale Esq"^ Pound 
Keeper. 

All the above persons except Enoch Hale Esq'' were sworn to 
the faithful Discharge of these Respective offices, by Enoch Hale 
Esq"", and then the meeting was Dismissed. 

By these proceedings the administration of the propri- 
etors was terminated, the outstanding bills were paid, the 
meeting-house, public land, and highways were subsequently 
transferred to the town, and their organization was dissolved. 
Another meeting soon followed. To illustrate the manner 
of calling meetings at this time the warrant — omitting sev- 
eral articles noticed in another chapter — and the return of 
the constable are presented : — 

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

To Mr. Nathan Hale, Constable for the Town of Rindge in 
the province aforesaid. Greeting: 

You are hereby required in his Majesty's name to Notify and 
Warn all the freeholders and other Inhabitants of said Town of 
Rindge Qualified to vote in Town meetings to assemble and meet 
at the public meeting house in said Rindge upon Monday the 
Second Day of May next at one of the Clock in the afternoon of 
said Day, then and there to Act upon the following Articles. 

First to Choose a moderator to Govern said meeting. . . . 

4'>' to see if the Town Will Vote to allow the Swine to Go at 
Large in said Town for this Present year, they being Vooked and 
Wringed as the Law Directs. 

5b' to see if the Town will Rent out the School Lot in said 
Town to Mr. William Stearns of said Town for such a number of 
years as they shall think proper and for such yearly Rent as they 



TO THE BEVOLUTION 87 

shall think Reasonable, and Give the Selectmen orders to Lease 
the same to him accordingly. The profitts thereof to be Laid 
out for Schooling Children in said Town. . . . 

7'y To see if the Town will Fix the space for the intermissions 
between meetings on the Lord's Day. 

Hereof fail not to make Return of this warrant with your 
Doings thereon at or before the said Second Day of May. 

Given under my hand and seal at Rindge aforesaid the 13''' 
Day of April in the Eighth year of his Majesty's Reign A. D. 
1768. 

By order of the Selectmen of said Rindge. 

NATHANIEL RUSSELL, Town Clerk. 

Province of New Hampshire, Rindge, May the 2<^, 1768. 

In obedience to this Warrant I have notified and warned all 
the freeholders and other inhabitants as mentioned herein, to 
meet at time and place herein mentioned, to act on the within- 
Articles, by posting up an attested Copy hereof, fourteen days 
before this day, at the meeting house in said Rindge. 

NATHAN HALE, Constable of said Rindge. 

This form for calling town meetings was continued until 
the statute of IT To, after which the warrants were signed 
by the selectmen. Upon the commencement of the war 
all appearance of reverence for George the Third and the 
words " In his majesty's name " were studiously omitted, 
and. the word State was substituted for Province in all official 
papers. At this meeting, the fourth and fifth articles were 
acted upon affirmatively ; the intermission between services 
on the Sabbath was changed from two hours to one hour 
and a half. " Then voted to reconsider their vote to let 
the swine go at large, and the article was dismissed. " The 
proceedings of this meeting occupy several pages of the 



88 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

records, and relate mainly to the location and l)ounds of 
numerous highways, and to the salary of Rev. Seth Dean. 
In January, 1769, occurred the first instance of " warn- 
ing out, " — "a custom more honored in the breach than 
in the observance, " and long since abandoned. It was the 
practice in all the towns to warn out new arrivals soon after 
their removal. Although they were commanded in positive 
terms to depart hence, it was not expected that they would 
go, and in a majority of cases it was ardently hoped that 
they would not. This proceeding was had, under the 
provisions of the statutes, as a safeguard against such per- 
sons obtaining a legal settlement in the towns to which they 
had removed, and in case any of the inhabitants, upon whom 
a warrant to depart had been legally served, became needy, 
the town from whence they removed was chargeable for 
their support. For man}- years, nearly all who removed 
hither, without regard to their social or financial standing, 
were warned out ; and very many of those who became 
prosperous in business, honored as townsmen, and whose 
descendants have been useful and esteemed citizens, were 
requested to leave the limits of the town before they had 
become comfortably settled in their new homes. Not a few 
of those who were the first to respond to the call of their 
country during the Revolution were thus inhospitably 
welcomed to the town; but they doubtless received the 
summons in the spirit in which it was issued, and justly 
regarded it as a legal formality in which there was no sin- 
cerity. A few extracts selected at random from the records 
will illustrate more fully the nature of these proceedings. 
In the preservation of the names of the families, the date of 
removal to this town, and the place of their former resi- 
dence, these records incidentally afford much valuable 
information concerning the emigration to the town. 



TO THE BEVOLUTION. 89 

Cheshire, ss. 

To Mr. Jonathan Parker Jun"", Constable for the Town of 
Rindge in said County, Greeting: 

Whereas Sundry Persons of late Came into this Town which 
may Becom Inhabitants if not warned out and are likely to Becom 
a Town Charge in any time of sickness or adversity, viz : Silas 
Whitney and wife Jean and six children, all minors, viz : Love, 
Oliver, Bartholomew, Jean, Phebe, and Samuel, who came from 
Winchendon, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay, into this 
town in the month of February A.D. 1773. And Joseph Willson 
and wife Hannah and one Child Being a miner, viz : Temperance 
Robinson, who came from Petersham in said Province into this 
Town in the month of february 1773, and Isaac Russell who Came 
from Littleton in said Province into this town in the month of 
November A. D. 1773. Vou are therefore Required in his 
majesty's name to Notify and Warn all and each of said Persons 
to Depart out of this Town as they will answer there Contempt 
under y- Penalty of y^ Law. 

Hereof fail not and make Return of this warrant witli your 
doings thereon as soon as may be. 

Dated at Rindge aforesaid this sixteenth day of December in 
the fourteenth year of his majesty's Reign A.D. 1773. 

JONATHAN SHERWIN,! Selectmen 
DANIEL RAND, I of 

EDWARD JEWETT, J Rindge. 

Cheshire, ss. Rindge January ye jst 1774. 

In obedience to the within warrant I have warned all and each 
of the within mentioned persons forthwith to Depart out of this 
Town as the Law directs, 

JON^ PARKER JuN« 

Constable for said Rindgfe. 



90 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

RiNDGE June ye 12'^ 1776. 
Then Rec' of Edward Jewett & Abel Stone Selectmen of 
Rindge Two pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence L. M". in 
full for warning forty persons out of town. 

by me, JONATHAN SHERWIN, 

Former Constable. 

Rindge Octi^r 15th 1776. 

Then Rec^' of Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin & Lieut. 
Abel Stone Selectmen of Rindge, Ten shillings and Eight pence 
L. M". it being in full for warning eight persons out of Town last 

NATHANIEL PAGE. 

In 1772 and 1773, fifty-nine persons were warned out by 
Jonathan Parker, Jr. 

If these proceedings are open to criticism, the error 
rested in the province laws, since the town, for its own 
protection, was compelled to adopt a practice which had 
become universal. And it certainly was more humane than 
the custom of "• riding out of town, " which was sometimes 
tolerated after this regulation had become obsolete. Then 
for a small amount of money the needy were sometimes 
hired to leave the town, and perhaps receive a colder charity 
from other hands ; and not infrequently, without regard to 
their wishes, they were carried by the town authorities, or 
more frequently by some one hired for that purpose, to the 
town from whence they came, where they were directed 
to apply for bread which here had been withheld. This 
proceeding may possess an appearance of justice as an 
issm' between the towns, but it could not have been 
remarkably agreeable to the persons most keenly inter- 
ested in the result. On one occasion the selectmen of 
llindge were considerably overreached in an enterprise of 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 91 

this character. The poverty of an inhabitant of the town 
had become a most emphatic illustration of the truth of 
the declaration, '•'- The poor ye have always with you. " 
But the selectmen, failing to comprehend their duty in 
the premises as clearly as they realized the general truth 
of the Scripture, employed Israel Divoll to carry the needy 
individual to his former home in Leominster. In this 
transaction their faith that he would be properly cared for 
was more commendable than their works to the same end. 
For this business the agent was paid the sum of five dollars. 
Not to be outdone in this species of liberality, the selectmen 
of Leominster offered Mr. Divoll six dollars if he would 
bring the pauper back. The offer was accepted to the 
replenishment of his purse with money, and the minds of 
the Rindge officials with chagrin. At another time, when 
the population of the town was one more than was thought 
necessary for its prosperity, the town by vote instructed 
the selectmen to employ the greatest rogue in the commu- 
nity to carry the supernumerary inhabitant to the town 
from whence he came. Mr. Divoll was not employed. 
The selectmen immediately nominated Asa Brocklebank 
as a proper person for the enterprise, whereupon Mr. 
Brocklebank, who Avas better known for his good nature 
than for any dishonest practices, quickly responded that 
he would accept the trust if the town would select the 
next greatest rogue to instruct him how to proceed ; and 
Col. Daniel Rand, a most exemplary and candid-minded 
citizen, was requested to advise him in the fulfillment of 
his duty. While these proceedings are sustained by tradi- 
tion, to the credit of the town they were never entered 
upon the records ; and if any instructions were given they 
probably did not exceed a caution against taking pay from 
more than one town. 



92 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

This treatment of the poor savors of inhumanity, but 
it was in accordance with the prevailing usage, and the 
people and their officials suffer in no degree when placed 
in comparison with those of other places. The method of 
providing for this unfortunate class has passed through 
various phases ; yet the innovations, wliich will be noticed 
in a subsequent chapter, have been more suggestive of 
benevolence and humanity. 

During the seven years that intervened between the 
date of incorporation and the Revolution, the emigration 
to the town was both numerous and reputable. A large 
majority of these settlers were worth}" and influential 
townsmen, and their descendants have been intelligent and 
valuable citizens. At this time the southwest part of the 
town was mainly settled, and that locality even to this day 
is frequently called Topsjield, from the name of the town 
from which many of the people came. Topsfield was also 
the residence of several of the proprietors of Rowley 
Canada, which fact is more or less intimately associated 
with this emigration to the town, and is another illustration 
of the impress of the Massachusetts grant upon the destiny 
of the township. 

William and David Robbins, of Cambridge, in 1164: pur- 
chased Lots Twenty in the first and second ranges. They 
immediately commenced a clearing, and their names are 
found upon the highway accounts for 1767, but they did 
not become permanent residents until the spring of 1768. 
Ezekiel and Solomon Rand soon after took up farms near 
the abode of their brother Daniel. Francis Towne, from 
Topsfield, in 1771 settled upon the farm now owned by 
his grandson, Joshua C. Towne ; also from the same place 
came Nathaniel Thomas, who settled upon the farm still 
owned by his descendants ; Philip Thomas, who located a 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 93 

short distance west of Nathaniel ; and Othniel Thomas, who 
settled near Monomonock Lake upon the farm now of 
Gilman P. Wellington; John Emory, who fixed his abode 
in the southwest corner of the town ; Aaron Easty, who 
purchased the farm of John Coffeen, and in 1771 sold it to 
John Buswell, who hailed from Boxford. In addition to 
these, the town of Topsfield sent Abel and Elisha Perkins, 
who selected for their future home the farm now of George 
W. Towne, and Samuel Page, who resided upon the farm 
now of Willard C. Brigham. 

In 1752, Israel Adams, Jr., came from Andover, with 
a deed from the Rowley Canada proprietors of a tract 
of land, which is the farm owned by Deacon Howard 
Gates, of Ashby, and commenced a clearing during the 
summer of that year. He was promptly notified by 
Benjamin Bellows that he, too, held possession of the same 
land under the Masonian charter. Becoming satisfied that 
he could not read his title clear, Mr. Adams gave Mr. 
Bellows the benefit of a season's labor, and went back to 
Andover. Twenty years later, accompanied by his aged 
father, he returned to Rindge, secured another kind of a 
deed for the farm still known as the Israel Adams place, 
and there resided until his death. David Adams, from 
Boxford, removed to an adjoining lot of land, which 
remained in the possession of his descendants until a recent 
date. The families were not related. Samuel and Isaac 
Adams, brothers of David, also removed to Rindge about 
the same time. The former removed to Jaffrey in 1780 ; 
the latter was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel 
Adams, another brother, resided here several years. 

Zebulon Converse came from Bedford, Mass., and settled 
on Lot One in the first range, but soon after removed to 
the site of the residence of Morton E. Converse. • 
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94 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Jabez and Jeremiah Norcross came in 1771. The former 
settled nearly opposite the dwelling of his brother, Page 
Norcross, and the latter on the farm now of his grandson, 
Joshua Norcross, and a short distance east of him was the 
abode of Ebenezer Chaplin, who removed from Atkinson. 
From Lunenburg came Samuel Tarbell, who settled in the 
west part of the town, and in a district still associated with 
his name. From the same town was Isaac Wood, who 
settled upon the farm owned by his grandsons, John E. 
and Jonas Wood. Lincoln sent Abraham and Benjamin 
Peirce ; the latter located near Francis Towne. Henry 
Smith was also from Lincoln, and built a house nearly 
opposite the house of the late Jonathan W. Allen. 

Edward Jewett, whose name frequently occurs upon 
the records, and who resided for many years upon the farm 
now of Ivers H. Brooks, came from Concord. John and 
Abraham Wetherbee, brothers of Benjamin, settled in the 
southeast part of the town, the former on the farm recently 
of J. S. Wetherbee, his grandson, and the latter where 
A. J. Converse now resides. Jonathan and his brother 
Obadiah Sawtell were from Groton, and settled in the east 
part of the town. From the same town was Salmon Stone, 
who located upon the "• Lord farm "' near the centre of the 
town. Asa Sherwin and John Sherwin were from Boxford ; 
the former lived upon the farm formerly of the late 
Charles Cutler, and the latter, at a later period, occupied 
the house previously owned by Philip Thomas. To gain a 
better idea of the town as it was at the close of these 
seven years of constant emigration, the reader should 
locate Benjamin Bancroft, from Groton, near the resi- 
dence of Col. G. W. Stearns ; Henry Godding upon the 
Dea. Cummings farm ; Ebenezer Muzzey near the resi- 
dence of Ezra Page ; Solomon Cutler upon the Dr. Thomas 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 95 

Jewett place — the last three from Lexington ; — Richard 
Kimball, from Boxford, upon the Gates farm, enjoying the 
Adams clearing ; Levi Mansfield upon the Amos Kej^es 
farm ; John Hannaford between the residence of Lyman 
Bennett and Monomonock Lake ; James Wood, from Box- 
ford, near the residence of B. F. Danforth ; John Earl, or 
Eills, as he spelled the name, upon the Josiah Stratton 
farm ; Ebenezer Davis near the farm of Lyman Stratton ; 
James Crumble, from Andover, at West Rindge ; Samuel 
Walker, from Weston, upon the farm now of William S. 
Brooks, which he purchased of William Spaulding, after he 
had sold his former residence to Philip Thomas ; Barnabas 
Gary, from Attleborough, in the east part of the town ; 
Daniel Gragg near Long Pond ; Asa Brocklebank, from 
Rowley, in the east part of the town, and subsequently on 
the farm previously occupied by Henry Godding ; Paul Fitch, 
from Ashby, was proprietor of the mill at Converseville ; and 
Ebenezer Lock, from Ervingshire, near Orange, Mass., was 
the village l)lacksmith. There were also Moses Whitney, 
Ezekiel Learned, Obadiah Marsh, and Jeremiah Russell 
from New Salem ; Nehemiah Porter from Weymouth ; 
Thomas Hutchinson from Ashby ; Ebenezer Shaw from 
Abington ; John Gray from Wilton, N. H. ; Solomon Whit- 
ney, Richard, and William Davis from Lincoln ; Joseph 
Wilson from Petersham ; and Silas Whitney from Winchen- 
don. Other families removed to this town during this 
period, and not a few of the sons of the earlier settlers 
were now married, and occupied houses, which they had 
erected upon their clearings. With this numerous acces- 
sion to the population of the town came three physicians, 
Drs. Morse, Townsend, and Palmer, who will be noticed 
in another chapter. Many facts contained in this chapter 
Avill be repeated elsewhere ; but it has been deemed proper 



96 , HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

to present this view of the population as it existed at the 
commencement of the Revolution, since many of these 
names will frequently appear in the record of that period. 
During the seven years included in this chapter the 
town lost several valuable citizens. In 1769, John Coifeen 
emigrated to Cavendish, Vt. ; Jonathan Stanley, Henry 
Coffeen, Nathaniel Turner, Jonathan Jewett, David Allen, 
and Jonathan Hopkinson removed to Jaffrey, and the names 
of Isaac Allen, John Lilly, Aaron Taylor, Silas Dutton, 
William Stearns, John MacElwain, Joseph Worcester, 
Samuel Larrabee, Samuel Larrabee, Jr., David Hammond, 
Samuel and Daniel Harper disappear from the records. 

In 1772, John Fitch, his wife and one daughter removed 
to this town. With them came Zeno, a negro servant of 
Mr. Fitch. In 1739, Mr. Fitch, then about thirty years 
of age, removed from Bradford, Mass., and settled in the 
south part of Ashby, but then in the town of Lunenburg. 
His abode was several miles distant from his nearest 
neighbors, and was described by him as " seven miles and 
a half above Lunenburg meeuing-house, and three miles 
and a half above any of the inhabitants, on the road 
leading from Lunenburg to Northfield." The settlers in 
that vicinity, apprehensive of an attack from the Indians, 
assisted Mr. Fitch in fortifying his house, and early in the 
year 1748 four soldiers were stationed within the garrison. 
Mr. Fitch was a man of considerable distinction. He had 
traded much with the Indians, and his frontier position 
was well known to them. It appears that they had resolved 
upon his capture, and a party of them, not far from eighty 
in number, stealthily approached his abode during the 
absence of two of the soldiers, and on the morning of July 
5, 1748, suddenly fell upon him and his two remaining 
companions, who were a short distance from the garrison. 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 97 

One of the soldiers, named Zaccheus Blodgett, was instantly 
killed. Mr. Fitch and the other soldier, named Jennings, 
escaped within the enclosure where they made a stout 
resistance for an hour and a half, when Jennings received 
a fatal wound in the neck from a shot through a port- 
hole. The wife of Mr. Fitch loaded the guns, while her 
husband continued his efforts to repel the assault. The 
Indians at last assured him that if he persisted in firing 
he and his family should perish in the flames of the build- 
ing ; but if he would surrender they promised to spare the 
lives of all within his house. A surrender was then made, 
and the house and fences were burned by the Indians, and 
Mr. Fitch, accomjjanied by his wife and five children, was 
conducted to Montreal. The ages of the children were 
respectively five months, four, five and one-half, eleven, and 
thirteen years. A company of men from Lunenburg and 
vicinity, under command of Major Hartwell, started in pur- 
suit early the following morning. The Indians proceeded 
along the south side of AYatatic Mountain, and made their 
first stop at the meeting-house in Ashburnham, the inhabit- 
ants of which town had abandoned their settlement but a 
short time previous. It is probable that they continued 
their course through the eastern portion of this town, and 
thence by way of Spafford Gap in a more northern direction. 
Somewhere in the township of Ashburnham the pursuing 
party discovered a piece of paper fastened to a tree con- 
taining a few lines written by Fitch, imploring his friends 
not to attempt his rescue, as the Indians had promised to 
spare their lives if unmolested, but threatened instant 
death to liimself and family if his friends attempted to 
deprive them of their captives. The pursuing party then 
returned. After enduring the severest hardships in their 
long journey through the wilderness and in captivity, the 



98 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

family were ransomed by their friends in Bradford. They 
returned by way of New York, Providence, and Boston. 
After bravely enduring the perils of captivity the wife of 
Mr. Fitch sickened while returning, and died in Provi- 
dence, Dec. 24, 1748, nearly six months after the date of 
capture. The others returned to their former home in 
Ashby. 

Mr. Fitch used to relate that among the plunder taken 
from his premises by the Indians was a heavy draft chain, 
which one of them carried upon his shoulders to Canada, 
and there bartered it for a quart of rum, which, as Frank- 
lin would say, was paying dear for (wetting) his whistle. 
Paul, one of the children, then between five and six years 
of age, was strapped upon the back of an Indian, and 
performed the journey more easily than other members of 
the family. He lived to an advanced age, and is the one 
referred to in this chapter as owner, for a short time, of the 
mill at Converse ville. He well remembered this experience 
of his childhood, and used to say that, brought into such 
close contact with his animated vehicle, the smell of the 
Indian made him sick, and that he cried so lustily the 
savage turned him about and again bound him to his back. 
With his face towards his former home, and blindly entering 
the unknown future, the journey was continued. His new 
position was a truthful symbol of the uncertainty of his 
fortunes. Jacob, another of the sons of Mr. Fitch, then 
four years of age, and who subsequently was one of the 
early school-masters in this town, suffered more severely. 
Though in other respects well formed, his lower limbs were 
of dwarfish size, on account of the rigor with which he was 
bound to the back of his Indian transport. John Fitch 
was again married in 1751. After residing in Rindge five 
or six years, he returned to Ashby, where he died April 



TO THE REVOLUTION. 99 

8, 1795. From him the city of Fitchburg received its 
name, and a granite monument in his memory has been 
erected upon the Common in Ashby. As stated, the date 
of the capture of this family occurred during the summer 
of 1748. In Whitney's " History of Worcester County," 
it is stated that it occurred in the summer of 1749, and 
Torrey's ^ History of Fitchburg," in an attempt to correct 
the date given by Whitney, makes an equal error in stating 
that it was in the summer of 1747. Kidder's " History of 
New Ipswich," a work of unusual accuracy, has found the 
golden mean, and gives the true date of the event, and 
quotes a paragraph from the Boston Grazette of that year 
which confirms the accuracy of the date. In 1749, Mr. Fitch 
25resented a petition to the General Court for relief, in wliich 
he gives a full account of his capture and sufferings, and 
says that the Indians made the attack before noon on the 
fifth day of July, in the year 1748. 



CHAPTER V. 

BEVOLUTIONABY HISTOBY—mr:> AND 1776. 

The Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Census of 1775. — Conven- 
tion at Keene. — Delegate chosen to attend the Provincial Con- 
gress. — Convention at Walpole. — Town-Meeting AVarrauts. — 
Minute-Men. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety for 1775. — 
Battle of Lexington. — Roll of Captain Hale's Company. — Captain 
Philip Thomas' Company. — Battle of Bunker Hill. — Lovejoy, 
Adams, and Carleton Killed. — Loss of Arms and Clothing. — The 
Company Continues in the Service. — Enoch Hale Appointed Colonel 
of the Fourteenth Regiment. — Training Bands and Alarm Lists. — 
List of Officers. — Importance given to Military Titles. — Selectmen 
and Committee of Safety for 1776. — Conventions at Walpole and 
Hanover. — Association Test. — Captain Parker's Company. — Colonel 
Baldwin's Regiment. — Other Enlistments. — Scarcity of Salt. 

The grievances which led to the Revolutionary War are 
well known, and are more appropriate topics for general 
than of local history. It remains for these annals to record 
the deeds of men, and not of armies, and to portray the 
sufferings of the individual at the fireside and in the field. 
As far as possible, this chapter will be the record of the men, 
and of their families, who- composed the population of the 
town of Rindge during the long and sanguinary struggle. 
The winter of 1774-5 was a season of doubt and uncer- 
tainty. The people were nervously waiting for the clouds to 
break, or, if need be, for hostilities to commence. Anything 



BEVOLUTIONART HISTOBT. 101 

was to be preferred to the state of suspense and anxiety 
which had fallen upon all the land. This town was in full 
sympathy with the sentiment that a war was to be deplored, 
and if possible to be avoided ; but that it might and, in 
certain events, would occur was as freely acknowledged ; 
and early and with remarkable unanimity they were j)re- 
pared for the issue, whether force would compel submis- 
sion or resistance would overcome force. 

In 1775 an enumeration of the inhabitants of the 
province of New Hampshire was had. The entire popu- 
lation was eighty-two thousand two hundred ; the number 
in Rindge was five hundred and forty-two. This census 
being made on the eve of hostilities is of great interest, 
and presents to our minds a township of less than one-half 
the number of inhabitants at the present time. Of this 
number about one hundred and twenty would be males 
between sixteen and sixty years of age. This number 
was considerably increased during the progress of the war 
by the removal of new families into town ; and several 
who removed hither after the war commenced enlisted 
into the service. The repeated record of warning out new- 
comers, the fact that the census in 1780 included seven 
hundred or more, and that a number in excess of one 
hundred and twenty are found in the army from this 
town, all prove that in population the town made consid- 
erable gain during each year of the war. The compar- 
ative population of Rindge at this period wiU be seen 
from the returns of a few other towns : Jaffrey, 351 ; 
Marlow, 207; Mason, 501; Marlborough, 322; Nelson, 
186; Dublin, 305; Peterborough, 549; New Ipswich, 960; 
Keene, 758; Manchester, 285. 

The most careful research has been made to secure a 
14 



102 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

complete list of all residents of this town who served in the 
army during the Revolutionary War. It will be perceived 
that the lists are very nearly complete. The public records 
contain the names of those who responded to the alarm at 
Lexington in 1775, and very few other names are found 
upon any records or papers preserved in this town. The 
search for the rolls, date of enlistment, duration and nature 
of the service, has been made elsewhere. The military 
papers in the office of the Adjutant-General at Concord 
have been carefully perused. No name has been admitted 
upon these pages without unquestionable proof that the 
person was an actual resident of Rindge. Tradition and 
the records are frequently at variance ; in such cases the 
authority of the record has been recognized. In addition 
to the rolls hereafter given, it is certain that in 1776 
thirteen men, and in 1780 sixty-one men, were in the 
service for a few days, having enlisted in response to 
sudden alarms. They soon returned to their homes upon 
learning that the danger had passed. It would be a source 
of extreme satisfaction if it could be known that, with this 
exception, the name of every soldier and every casualty was 
here recorded ; and it is believed that the lists are very 
nearly complete. 

A convention of conference and recommendation was 
held at Keene, December 28, 1774. An address was issued, 
earnestly recommending the several towns in the vicinity 
to perfect measures of preparation, and requesting the 
several boards of selectmen to call a town-meeting and give 
the people an opportunity to adopt a by-law which had been 
prepared and sent with the address. It is to be regretted 
that no account of this convention has ever been published. 
The early date at which it was assembled, and the character 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 103 

of the measures adopted, surround it with an unusual 
interest. Agreeably to these recommendations a meeting 
was held in Rindge, January 23, 1775, at which the town 
voted " to accept of the recommendations adopted at Keene, 
and chose Lieut. Francis Towne, Ens. Daniel Rand, and 
Page Norcross a committee to manage the same " ; and also 
" voted to make a by-law as within mentioned, and choose 
Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Daniel Rand, Nathaniel 
Russell, Jonathan Sherwin, Nathan Hale, and Edward 
Jewett to make and carry the same into execution." The 
above action of the town at this early date is a safer index 
of the prevailing sentiment than a vote passed about the 
same time "to purchase a town stock of ammunition." 
When the fact is brought into view that, under the statutes 
of the province, each town was obliged to keep in reserve a 
prescribed amount of powder and lead, the early measures 
to procure a public stock of ammunition appear less 
significant than at first might be supposed. It is apparent, 
however, that this statute was now obeyed with more 
alacrity than many others, and its requirements more 
carefully heeded than had formerly been the case. What 
was the exact recommendation of the convention at 
Keene is not definitely known ; but the action of the town 
of Rindge in response to the address makes it apparent 
that it was of a precautionary character, and in harmony 
with the serious apprehensions and sentiment of the times. 
At this meeting, Enoch Hale was chosen a deputy, or 
delegate, to attend the second session of the Provincial 
Congress, which assembled at Exeter on the twenty-third of 
January. Mr. Hale attended this session, and was also a 
delegate, and in attendance thirty-one days, at the fourth 
session of the Provincial Congress, which was convened at 



104 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

the same place on the seventeenth day of May. It is 
presumed that he attended other sessions held this year, 
although no record of the fact has been found. It is certain 
that he was present to advise and vote upon the greater 
part of the experimental, yet momentous, proceedings 
adopted by that body, and while there probably formed 
acquaintances, and left impressions on the minds of his 
associates, which led to his many preferments during the 
succeeding years. 

Of the proceedings of this session of Congress, or con- 
vention. Dr. Belknap says : " Their first care was to 
establish post-offices; to appoint a committee of supplies 
for the army, and a committee of safety. To this last 
committee the general instruction was similar to that given 
by the Romans to their dictators, ' to take under considera- 
tion all matters in which the welfare of the province in 
the security of their rights is concerned, and to take the 
utmost care that the public sustain no damage.' " This is 
the origin of the efficient committee of safety, which 
continued to act in the aifairs of the province, and soon 
after of the State, with great boldness and jiidgment, and, 
under the leadership of Hon. Meshech Weare, placed New 
Hampshire in the foremost rank, both in point of influence 
and achievements. Particular instructions were given them 
from time to time as occasion required. They were clothed 
with supreme executive power, and whenever the conven- 
tion was not in session, the orders and recommendations of 
this committee were received with as much authority as the 
acts and resolves of the convention. The continued record 
of the representation of this town in the Provincial 
Congress will appear in another chapter. Previous to 
March, 1775, another County Congress was held at Walpole. 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 105 

Enoch Hale also represented this town in that convention. 
But little is known of the proceedings. 

The annual town-meeting, which was held March 16, 
1775, was the last one warned "in His Majesty's name." 
This and all former meetings were called in the following 
manner : — 

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Cheshire, ss. 

To Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Constable for the Town of Rindge 
in said County, Greeting: 

In His Majesty's name you are hereby required to notify and 
warn all the freeholders and other inhabitants of said Rindge 
qualified by law to vote in town meetings, to assemble and meet at 
the meeting house, &c. 

Soon after the word " State " was employed instead of 
" Province," and the phrase, " in His Majesty's name, " was 
invariably omitted, and years of war, with its consequential 
sorrows, were bravely endured, that these words, with their 
association of tyranny and oppression, might never be 
supplied. It was several years before the meetings were 
called by posting the warrant instead of a personal notice. 
In this warrant was an article : " To see if the town will 
vote any encouragement to any number of minute-men that 
will agree to stand ready on any sudden emergency, and 
for how many ; and what the encouragement shall be, and 
how they shall be provided for whilst gone on the country's 
service ; and to choose a committee to manage the same if 
they shall think proper." The measures here proposed were 
referred to a committee consisting of Enoch Hale, Jonathan 
Sherwin, Solomon Cutler, Jonathan Sawtell, and Solomon 
Rand, who were invested with discretionary power. This 



106 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

was preparation for the worst ; the notes of alarm are here 
sounded, and thus our fathers approach the long and bitter 
struggle. 

For this year the board of selectmen consisted of five 
members, two more than have been chosen for any other 
year in the town's history. They were Enoch Hale, Israel 
Adams, Jr., Nathan Hale, Nathaniel Russell, and Solomon 
Cutler. A committee of safety, inspection, and corres- 
pondence was continued, by annual elections, during the 
war. Until March, 1776, the persons chosen to carry into 
effect the recommendations of the Keene convention 
continued to perform the multifarious duties of this impor- 
tant trust. 

The spring of 1775 was unusually forward ; the sunny 
days of mid April, extremely warm and pleasant for the 
season, had invited the husbandmen to the labors of the 
field. But in the midst of these peaceful avocations, and 
attending this external appearance of security and com- 
posure, there was a most potent undercurrent of suspense 
and anxiety. And now, at a season of the year most 
suggestive of tranquillity and gladness, all doubts were 
suddenly removed, and all anticipations of an honorable 
peace dispelled. The harsh notes of war and carnage were 
resounded over the dying hopes of a peaceful settlement of 
their grievances. The ominous intelligence first heralded 
by Paul Revere and William Dawes to towns near Boston, 
was swiftly borne on the wings of alarm to Southern New 
Hampshire. The messenger arrived in Rindge late in the 
afternoon on the day of the engagement at Lexington and 
Concord. Through the following night the hurried words 
of alarm were repeated from door to door. It was certain 
the enemy had commenced an incursion inward, but no 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 107 

intelligence of actual hostilities had been received. The 
story of the slaughter of their brethren at Lexington and 
Concord was not employed to call these men to arms. In 
the stillness of night the simple words, " The enemy are 
marching," was all the incentive that was required to 
assemble on the Common a company of fifty-four men. And 
there, under the shadow of the meeting-house, in which, 
from Sabbath to Sabbath, they had devoutly raised their 
prayers, with the voice of Rev. Seth Dean, for freedom from 
oppression, where on other days they had often assembled 
to perfect measures of preparation, and give expression to 
their desires for freedom, through peace if possible, through 
war if inevitable, they, with musket in hand, gave evidence 
of faith by works in a manner that must have gratified 
the most sturdy theologian. With a hasty farewell, and 
many thoughts of home and family, in the gray of approach- 
ing morning they hastened to the relief of their brethren, 
and some of them to the scenes of their youth and the 
threatened homes of their kindred. Their march was as 
rapid as their preparation had been hasty, and on the 
twenty-first they were gathered among the assembling 
forces at Cambridge. 

The rapidity with which the alarm was spread over 
the country on the nineteenth of April has excited sur- 
prise. It was not accidental, nor one of those hazard 
enterprises that sometimes apparently happen in a for- 
tuitous manner. For weeks the committees of safety and 
correspondence had been preparing for just such an emer- 
gency ; in many instances it had been arranged who should 
ride, and to whom deliver the message. At twilight many 
a vigilant patriot had carefully stabled and fed his fleetest 
horse, half in expectation that a summons to ride might 
come before the rising of another sun. 



108 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



The names of these men, fifty-four in number, are 
preserved in the following : — 

I'ay Roll of the men that went to Cambridge in Capt. Nathan Hale's 
Company, at the time of the Lexington Fight, April y ig, ///J". 



Nathan Hale, 


Captain, 








o 


s. 
6 


d. 
6 


Francis Towne, Lieut e7iatit, . . . . i lo o 


Daniel Rand, Ensign, 


I ID O 


James Crumble, Clerk, 


I ID O 


Page Norcross, Sergeant, 


£ 

I 


S. d. 
lO o 


/ S.d. 

Samuel Page, i lo o 


Samuel Stanley, " 


I 


10 o 


John Demary, Jr., 






6 6 


James Streeter, " 


I 


10 o 


Joseph Stanley, . 






I ID O 


Abel Stone, Corporal, . 


I 


ID O 


Aaron Easty, . . 






I lO O 


Benjamin Davis, " 


o 


6 6 


William Carlton, . 






I ID O 


Salmon Stone, " 


o 


6 6 


James Cutter, . . 






, I ID O 


Ezekiel Rand, Drummer, 


o 


6 6 


Simon Davis, . . 






o 6 6 


Daniel Lake, Jr., " 


o 


6 6 


John Emory, . . 






I ID O 


Leme Page, Fifer, . . 


o 


6 6 


Enos Lake, . . 






o 6 6 


John Hanaford, . 






I 


ID O 


Jeremiah Russell, 






I lO o 


Daniel Russell, 






o 


6 6 


David Robbins, . 






I ID O 


Nathaniel Ingalls, 






I 


lO o 


Nathaniel Thomas, 






I ID O 


Nehemiah Towne, 






I 


ID O 


Oliver Bacon, . . 






I lO o 


Jonathan Putnam, 






I 


ID O 


Abraham Wetherbee 


, 




I ID O 


Samuel Russell, . 






I 


lO O 


Benjamin Carlton, 






I ID O 


Jeremiah Norcross, 






I 


lO o 


Nathaniel Russell, 






I lO o 


Joel Russell, . . 






o 


6 6 


Jonathan Lovejoy, 






o 6 6 


John Buswell, . . 






I 


lO Q 


Joseph Wilson, . 






I lO o 


Simeon Ingalls, . 






o 


6 6 


Solomon Rand, 








I ID O 


Samuel Parker, . 






o 


6 6 


Daniel Lake, . 








6 6 


Joseph Platts, . . 






I 


lO o 


Edward Jewett, 








I 17 4 


Asa Brocklebank, 






I 


lO o 


Elisha Perkins, 








I ID O 


Samuel Tarbell, . 






o 


6 6 


Ezekiel Lamed, 








I \o O 


Reuben Page, . . 









6 6 


Isaac Wood, . 








I ID O 


Abel Platts, Jr., . 






I 


ID O 


George Carlton, 








I IG O 



This company marched to Cambridge. Seventeen re- 
turned after four days' service, and thirty-seven remained 



BEVOLUTIONART HISTORY. 109 

seventeen days ; and it is pro})al)le that several of the latter 
did not return to their homes before joining another com- 
pany from Rindge, which arrived in the vicinity of Boston 
about that time. In this company of fifty-four men were 
twelve who afterwards held commissions in the regiments 
raised in this State. This pay-roll is found upon the town 
records, and the payment was made by the town. 

Immediately following the alarm at Lexington, several 
hundred troops from New Hampshire joined the army then 
assembled near Boston, and among them was a company 
mainly composed of men from this town. They were 
enlisted April 28d, and the number from Capt. Hale's 
company of minute-men who volunteered to continue in 
the service was considerably increased by fresh arrivals from 
home. These troops were not organized into regiments for 
several weeks. On the twentieth of May the Provincial 
Congress, in session at Exeter, proposed to raise two thou- 
sand men to be enlisted to serve until the last day of 
December of that year ; the men already in the field were 
to be included in this number. These companies, and 
others which promptly responded to the call, were organ- 
ized into three regiments under command of Colonels John 
Stark, Enoch Poor, and James Reed. The regiments of 
Colonels Stark and Reed were mainly composed of the 
troops which had previously volunteered, and were filled 
by others which arrived soon after. The remaining regi- 
ment, under Col. Poor, did not leave the State until 
about the twentieth of June. Capt. Nathan Hale was 
appointed Major of Col. Reed's regiment, in which was a 
company, under command of Capt. Philip Thomas, con- 
taining fifty-two men, thirty-nine of whom were residents 
of this town. The names of those who were from other 
towns are in italics. 



110 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Pay Roll of Capt. Philip Thomas'' Company in Col. James Reed's 
Regiment to August i, 1775. Time of Entry, April 2j, 1775- 

{Paid to each private £7 — 2 — /o.) 



Philip Tliomas 
yohn Harper, 
Ezekiel Rand, 

Benj" Davis, Sergeant. 
Ezekiel Learned, '" 
Simon Davis, " 

Jacob Peirce, " 

John Demary, Corporal. 
Simeon Ingalls, " 
Jeremiah Russell, " 
Benj" Lovering, " 
Daniel Lake, Drummer. 
Leme Page, Fifer. 
Thomas Emory. 
Daniel Russell. 
Obadiah Marsh. 
Ezekiel Demary. 
Enos Lake. 
Reuben Page. 
Samuel Parker. 
Timothy Rogers. 
Ebenezer Ingalls. 
Joseph Wright. 
Stephen Adams. 
Joel Russell. 
Thomas Henderson. 
Benjamin Parker. 
John Dole. 



, Rindge, Captain. 

Lieutenant. 
Rindo;e, 2d " 



Godfrey Richardson. 
^acob Hobbs. 
John Thomson. 
Thomas Hutchinson. 
Hezekiah Wetherbee. 
Caleb Winn. 
James Coffering. 
Benjamin Beals. 
Peter Webster. 
Dudley Griffin. 
Benjamin Dole. 
Isaac Leland. 
Richard A lexander. 
Nehemian Porter. 
Hugh Gragg. 
David Hale. 
David Davis. 
Henry Davis. 
Jonathan Lovejoy. 
George Carlton. 
Isaac Adams. 
Benjamin Burley. 
Simeon Whitcomb. 
A lexander Douglass. 



Capt. Thomas' company was stationed for a season at 
Medford, and on the twelfth of June the regiment to which 
the company had been assigned received orders from Gen. 
Ward to march to Charlestown Neck and guard the ferry 
at that phxce, and two daj^s later Col. Reed issued his 
regimental orders from his new position. From a regi- 
mental return mtide on the same day — three days previous 



I 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. Ill 

to the battle of Bunker Hill, — it is seen that Major Hale 
is reported sick, but appears to have been with the regiment. 
The return of Capt. Thomas' company" reports forty-six 
effective officers and men ; deserters, one ; on command, 
two; 'not joined, one; sick, one; total, fifty-one. The 
following letter written by Col. Reed, and addressed to the 
Committee of Safety, affords a little additional informa- 
tion : — 

I repaired to Medford, and there I met with Capt. Hinds, 
Whitcumbe, Town, Hutchins, Man, Marcy, and Thomas. Whit- 
cumbe and Thomas I took out of Coll. Stark's Regiment for the 
2 Companys that was assigned me — then I was informed by 
Coll. Stark that Medford was so full of soldiers that it was 
Necessary for some to take some other Quarters — then I aplayed 
myself to General Ward, and there Received orders in these 
words : 

Head Quarters, June the 12^^ 1775- 

General Orders — That Coll. Reed quarter his Regiment in 
the houses near Charlestown Neck and keep all necessary Guards 
between his Barracks and the Ferry and on Bunker Hill. 

Signed J. WARD, Sectary. 

Then Sirs on the 13 I marched my Regiment from Medford 
to Charlestown neck and with the assistance of Mr. Turfts, one of 
the selectmen of Charlestown, I got my men into good Barracks 
and then rased my gard, consisting of i Capt. 2 Luts. 4 sergeants. 
4 corporals and 40 privates. ... I am, Gentelmen, your obliged 
servant, 

J. REED. 

On the seventeenth of June, the New Hampshire troops 
were stationed behind their hastily constructed breastworks, 



112 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

between the eminence of Breed's Hill and the Mystic 
River. Against their line the most furious assault was 
made by the best disciplined troops in the British army. 
Their position was stoutly maintained until the further 
defence of the redoubt had been abandoned. All voices in 
history affirm their valor, and that they were the last to 
leave the field. The company of Capt. Philip Thomas 
suffered the most severely of any in the regiment. Jona- 
than Lovejoy, Isaac Adams, and George Carlton were killed 
at their posts ; and against their names, on the original rolls 
of this company, are written the expressive words, " Killed 
June 17." In the same engagement, John Thomson was 
severely wounded ; two years later he petitioned for relief 
in the following terms : — 

COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
To THE HoN^^^ Council and Assembly seting at Exeter in 

SAID COLONY : 

The Petition of John Thomson of Rindge, in the County of 
Cheshire, in said Colony, Humbly sheweth : that your petitioner 
EnHsted into the Country's service in the month of April, 1775, 
in Capt. PhiHp Thomas company in Col. Reeds Regiment, and 
on the seventeenth of June was wounded in battle at Charles- 
town. (Your) petitioner was afterwards carried into the Country 
and Provided for with Sergeon, attendance, &c., at his own 
expense, which expense Together with the loss of my firelock 
Clothing, &c., amounts to Near as much as I Earnt that year ; 
and was then left a Cripple, and shall Ever be unable to do 
Business and support myself and family as before. 

Your Petitioner Humbly Prays for such a Compensation as 
your Honors in your great wisdom shall see meet : and your 
petitioner shall as in duty bound Ever Pray &c. 

JOHN THOMSON. 
September 7, 1777. 



REVOLUTIONARY BISTORT. 



113 



The following are the articles lost, and the amount paid 
to the several men, in behalf of the colony, by Timothy 
Walker. Jr., the same person who formerly supplied the 
pulpit in this town : — 



Lieut. John Harper, 
Ens. Ezekiel Rand, 
Benjamin Davis, . 
Benja Lovering, . 
Daniel Lake, ^i . 
Leme Page, . . 
Ezekiel Larned, . 
Jacob Peirce, . . 
Simon Davis, . . 
John Demerry, 
Simeon Ingolls, . 
Jeremiah Russell, 
Obadiah Marsh, . 
Benja Beals, . . 
Joel Russell, . . 
Dudley Griffin, 
Thomas Emery, . 
Hugh Gregg, . . 
Ezekiel Demerrv, 







£ s.d. 

12 






3 i6 4 






I 15 
4 6 






4 
6 8 






2 14 






I 3 4 






I 4 






7 
2 14 6 
6 8 






6 






12 






5 4 
I 8 






I 4 






17 






i 



Benja Dole, . . 
Reuben Page, . . 
Timothy Rogers, 
Richard Alexander, 
Caleb Winn, . . 
David Davis, . . 
Henry Davis, . . 
Nehemiah Porter, 
Peter Webster, 
Benja Parker, . . 
Thomas Henderson, 
John Thompson, . 
David Hale, . . 
Isaac Adams, . . 
George Carlton, . 
Jonathan Lovejoy, 
James Coffering, . 



£ 



s. d. 
6 
I 2 

15 

8 

3 8 
12 

4 
6 



2 19 
2 

5 6 
7 
7 
6 

I 4 8 
59 16 4 



The articles lost, for which the above sums were allowed, 
will be seen in — 

A List of Losses sustained in the Batal and Retreat on bunker liill^ 
the lyth of June, iJ7S, of Capt. Thomas' Company in the New 
Hampshire Reserves. 

Lieut. [John Harper] one hat. 

Ens'n [Ezekiel Rand] coat, two shirts one gun, iron strike sword, 

pr. hose. 
Sarg't Benjamin Davis a blanket, surtout one byanot. 

" Ezekiel Larned one gone [gun] one byanot & belt, one 

powder horn. 
" Simon Davis one coat. 
" Jacob Peirce a coat, a shag great coat & pack. 



114 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Corporal John Demary one blanket, one byanot, one haversack. 
" Simeon Inglas one Cartridge Box, one gun & byanot, 

one powder horn, one blanket. 
" Benjamin Lovering, Cadous Box & silke handkerchief. 

Drums & Fifers — Daniel Lake [Jr.] one pair of suse [shoes] one 

blanket. 
Leme Page one shagge great coat. 
Richard Alexender caduse Box and a coate. 
Thomas Hutchinson a pare of trowsors. 
David Davis a fine shirt, & a pare of yarn hose. 
Jonathan Lovejoy a surtout, four shirts, one coat, two waistcoats, 

one gun, three pare of hose, one pouch, neckcloth, one 

pr. of trousers, one cat.-Box, byanot. 
Nehimiah Porter a Byanot. 
Thomas Henderson 2 shirts, 2 pr. hose, coat & wastcoat & a pare 

of Lether breeches. 
James Cochran [Coffering?] blanket, pr. Briches a pr. of hose a 

Rasor, havsack. 
Dudley Griffen a coat & shirt. 
Benjamin Beales, a shirt, two pr. of hose. 
Ezekiel Demary one pr. of hose. 
Reuben Paige a great cote and one shirt, i pr of hose, i powder 

horn, one cartridge box, one wastcoat. 
Obadiah Marsh one shirt, one pr. of hose, one Havisack. 
Joell Russell i coat, i pr. Leather-briches, i pr. hose, two shirts, 

one hat, one powder horn, havesack. 
^/j'acob Hobbs one blanket. 
Timothy Rogers one shirt. 
Godfray Richison one pare of suses. 
Henry Davis one pare of trousers. 
Hugh Gregg one shag great coat, i shirt, i powder horn, Bulet- 

pouch. 
Benjamin Dole lost Comp'ys bread (.?) 
Peter Webster a felt hat and coat and i pair of Leather-briches, 

one shirt, one havsak and one Belet pouch. 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 115 

John Thompson one pair suses, one wast-coat, i shirt, 2 pr. of 
trousers, one neck-cloth, one Havesack, i pr. of hose, 
I gone & Powder horn. 

George Carlton, Isaac Adams, and Jonathan Lovejoy, we the 
apprisors of this Company comput their loss of guns 
and other artikals to amount of ^18, besid the loss of 
their lives or in captivity. 

PHILIP THOMAS, Captain. 

The former list represents the amount allowed to each 
man, on account of losses sustained ; the latter contains a 
schedule of articles claimed to have been lost, not all of 
which were allowed. A list of many of the articles which 
were disallowed has been compiled from the military 
papers at the State House. Containing few new facts of 
importance, it is omitted. The greater part of the items 
enumerated, especially articles of clothing, perhaps were not 
lost in battle as stated, but consumed in the burning of 
Charlestown, where, since the thirteenth of June, had been 
the regimental barracks. 

After the Battle of Bunker Hill this company partici- 
pated, with its regiment, in the investment of Boston until 
the close of the year, or until the expiration of the term of 
enlistment. Many of them soon after enlisted into regi- 
ments subsequently organized, and the record of other 
years will continue the history of their service. 

That the town was not unmindful of the soldiers in the 
field will be seen from the following receipts : — 

RiNDGE, August 29, 1776. 

Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, former Constable. 

Please to pay Benjamin Moor seventeen shillings and eight 
pence, it being for what the Committee of Supply allowed him for 



116 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

going to Cambridge [1775] to carry Clothes to the Soldiers and 
the same shall be allowed. 



EDWARD JEWETT, ) Selectmen 
ABEL STONE, \ Rindag. 



^0—17—5 



RiNDGE, October 18, 1775. 
Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, former Constable. 

Please to pay Edward Jewett six shillings, L. M. it being for 
expenses in part for his going to Cambridge, with Lieut. Solomon 
Cutler, to provide provisions for the men that went to the muster 
and we will allow the same to you out of the Town Rate in your 
Hands. 

ENOCH HALE, . " 

NATHANIEL RUSSELL, 

ISRAEL ADAMS, Jr., ( 

SOLOMON CUTLER, J 
^o — 6—0. 



Selectmen 

of 

Rindge. 



The fourth Provincial Congress or Assembly divided 
the State into seventeen geographical regiments, and a 
colonel was appointed over each, whose duty it was to 
see that his proportion of the soldiers required was 
raised. Many of these officers took command, in person, 
of regiments raised in their districts, and remained in the 
field for a longer or shorter period of time. The towns 
of Rindge, New Ipswich, Jaffrey, Peterborough, Temple, 
Fitzwilliam, Dublin, Marlborough, Stoddard, Packersfield 
(Nelson), Washington, and Sliptown (Sharon) constituted 
the fourteenth regiment, of which Enoch Hale was 
appointed colonel Nov. 2, 1775. In addition to faithful 
service in the town, in the assembly, and as sheriff and 
councillor. Col. Hale performed the duties of this appoint- 
ment during the war, which included the labor of 



BEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 117 

paymaster and mustering officer for all the companies 
raised in the towns comprising the regiment. The term 
appearing in the company rolls "raised out of Col. Enoch 
Hale's regiment " refers to the fact that the men were 
recruited within the ]towns comprising this regiment. 

At the close of the year no State government had been 
put into operation, and all jDroceedings in the courts were 
suspended. A healthy public sentiment and vigilance, 
tempered with great prudence on the part of the several 
committees of safety, were the sole protection of the people. 
The summer of this yesn' had been extremely hot and dry, 
and the slender harvests occasioned much anxiety and alarm 
for the future. This condition of affairs, the absence of 
many of the heads of families in the army, and the extreme 
solicitude experienced by all concerning the issues of the 
war, cast a deepening gloom over the trials and anxieties of 
the closing year. 

1776. The year 1776 was an eventful one, in which 
the patriotism and bold faith of the colonists shone forth 
conspicuously. The war, commencing as a war of defence, 
now changed to one for independence, and all temporary 
measures were succeeded by matured preparations for a 
prolonged and earnest effort to deliver themselves from 
British tyranny. 

The convention at Exeter, of which Enoch Hale was 
a member, adopted a new form of government for the 
Province of New Hampshire, reorganized the militia, and 
took the most efficient measures to prosecute the war to a 
successful issue. The male population, between sixteen and 
sixty-five years of age, except Indians, negroes, and a few 
civil officers, was divided into two classes, — the traening 
BAMD, and ALARM LIST or minute men. 

By this act each officer and private soldier of the former 
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118 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

class, composed of men between sixteen and fifty, was 
required to provide himself with " a good fire arm, good 
ramrod, a worm, priming wire and brush, and a bayonet 
fitted to his gun, a scabbard and belt therefor, and a cutting 
sword or a tomahawk or hatchet, a pouch containing a 
cartridge box that will hold fifteen rounds of cartridges at 
least, a hundred buck shot, a jack knife and tow for 
wadding, six flints, one pound of powder, forty leaden 
bullets fitted to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a canteen 
or wooden bottle sufficient to hold one quart." 

One or more companies of men possessing all these 
credentials were organized in every town, and the companies 
were required to muster eight times each year. 

The alarm list comprised all males between sixteen and 
sixty-five years of age not included in the training band or 
in the exceptions already noticed. These comprehensive 
measures, and the efficient manner in which they were 
carried out, prepared the towns to furnish men on short notice, 
and the promptness in which the New Hampshire regiments 
reinforced the army at several critical stages of the war, are 
matters of history. The companies of the training band 
and minute men organized in this town were under the 
command of efficient officers. Their names and the date 
of their commissions appear in the following list. The 
dates are the earliest that can be given with a certainty of 
accuracy, yet a few of the officers may have been commis- 
sioned previous to the date given : — 



Capt. 78. 



Solomon Cutler, 


Lieut. 


75. 


Capt. 77. 


James Crumble, 


Lieut. 


76. 




Daniel Rand, 


Ens. 


75. 


Lieut. 76 


Francis Towne, 


Lieut. 


76. 


Capt. 76 


Ebenezer Chaplin, 


Ens. 


76. 




Abel Stones, 


Ens. 


77. 




Page Norcross, 


Lieut. 


77. 





REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 110 

Salmon Stone, Ens. 77. Capt. 77. 

Ebenezer Davis, Lieut. '78. 

Benjamin Davis, Ens. '78. 

Jacob Gould, Lieut. '78. 

EzeldelRand, Ens. '78. 

Asa Sherwin, Capt. '78. 

Othniel Thomas, Lieut. '77. Capt. '82. 

Isaac Wood, Ens. '79. 

Daniel Adams, Ens. '80. 

Ebenezer Fitch, Lieut. '80. 

Benjamin Foster, Lieut. '79. 

Nathaniel Thomas, Lieut. '79 

John Stanley, Lieut. '77 

Samuel Tarbell, Lieut. '79. 

John Fills, Ens. '82. 

Col. Nathan Hale, Col. Enoch Hale, and Capt. Philip 
Thomas, whose service in the field was conspicuous, are 
not known to have been in command of the local organ- 
izations. No officer was named without mention of his 
rank in the military service. The titles became a part of 
the person's name, and are faithfully preserved in the 
records, and correspond with the date of the commission 
as far as the latter has been ascertained. From the fre- 
quency in which military men were selected for committees 
and town officers, it should not be presumed that they were 
thus chosen on account of their rank in the military 
service. The fact is, their best and most prominent men 
were selected for their military leaders, and no less care 
was exercised in the choice of their civil officers. For this 
reason the captains, lieutenants and ensigns were frequently 
the selectmen, constables, and tithingmen; and the quali- 
ties and ability which fitted them for one line of service 
were recognized in their election to the other. 

At the annual meeting, on the twenty-first day of March, 
Jonathan Sherwin, Edward Jewett, Abel Stone, Francis 
Towne, and Daniel Rand were chosen " a committee of 



120 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

inspection and correspondence. " The three first were 
also selectmen for the year. Two of this committee having 
proved their efficient service in raising men and joining 
the forces in the field, and a third being absent a portion 
of the time in another line of duty, " a new committee 
of inspection, safety, and correspondence " was chosen in 
September, consisting of Lieut. Ebenezer Chaplin, Mr. 
Nathaniel Russell, Mr. Page Norcross, Lieut. James Crum- 
ble, and Mr. Jonathan Sawtell. 

In August, a convention of the committees of safety 
in Cheshire County Avas held at Walpole, " to act upon such 
methods as shall be thought necessary for the general good, 
and for our mutual defence and safety. " In this conven- 
tion Edward Jewett, Esq., represented the town of Rindge, 
and subsequently received one pound and six shillings for 
his attendance. Soon after a similar convention, called 
by the committee of Plainfield, assembled at Hanover, 
and adjourned to meet again at Lebanon. Previous to 
adjournment, this convention issued a pamphlet severely 
criticising the temporary constitution and plan of repre- 
sentation adopted by the Provincial Congress at Exeter. 
Whether Mr. Jewett approved of the pamphlet is not 
known. The town evidently took exceptions to the sen- 
timents it contained. A town meeting was called, at 
which their delegate was requested not to further attend 
the sessions of the convention ; but the town generously 
voted to allow him four pounds, five shillings, and sixpence 
for two journeys to Hanover and Lebanon, and thirteen 
shillings for what he paid towards procuring the printing of 
the pamphlet. 

Previous to the Declaration of Independence, the Con- 
tinental Congress sent to each of the colonies a recom- 
mendation that all persons be disarmed who are notoriously 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 121 

disaffected to the cause of the colonies, or who refuse to 
associate in arms against the British fleets and armies. 
The efficient committee of safety for New Hampshire, 
under the leadership of Hon. Meshech Weare, promptly 
transmitted to the several towns a copy of the resolution 
of Congress, together with a pledge of loyalty for the 
citizens of each town to sign. This pledge, which was 
generally signed by the inhabitants of the several towns 
in the State, is frequently styled the " Association Test, " 
and all those who did not stand the test, by refusing to sign 
the paper, were regarded with much suspicion. 

The citizens of the town were promptly notified to meet 
on the thirtieth day of May, " To see if the Town will 
sign the Declaration that is sent to the selectmen from the 
Continental Congress," when it was unanimously voted, " To 
sign the Declaration." The original paper, containing the 
signatures of one hundred and forty-eight citizens of Rindge, 
is preserved in the office of the Secretary of State at Con- 
cord, from which the following copy is made : — 

To THE Selectmen of Rindge : 

COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

In Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776. 

In order to carry the under written resolve of the Honorable 
Continental Congress into execution, you are requested to desire 
all males above twenty one years of age (Lunaticks, Idiots and 
Negroes excepted) to sign the Declaration on this paper ; and 
when so done to make return hereof together with the name or 
names of all who shall refuse to sign the same to the General 
Assembly or Committee of safety of this Colony. 

MESHECH WEARE, Chairman. 



122 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



In Congress, March 14, 1776. 
Resolved That it be recommended to the several Assemblies, 
Conventions and Councils or Committees of Safety of the United 
Colonies immediately to cause all persons to be disarmed within 
their respective Colonies who are notoriously disaffected to the 
caruse of America, or who have not associated or refuse to 
associate, to defend by arms the United Colonies against the 
hostile attempts of the British Fleets and Armies. 
Extract from the minutes. 

CHARLES THOMPSON, Sec'ry- 

In consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon. Conti- 
nental Congress, and to show our determination in joining our 
American Brethren in defending the lives, liberties and property 
of the inhabitants of the United Colonies, we the subscribers do 
hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will to the utmost of 
our power at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with Arms 
oppose the Hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies 
against the United American Colonies : — 



Abraham Wetherbee. 
Jeremiah Towne. 
William Carlton. 
Nehemiah Towne. 
Benjamin Bancroft. 
Enoch Hale. 
Seth Dean. 
Edward Jewett. 
Jonathan Sherwin. 
W"> Russell, 
vjacob Hobbs. 
John Dean. 
Salmon Stone. 
John Handsome. 
James Crumble. 
Samuel Tarbell. 
Nathaniel Page. 
Solomon Cutler. 
John Demary. 
John Hannaford. 



John Page. 
John Townsend. 
Ebenezer Locke. 
Jeremiah Chapman. 
Nathaniel Russell. 
"John Simonds. 
Amasa Turner. 
Nathan Hubbard. 
Abel Stone. 
John Whitaker. 
James Wood. 
Ebenezer Chaplin. 
James Cutter. 
John Emery. 
Solomon Rand. 
Joseph Stanley. 
Jonathan Sawtell. 
John Sherwin. 
Paul Fitch. 
James Philbrick. 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 



123 



John Wetherbee. 

Ebenezer Davis. 

Daniel Rand. 

Jeremiah Russell. 

Joshua Webster. 

Benjamin Carlton. 

Samuel Stanley. 

Henry Godding. 

Joel Russell, jun''. 

Daniel Davis. 

Jonathan Ingalls. 

Caleb Winn. 

Samuel Walker. . 

Ezekiel Learned. 

Daniel Russell. 

Jeremiah Norcross. 

David Hale. 

Richard Tonipson. 

Amos Davis. 

George Lake. '"'^ 

James Carlton. 

Jeduthan Stanley. 

Nathaniel Ingalls. 

Samuel Russell. 

William Davis. 
'James Streeter. 

Samuel Paige, Jr. 

Jacob Gould. 

Caleb Huston. 

David Robbins. ' 

John Thomson. 

Eleazer Coffeen. 

Benjamin Newman. 

Nehemiah Porter. 

Reuben Page. 

John Lovejoy. 

Solomon Whitney. 

William Robbins. 

Samuel Page. 

John Kills. 

Eliakim Darling. 

Jehosaphat Grout. 

Othniel Thomas. 
.Daniel Lake. ^ 

Jonathan Towne, Jr. 



A' 



Samuel Sherwin. 
Richard Kimball. 
Benj. Peirce. 
Samuel Whiting. 
Oliver Stevens. 
Isaac Wood. 
Joseph Platts. -^ 
Zebulon Convers. 
Simon Davis. — - 
Jonathan Putnam. 
Benjamin Levering. 
Ebenezer Shaw. 
Abel Platts. 
Benjamin Gould. 
Elisha Perkins. 
Page Norcross. 
Aaron Esty. 
Richard Kimball, Jr. 
Stephen Jewett. 
Israel Adams, Jr. 
Nathaniel Thomas. 
Jonathan Ball. 
Nehemiah Bowers. 
Francis Towne. 
Moses Hale. 
Richard Davis. 
Deliverance Wilson. 
Elijah Rice. 
John Gray. 
Oliver Gould. 
Ichabod Thomson. 
Jepthah Richardson. 
Barnabas Cary. 
John Lovejoy, Jr. 
John Bus well. 
Abel Platts, Jr. 
Timothy Wood. 
Simon Davis, Jr. 
Abel Perkins. 
Ezekiel Rand. 
Jonathan Towne. 
Israel Adams. 
Jabez Norcross. 
Joel Russell. 
Jonathan Parker, Jr. 



124 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

John Fitch. / Thomas Hutchinson. 

Randall Davis. Daniel Grag. 

Joshua Tyler. Samuel Parker. 

Benjamin Moore. Ezekiel Jewett. 

Daniel Adams. Henry Smith. 

David Adams. Levi Mansfield. 

Samuel Adams. Asa Tyler. 

Jonathan Parker. Samuel Adams. 

Simeon Ingalls.- Abijah Haskell. 

COLONY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

RiNDGE, June I, 1776. 
In obedience to the within request, we have desired all mails 
in this town to sign the written Declaration (except those are 
excepted) and they have all signed. 

EDWARD JEWETT, ] Selectmen 

JONATHAN SHERWIN, I of 

ABEL STONE, J Rindge. 

To the General Assembly 

or the Hon. Committee of Safety 
for the Colony of New Hampshire. 

The paper is one of uncommon interest. Besides pre- 
serving the names of many residents of the town, it makes 
known that there were no disloyal or timid men who 
failed to respond to the test of their patriotism. The proud 
fact is here recorded " they have all signed," and no com- 
ment can render more intelligible this expression of the 
sentiment of the town on the vital issues of the time. In 
addition to the names enrolled on this pledge, there were 
forty-five men in the service, who were not permitted to 
join their townsmen in signing the test. A few of this 
number, however, were less than twenty-one years of age, 
and would not have been requested to sign the paper if 
they had remained at home. These men not only asserted 
their patriotism Avith their signatures, but with equal 



BEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 125 

alacrity they proved their sincerity by joining the army 
whenever there was a call for soldiers to fill the ranks. 
During the year there were ninety-one enlistments by 
residents of this town. Of this number forty-five enlisted 
for the year ; but the company rolls containing their names 
have not been discovered, and only a part of their names 
can be given. 

The list includes : Major, and later in the year Lieut.-Col., 
Nathan Hale, Capt. Philip Thomas, Ezekiel Demary, Daniel 
Lake, Jr., Benjamin Beals, Isaac Leland, Benjamin Davis, 
Joseph Wilson, Daniel McCarr, Amos Ingalls, Asa Brockle- 
bank, John Demary, Jr., Josiah Ingalls, Jr., Ebenezer 
Muzzey, Thomas Emery, Obadiah Marsh, David Davis, 
Benjamin Burley, Benjamin Parker, Asa Wilkins, Ebenezer 
Ingalls, Jonathan Sawtell, Jr., Ebenezer Newman, William 
Davis, and several others, whose names have not been 
ascertained with sufficient certainty to warrant their men- 
tion. After remaining several months with the army near 
Lake Champlain, they joined the army under Washington 
in Pennsylvania. A vote of the town, in December, to 
excuse from a per capita tax all those "who enlisted last 
winter until the first of January next " has reference to 
these men. 

In July of this year. Col. Isaac Wyman's regiment of 
New Hampshire militia was raised to reinforce the army in 
Canada, but joined the Northern army, then commanded 
by Gen. Gates, Gen. Sullivan having made his successful 
retreat with the broken army of Gen. Montgomery before 
their arrival. This regiment remained in the vicinity of 
Ticonderoga about five months, and suffered much from 
sickness. Capt. Joseph Parker commanded the eighth 
company in this regiment, of which Daniel Rand, of Rindge, 

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126 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

was first lieutenant. The roll contains fifteen men from this 
town, including one officer : — 

William Eussell. Abel Jewett. 

Samuel Parker. John Handsome. 

Reuben Page. Jeremiah Kussell. 

David Hale. Peter Thompson. 

John Simonds. Thomas Emery. 

George Clark. Peter Webster. 

John Stanley. John Townsend. 

In September, Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment was 
raised to reinforce the army in New York. James Crumble 
was lieutenant in the third company, which contained four- 
teen other men from this town, as follows : — 

Benjamin Carlton. Lemuel Page. 

Jonathan Ingalls. Jonathan Ball. 

Caleb Page. Nathaniel Thomas. 

Francis Towne. James Wood. 

Solomon Rand. Nehemiah Towne. 

— John Page. Samuel Chaplin. 

Caleb Huston. Richard Thompson. 

This regiment remained with the army, under the imme- 
diate command of Gen. Washington, on Long Island and 
vicinity of New York, until late in the autumn, or the first 
of December. Nov. 5, 1776, Caleb Huston died at Quaker 
Ridges, in the State of New York, leaving a wife and six 
children, who resided in this town many years. This com- 
pany was commanded by Capt. Abijah Smith, a resident 
of New Ipswich. He was the carpenter employed to build 
the first saw-mill in this town, in 1760. Early in Decem- 
ber, still another regiment of New Hampshire militia, 
commanded by Col. David Gilman, was sent to reinforce 
the disheartened army under Gen. Washington. Francis 
Towne, of Rindge, was captain of the first company, and 
Nathaniel Thomas is the only familiar name found upon 
the roll. They, in connection with the forty-five men who 



REVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 127 

had enlisted for the year, did good service for their country, 
participating in the triumph over the Hessians at Trenton, 
and in the memorable battle of Princeton. Although 
poorly clad and suffering from the cold of winter, they 
remained with the army several weeks after their term of 
enlistment had expired. 

In the autumn of this year, thirteen men enlisted in 
response to a sudden call for assistance at Ticonderoga, and 
were absent from three to six weeks. Their names have 
not been ascertained, and perhaps the company to which 
they belonged was not joined to any regiment. 

Nov. 8, John Martin enlisted " for during the war " in a 
company of rangers, commanded by Capt. Benjamin Whit- 
comb, which was raised for the defence of the northern 
frontiers. Martin was in this service in 1781, and probably 
remained until the close of the war. 

During the French and Indian wars the scarcity of salt 
occasioned considerable suffering. Profiting by former ex- 
perience, measures were now taken to procure a supply for 
their future wants before a scarcity began to be experienced. 
Several of the towns in this vicinity purchased a supply at 
public expense, and chose a committee to deal it out to the 
inhabitants under the most rigid regulations. That the 
town took this precautionary measure, is made known by 
an article in the warrant for a town-meeting, held in 
September, " To see whether the Town will pay for that 
ox that was hurt a going after y® Salt, and give the Com- 
mittee instructions accordingly." The negative of the 
question prevailed ; yet the record reveals the fact that the 
town employed a committee and secured a supply in 
anticipation of a season of scarcity. 

Early in the year, the Provincial Congress adopted a 
temporary plan of government, or constitution, which was 



128 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

to remain in force during the continuance of the war, the 
courts were again established, and, despite the misfortunes 
in the field and threatened invasions by hostile armies, the 
inhabitants began to experience a sense of self-reliance and 
independence not before enjoyed. 



CHAPTER VI. 

BEVOLUTIONART HISTORY.— 1111. 

Alarm and Defensive Measures. — Report of Col. Hale. — Alarm at 
Ticonderoga. — Fourteen Men in Capt. Brown's Company. — Capt. 
Stone's Company. — Capt. Stone's Letter. — Vermont asks for 
Assistance. — Twenty-four Men in Stark's Brigade. — Capt. Band's 
Company. — Casualties. — Sentiment and Votes of the Town. — 
Small-Pox. — A Season of Sickness. — Col. Nathan Hale. — Charges 
not Sustained. — Daniel Russell. — Letters of Col. Enoch Hale. 

The spring of 1777 was a season of gloom and depres- 
sion. Intelligence of the marcli of the well-equipped and 
haughty army under Gen. Burgoyne had been received. 
An invasion of the States was inevitable, and especially 
were the New England States menaced with instant danger. 
Immediate measures were taken by the assembly to fill 
the decimated ranks of the three Continental battalions, 
and to raise other regiments to cooperate with them. The 
inhabitants of this town evinced no symptoms of terror or 
dismay, but calmly proceeded to raise their proportion of 
men. The number of enlistments in this town during the 
year was one hundred and eight, as will be seen from the 
rolls which follow in this chapter. Many of these men 
were at Bennington, Stillwater, and Saratoga, and actively 
engaged with the forces under Generals Stark and Gates, 



130 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



which eventually crushed and annihilated the proud army 
of Burgoyne, so recently flushed with the hope of spoils 
and devastation. The latter they realized, but from a 
stand-point directly opposed to their lofty expectations. 

To avoid the inconvenience experienced diuing the two 
years past, on account of the short terms of enlistment 
which had been allowed, orders were given to fill the 
Continental regiments with men enlisted for three years, 
or during the war. The quota assigned to Eindge was 
seventeen, and the men were promptly raised. The number 
required from the regiment of Col. Enoch Hale was one 
hundred and nineteen. The following report was made by 
Col. Hale in regard to the manner in which the towns filled 
their quota : — 



RiNDGE, Feb. 4, 1777. 



Sir 



In consequence of orders Rec^ for Raising 119 men 
to serve in some one of the three Continental Batallions of this 
State for three years or during the war, they being proportioned 
to the several Towns in my Reg', agreeable to some former return 
which, by there late returns, appeared to be Equal, we have there- 
fore Proportioned them in the following maner. 



New Ipswich to 


raise 


22 


Dublin to 


raise 8 


Rindge " 


ii 


17 


Marlborough " 


" 6 


Jaffrey 


i( 


14 


Stoddard " 


" 6 


Peterborough " 


ii 


14 


Packersfield " 


" S 


Temple " 


a 


13 


Washington " 


" 4 


Fitzwilliam " 


a 


8 


Sliptown " 


" 2 
— 119 



And after sending to the several Towns for there Quota as 



EEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 131 

above Proportioned, Rec^ the following Returns of men Raised on 
and about the month of April, A, d. 1777. 

JVew Ipswich returned 20 men. 

Silas Gill. John Yoman. 

John Adams. Enoch Huse. 

Moses Farnorth (Farnsworth). Eithama Wheelock. 

Abner Preston. Ephraim Foster. 

Levi Adams. - Rolins Colburn. 

Jacob Potter. Ephraim Severance. 

William Hewett. William Pri chard. 

(The foregoing 14) In Gapt. Carr's Company, Col. (Nathan) Hale's Regiment. 

Asa Gibbs. Samuel Foster. 

Ebenezer Fletcher. Asa Perham. 

Daniel Foster. John Johnson. 

(6) In Capt. Farwell's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment. 

Rmdge returned ij men. 

Isaac Leland. Abijah Haskell. 

John Handsome. Samuel Whiting. 

Oliver Bacon. Thomas Hutchinson. 

Daniel Russell. Daniel McCarr. 
Samuel Godding. 

(9) In Blodgett's Company, Col. Hale's Regiment. 

Ezekiel Demary, in Carr's Co. Enoch Dockman, in Drew's Co. 

William Kendall. David Brooks. 

Jonathan Lake. Snow Boynton. 

(4) In Cloyes' Company and Hale's Regiment. 

Moses Thomas, in the Bay State service. 

yaffrey returned i6 men in all. 

Francis Mason, in Blodgett's Co. John Dole, in Scott's Co. 
William Redlield. Michael Silk. 

Thomas Wheelock. (?) 

The most of these men were mustered by Richard Varick, Esq. 

*( illegible line.) Isaac Wesson. 

Nathan Fish, for one year. James Turner, in Scott's Co. 

Henry Tompson. Peter Towzer. 

(2) In Livermore's Company, Scammell's Regiment. 

John Lake, in Frye's Co. James Reed, in Cloyes' Co. 

Stephen Adams. John Cox. 

(2) Enlisted at Ticonderoga when our Committee went up; their officers not known. 
For three years. All these in State service, except James Turner, in Scott's Company, 
went in the Bay State service. 



132 HISTORY OF niNBGE. 

Peterborough returned 22 men. 

James Hunckly. John Mather. 

Isaac Mitchel. Samuel Lee. 

John Taggart. Joseph Henderson. 

Thomas Sanders. Titus Willson. 

Jona. Wheelock. William Graham. 

Ephraim Stevens. John Alexander. 

(12) In Capt. Scott's Company, Col. Silley's Regiment. 

James Taggart. David Scott. 

Randell McAllister. John Canada. 

John Blair. Joseph Babb. 

Samuel Mitchel. John Scott. 

James Stanfort. Timothy Mixer. (?) 

(10) In Capt. Scott's Company, Col. Hendley's Regiment. 

Temple returned ij men. 

Ebenezer Drury. Farrar Miller. ' 

Aaron Oliver. Joseph Stone. 

John Drury. Amos Fuller. 

John Hillgrove. Benjamin Smith. 

Elijah Mansfield. John Millet. 

James Hutchinson. Morris Millet. 

In Carr's Company, Hale's Regiment. 

Fitzwilliam retm-ned 8 men. 

Amos Boynton. Gadock(?) Dodge. 

Daniel Squier. John Dodge. 

(4) In Cloyes' Company, Hale's Regiment. 

Nathaniel Bates, in Wait's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
John Howard, in Bigelow's Company, Bay State service. 
William Bedlam, in Rowell's Company. 
Thomas Hardy. Moses Mason. Jona. Morse. 

(3) Enlisted fornine months, April, 177S. Allot Dublin. 

Marlborough returned 6 men. 

Adino Goodenow. Timothy Rogers. 

Calvin Goodenow. Jabez McBride. 

Frederick Freeman. Reuben McAllister. 

The Captain not returned, but I think they was raised and are in Scammel's Regi- 
ment, and mostly in Cloyes' Company. 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 133 

Stoddard returned j' me7i. 
Nathaniel Richardson. Richard Richardson. 

(2) Wait's Company, Silley's Regiment. 

Thomas Scott, in Morris' Company, Silley's Regiment. 
Samuel Morrison, in Scott's " " " 

Nathaniel Emerson, in the Continental. 

A part of Stodard refuses to do their part in raising men, 
they being ordered by our asembly to pay Taxes in Marlborough. 

Packersjield returned 5 men. 
Barker Clark, Farwell's Company, Hale's Regiment 
William Farley, Ellis' Company, Scammel's Regiment. 
Michael Torry, Hills' Company, Patterson's Regiment, 
Solomon Farley, Wells' Company, Shepard's Regiment. 

The other two left in the Bay State [service], they likewise [sent] one man to Exeter 
last spring for nine months service : George Brintnell. 

Washington returned 4 men. 
William White. William Mann. 

Nathan Man. Abel Marrel. 

In Scott's Company, Silley's Regiment. . 

SUptown returned 2 men. 
William Scott, in Carr's Company, Hale's Regiment. 
James Moore, in Scott's " Silley's " 

Sir. 

Your letter of the 9th of January came late to hand, I have 
sent a return as I received from the several Towns, which is (one 
word illegible) notwithstanding the utmost of my endeavors used 
to persuade them that Soldiers in the Bay State service could by 
no means count in our three Batallions, which we was obliged to 
raise and see completed as full Batallions. Sir, I shall endeavor 
to sum up the delinquent with some report given by sending 
officers and selectmen for their neglect. New Ipswich made no 
complaint except the loss of one man, Thomas Scott [William] 
they had hired and afterwards was challenged by Sliptown as 
one of their Inhabitants and as great a number ingaged in other 
service as might have been obliged to have sent one man into 
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134 HISTOBY OF EINDGE. 

the service. Rindge made no complaint. Jaffrey has more than 
their number with three years men. Peterborough lack 2 in 
our Batallions, but having 10 men in Col, Hendley's Reg', drawn 
away by Capt. Scott of their Town and having 4 men more in 
that different Batallion which number of 14 ought to have made 
up their deficiency of 2 men, they therefore refuse to send any 
more on that account. Temple have sent their Quota. Fitz- 
william count 2 men that are in the Bay State service. They 
plead nothing extraordinary only that every Town has a right 
to their own men. Dublin complied to make up with nine 
months men. Marlborough sent their Quota. Stodard lack two 
except some in other State service, but as our asembly ordered 
a part of Stodard to pay rates in Marlborough, and do their 
other duty in Stodard, has ocasioned the loss of 2 of their sub- 
altern officers with some soldiers as they refuse to do duty where 
they pay no Taxes. Packersfield count two men in the same 
manner as Fitzwilliam has done. Washington send their Quota. 

Sir, 

There is not more than four Towns but what has sent their 
Quota or given strong reason why they have not. New Ipswich 
Rindge Fitzwilliam and Packersfield, and two last has already 
refused for the reasons given, and the other two has not been able 
to procure any more men at present. 
Sir, 

I am sorry to make such a Broken return, all which was caused 
by so many of the towns striving to save more than was meet. 

I am, sir, your Honors most obd' Humble Serv' The Hon^ie 
Meshech Weare, Esq. Enoch Hale. 

There is a manifest error in the date of this interesting 
report of Col. Hale. It may have been partly written in 
February, 1778, but it bears internal evidence of not being 
completed until April following ; and the arrangement of the 
names in the original report indicates that they were not all 
inserted at the same time. It is certain that the thirteen 



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from Riiidge first named did not enlist until March, 1777, 
and Boynton, Brooks, Lake, and Kendall not until March, 
1778. The former enlisted for three years, and the latter for 
two. Moses Thomas, who was in a Massachusetts regiment, 
was not allowed on the quota of this town. In March a 
town-meeting was held " To see if the Town will come into 
some Measures to Raise their proportion of three years 
men." Before the meeting had assembled, thirteen of the 
town's quota had been recruited, and no new measures were 
adopted by the town. These recruits joined their regiments, 
then under command of Gen. Sullivan at Ticonderoga, 
where they remained until July. 

Rumors of the steady approach of Gen. Burgoyne caused 
much apprehension, and early in May an alarm was raised 
that Ticonderoga was in danger. Post riders carried the 
intelligence with celerity from town to town. The husband- 
men, hastily leaving their fields, promptly marched to the 
relief of their brethren in arms. A company of fifty-one 
men, under Capt. Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, was raised 
in this vicinity. Lieut. Asa Sherwin, of Rindge, was second 
in command. The company was joined to Col. Samuel 
Ashley's regiment, and May 6 marched for Ticonderoga, 
where they remained until all fears of an immediate attack 
were quieted, when they were ordered home and discharged 
June 21, after an absence of six weeks. The men from 
Rindge in this service, fourteen in number, were as 
follows : — 

Asa Sherwin, First Lieutenant. 

Jonathan Ingalls, Orderly Sergeant. 
David Adams. Amos Ingalls. 

Samuel Adams. Jonathan Parker, 

Moses Chaplin. Abel Platts. 

Samuel Chaplin. Joseph Stanley. 

John Emery. William Thompson. 

Moses Hale. Peter Webster. 



136 BISTORT OF BINBGE. 

Scarcely had tliese men returned to their homes and to 
the labor of their fields, when another alarm was sounded, 
more imperative in its call for instant assistance than the 
former. With this earnest request for reinforcement came 
the disheartening intelligence of the loss of Crown Point, 
and the advance of the enemy towards Ticonderoga. Again 
the yeomanry promptly responded to the call of their 
brethren, and hastened to save, if possible, the fated fortress 
from investment. Eight days after the return of the former 
soldiers, a company of thirty-four men, all from this town, 
marched for the scene of activities. The company roll has 
been preserved: — 

Pay Roll of part of Col. Enoch Hale's Regvne7it which marched from 
the state of New Hampshire yune 2g, 1777, under command of 
Lt. Col. Thomas Heald to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga. 

Salmon Stone, Captain. 

Othniel Thomas, Lieutenant. 

Samuel Tarbell, Ensign. 

Thaddeus Fitch, Quartermaster. 
Edward Jewett, serg't. Hezekiah Hubbard, 

.^ohn Demary, " Enos Lake. 

Jonathan Sawtell, " Simon Davis. 

Nathaniel Ingalls, " Daniel Lake (Esq).-— 

Samuel Russell, cofp't. Jacob Gould (Lieut). 

Ebenezer Newman " Oliver Gould. 

Lemuel Vz.g<s.,fifer. Samuel Stanley. 

Paul Fitch. Solomon Cutler {Capt). 

Henry Lake. John Demary, Jr. 

David Robbins. )/ Samuel Chaplin. 

Samuel Walker. David Hale. 

Reuben Russell. Silas Page. 

Joseph Platts, Jr. Ezekiel Learned. 

Samuel Sherwin. Caleb Page. 

Caleb Ingalls. Abel Platts. 

The 29th of June, on which this company marched, was 
the Sabbath, and a memorable day in the history of this 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 137 

section of the State. The people were assembled, and a 
company formed in nearly every town. The apprehension 
of danger was great, and the promptness with which the 
minute-men responded to the sudden notes of alarm was 
wonderful. The earlier call from Concord and Lexington 
was not more imperative in its tone, or more valorously 
answered. Referring to the occasion. Col. Enoch Hale 
subsequently wrote: "The militia in my regiment, with 
great bravery, turned out to the number of one half that 
was able for duty." 

On the fourth day of their march, they were met with 
the information that Gen. St. Clair was about to abandon 
the fortress, and the company was ordered to return. They 
were immediately disbanded, July 2, and each one was left 
at liberty to return to his home when and how he pleased. 
Many other volunteers from this State, hastening to the 
relief of their brethren, received similar messages, and 
proceeded no farther. But the energy displayed by Gen. 
Burgoyne awakened a well-grounded fear that the army 
would be hotly pursued, and other messengers were sent to 
recall the returning reinforcements. While on their home- 
ward march, when Capt. Stone and the greater part of his 
men arrived at Keene, they were overtaken with intelli- 
gence of the new and alarming state of affairs, accompanied 
with the most imperative entreaty "to turn about and march 
with all speed toward Ticonderoga." Stopping only to write 
the following letter to the selectmen, he promptly gathered 
his remaining men, all who had not passed on beyond his 
recall, and hastened again towards the scene of hostilities. 
There was no waiting for reinforcements or the needed pro- 
visions, nor any words of complaint, but with the spirit 
of the soldier he writes, "I will march with what men 
I have." 



138 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

Keene, July ye 3''d, 1777. 
Sirs 

There is an express come to town, from Ticonderoga this 

morning, that they are in Distress for want of men, the enemy 

having made their appearance there. My Company being 

dismissed yesterday, I have not more tlian about Twenty men, 

if you think Proper to send more men from Rindge, I sliould be 

glad if you would send them on as fast as possible and likewise 

bring Provision with them, there being no Provision to be had at 

Charlestown. I will march with what men I have. 

I remain your Humble Serv'":, 

SALMON STONE, Captain. 

N.B. — The Men that are going to march from Rindge are the 
following : — 

Salmon Stone, Captain. Caleb Ingalls. 

Othniel Thomas, Lietitenant. Jonathan Ingalls. 

Ensign Tarbell. Jonathan Sawtell. 

Quartermaster Fitch. John Demary, Jr. 

Serg't Jewett. Ebenezer Newman. 

Lemuel Page. Samuel Walker. 

Henry Lake. Joseph Platts, Jr. 

Enos Lake. Hezekiah Hubbard. 

Simon Davis. Reuben Russell. 

Paul Fitch. Samuel Sherwin. 

Samuel Russell. David Robbins. / 

Capt. Josiah Brown, of New Ipswich, who commanded 
the company that responded to the alarm in May, had been 
home but a few days when the second alarm was given. 
He immediately raised another company, and by forced 
marches reached Charlestown the last day of June or the 
first day of July, where he received orders to return. Wliile 
passing through Rindge, the third day of July, the date of 
Capt. Stone's letter, he was overtaken by an express bearing 
intelligence similar to that received by the other returning 
companies. Within ten miles of their home, tliis officer and 



BEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 139 

twenty-six of his men instantly turned about, and with the 
company from Rindge soon joined the retreating army near 
Rutland. They were soon discharged, and returned after 
an absence of nearly one month. During these rapid and 
unexpected movements in the field, the town and the patriot 
cause sustained a severe loss in the capture of Col. Nathan 
Hale, an account of wliich will be given in another portion 
of this chapter. Immediately following the disasters at 
Crown Point, Ticonderoga, and Hubbardston, and while the 
patriot .army was retreating before a superior force, the 
committees of safety in the towns which subsequently 
constituted the State of Vermont sent the most urgent 
appeals for assistance to the neighboring States. They wrote 
the committee of safety at Exeter that if no aid was sent 
them "they should be obliged to retreat to the New 
England States for safety." Many of these towns were 
originally granted by this province, and were styled the 
New Hampshire grants, and the inhabitants were closely 
allied by many ties of kindred and friendship, which added 
much force to their appeal for assistance. The Assembly of 
New Hampshire was called together, and efficient measures 
were promptly adopted. The militia of the State was 
formed into two brigades commanded by Generals Stark 
and Whipple. Gen. Stark's brigade was soon filled and 
marched to Vermont, with instructions " to act in conjunc- 
tion with the troops of the new State, or any other of the 
States, or the United States, or separately, as it should 
appear expedient to him, for the protection of the people 
and the annoyance of the enemy." 

For this brigade, Capt. Stone, who had scarce returned 
from his hurried marches in response to the recent tanta- 
lizing alarms, raised another company of sixty-five men, 
which was joined to Col. Moses Nichols' regiment. The 



140 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

following roll contains the men from Rinclge, the residents 
of other towns being omitted : — 

Pay Roll of Capt. Salmon Stone's Company in Col. Nichols' Regimeiit, 

Gen' I Stark's Brigade raised out of the 14 Regiment of New 

Hampshire Militia, Enoch Hale, Colonel, which company marched 

from Rindge in said state jfuly I'/TJ and joined the Northern 

Continental Army at Bennington and Stillwater. 

Thaddeus Fitch, quartermaster of the regiment. 

Salmon Stone, Capt. 

John Stanley, second Lietit. 

Abel Stone, sergeant advanced to ensign. 
John Dean. Daniel Adams. 

William Davis. Benjamin Beals. 

Eliakim Darling. Amos Ingalls. 

Moses Hale, Jr. Henry Lake. 

Ebenezer Ingalls. Joseph Platts. 

Elisha Perkins. Reuben Page. 

David Robinson. Jonathan Savi^tell, Jr. 

Reuben Russell. Peter Webster. 

David Sherwin. Joseph Wilson. 

Henry Smith. 

These men shared the brilliant honors of Bennington, 
where Abel Perkins, overcome with the heat of the day, 
died a few days subsequently. It was Col. Nichols' regi- 
ment, to which the Rindge belonged, that made the furious 
attack in the rear of the enemy, greatly to the surprise 
and discomfiture of Col. Baum. Of the enemy, two hundred 
and seven were killed ; the loss of the patriots was thirty 
killed, and forty wounded. The brigade soon after joined 
Gen. Gates in New York. The fortunate result of the 
engagement at Bennington infused a new hope and cour- 
age into the Northern army, and especially imparted the 
character and bearing of the soldier to the raw and uncMs- 
ciplined troops whose valor had decided the fortunes of 
the day. It also gave confidence and great satisfaction to 



BEVOLUTIONART HISTORY. 141 

the patriots at home, who, after the gloom and depression 
of the past few months, were now animated with the bright- 
ening prospects which had suddenly burst upon them. If 
they had planted and tilled their fields, disheartened with 
rumors of disaster and defeat, the harvests of autumn were 
gathered amid joyous acclamations and thanksgiving for 
victory. 

In September another company was raised in this vicin- 
ity to assist "in driving the Hessians into the woods," 
and placed under the command of Capt. Daniel Rand. 
Being recruited immediately after the Battle of Bennington, 
the soldiers were easily and quickly procured, although it 
swelled the number of men from this town then in the 
field, casualties excepted, to sixty-four, as follows: John 
Martin, who enlisted the previous year in the ranger 
service, Moses Thomas in a Massachusetts regiment, 
fourteen in the Continental regiments, twenty-four in 
Stark's brigade, and twenty-four in Capt. Rand's company. 
The names of several soldiers belonging to the neighboring 
towns, who were members of this company, are omitted in 
the following: — 

Pay Roll of Captain Daniel Rand^s Company in Col° Daniel Moore's 
Regiment of Volunteers in the state of New Hampshire, joined the 
Northern Continental Army under General Gates. Discharged 
at Saratoga October i8 1777 and allowed eight days to travel 
home, the distance being one hundred and sixty miles. 

Daniel Rand, Captain. 

Nathaniel Thomas, serg't. Henry Lake. 

John Demary " Jonathan Lake. 

Benjamin Beals, corpH. Samuel Chaplin. 

Enos Lake, " Reuben Russell. 

Daniel Lake, Jr., drufnmer. Ebenezer Shaw. 

Lemuel Vzg&,ffer. Joshua Tyler. 

Jacob Gould. Amos Towne. 

Caleb Page. Asa Wilkins. 

Jeremiah Russell. William Robbins. 

Solomon Rand. Hezekiah Wetherbee. 
Caleb Winn. 

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142 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Joel Russell and James Philbrick were in another 
company in the same regiment. These men were in Gen. 
Whipple's brigade, and were mustered into service Sept. 
27, which, with eight days allowed for travel home, made 
one month's service. The soldiers in the Continental 
service were with the army of Gen. St. Clair in the 
humiliating retreat from Ticonderoga to the State of New 
York, where Gen. Gates succeeded to the command. Here 
their friends and neighbors in Capt. Stone's company, 
rejoicing in the laurels of Bennington, joined them, and 
together they shared the dangers and glory of Stillwater 
and Saratoga. And now came Capt. Rand's company, with 
fresher tidings from home, and all were permitted to 
witness the crowning honors resting upon the American 
arms and the capitulation of the army of Gen. Burgoyne, 
whose visions of conquest and glory had faded into the 
realities of defeat and surrender. The two companies of 
militia soon after returned to their homes. On the third 
of August, John Handsome was killed at the outposts of 
the army, and Isaac Leland died on the third of the 
following month. The former was thirty-four and the 
latter forty years of age. Daniel Russell, another Con- 
tinental soldier, was wounded severely at the battle of 
Stillwater, from which he did not recover sufficiently to 
be able to return to his company. 

James Crumble was appointed lieutenant, and assigned 
to Capt. Blodget's company in the second Continental or 
Col. Nathan Hale's regiment in the autumn of 1776, or 
early in the following year. He continued with his regi- 
ment until Sept. 1, when he received an injury from a fall 
from his horse. After remaining nearly two months in a 
hospital, he returned to his home on the strength of the 
following furlough : — 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 143 

The bearer, Lieut. James Crumble, of Col. Hale's regiment, 
Capt. Blodget's company, having a rupture in the groin, which 
prevents his walking or using any severe exercise, has a Permit 
to return Home and there remain untill he is recovered which, if 
at all, will be in two months. 

M. TREAT, }^„P5;y-/-;^^^ 

General Hospital, 

Albany, Oct. 23, 1777. 

At this time there were no pension laws, and each 
person petitioned the Legislature for assistance. Subse- 
quently the United States reimbursed the State for the 
money thus paid. In answer to his petition, Lieut. Crum- 
bie drew half pay from the State, until March, 1782. The 
following certificate of the selectmen, found among the 
military papers at Concord, was undoubtedly given to aid 
him in securing or continuing his pay from the State. 

RiNDGE, March y*^ 6, 1779. 
This may certify whom it may concern that Lieut. James 
Crumble returned home to this Town from the Continental Army 
on furlo, having met with a hurt, by a fall from his horse, as we 
understand, and has continued ever since in our opinion unable 
to perform his necessary Business for the support of himself and 
family. 

ENOCH HALE, j Selectmen 

EDWARD JEWETT, I of 
FRANCIS TOWNE, J Rindge. 

Later in the autumn, the nine Continental soldiers 
remaining in the service, with other troops from New 
Hampshire, in the space of fifteen hours, performed a 
forced march of forty miles, and forded the Mohawk River 
below the falls. This rapid movement checked the pro- 



144 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

gress of Gen. Clinton, who was threatening Albany with 
the same destruction with which he had wasted the country 
below. Immediately after they marched to Pennsylvania, 
and, joining the army of Gen. Washington, where they 
endured through the severe winter that followed the cold 
and sufferings of Valley Forge. 

While these stirring events were in progress in the 
field, neither amid the gloom and disasters of the spring 
and early summer, nor when hope grew out of despond- 
ency with the triumphs of victory, did the town by any 
vote or measure give expression to feelings of despair or 
elation. Every vote was for a purpose, and to the end 
that measures be adopted and money and men raised to 
carry on the war. Solomon Cutler, Salmon Stone, and 
Page Norcross were the selectmen for this eventful year. 
The committee of inspection and safety were Daniel Lake, 
Jonathan Sawtell, Page Norcross, Richard Kimball, and 
Ebenezer Chaplin. Many measures were adopted to pro- 
cure recruits for the army, and the large number who 
volunteered was due, in a great measure, to the prompt 
and generous action of the town. The record of a meeting, 
held April 3, was as follows : — 

Chose Richard Kimball moderator to govern said meeting. 

Voted, to Raise the men, by a Rate, also to make an allow- 
ance to those that have done anything in the war and the 
allowance shall be as follows ; viz : 

All those that have served in the army as long as may be 
thought to be their proportion for past service and for the present 
draught for three years, in the judgment of a Committee shall 
be excluded out of the rate. 

Voted for the present Draught & all others that have done 
any part of a Turn shall be allowed Credit as much to each 
months service as it shall cost per month for the seventeen men 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 145 

now to be raised or such of them as we shall hire for thirty 
six months, which shall be made in the same Rate and the Credit 
deducted accordingly. 

Also Voted to choose a Committee Of seven men to manage 
the same. 

Chose Capt Solomon Cutler, Ens. Salmon Stone, Page Nor- 
cross, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Capt. Francis Towne, Lieut. Daniel 
Rand & Edward Jewett, Committee as afores^. 

The mention of seventeen men in these votes refers to 
the quota mentioned in Col. Enoch Hale's report. It is 
certain that twelve had enlisted and been credited on this 
quota previous to this meeting, and the record refers only 
to the remainder. Perhaps on account of the large num- 
ber of militia furnished by the town, no additional three 
years' men were raised during the year. Soon after, the 
town "voted to allow the militia four pounds and ten 
shillings per month, with what the Continent or State 
pay them, " and " to allow them what time they was 
gone, for their turn, upon their relinquishing the money 
voted them by the town." It was also voted that if any 
person hired a man to serve in the army, he should receive 
the same from the town as for personal service. Each 
time a citizen was in the service was styled a turn, and 
after the date of these votes, an account was kept of the 
number of months each man was in the service, and 
whenever any one had been in the army, or had hired a 
substitute for more than his proportion of time, he was 
credited on the war tax-list in proportion to his excess 
of service. Nor did the town fail to provide for the 
families of the volunteers as occasion required. In times 
of the greatest depression, and in the midst of these 
unfailing efforts to recruit the army, appears the record of 



146 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

many attentions to the sick and destitute. Now the stout- 
hearted patriots are devising measures to prosecute the 
war, and now charitably instructing the selectmen to 
procure provision and fuel for Widow Leland, whose hus- 
band had been killed in the service, and to provide for 
her children. 

While the army was retreating from Canada in 1776, 
the troops became affected with the small-pox. Soon 
after, the returning soldiers introduced the disease into 
this town, but it did not prevail to any extent until the 
spring and summer of 1777. No record of mortality can 
be found, but tradition narrates that several died of this 
disease. Ensign Benjamin Davis was paid by the town 
"for nursing Joseph Stanley while he had the small-pox," 
and this is the only personal item which the records 
have preserved. It is said that a member of the family 
of Oliver Stevens, who lived on the " Bixby place," died 
of this disease, and was buried between the house and 
Monomonock Lake. The town adopted early measures 
to prevent contagion, and several votes were passed con- 
cerning the building and management of a pest-house. 
A committee was also chosen to cleanse the houses in 
which the disease had been ; but in October a more cheer- 
ful vote, to sell the pest-house at vendue, was passed, 
from which it is presumed all occasion for its use had 
ceased. The pest-house was located in the forest, on the 
north side of the Converse reservoir, and about sixty rods 
above the dam, where the remains of the stone chimney 
are still to be seen. There remains one vote in this con- 
nection which would not escape the notice of the most 
careless reader. In the spring, when the policy of build- 
ing a pest-house was proposed, it occm-red in these 
words, "To see if the town will prepare a house to have 



BEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 147 

the small-pox in." The municipality was alarmed, and 
evidently expected the disease in its corporate capacity. 
If the preventive effect of Dr. Jenner's discovery had been 
known at that time, they, perhaps, would have ordered 
the village doctor to vaccinate the constable to protect 
the town from a threatened dispensation. And, again, it 
was voted "to pay the charges of fixing the house that 
is prepared for the small-pox." The records of Rindge 
compare favorably with those of any town ; but when the 
small-pox is the subject of record, the language becomes 
strangely inoculated with the virus of false syntax. 

The ravages of this contagious disease, and the casual- 
ties of war, caused but a tithe of the mourning and 
sorrows of the people during this period of the war. A 
great amount of sickness had prevailed. Abel Platts, the 
sturdy pioneer and valued citizen, John Pritchard, and 
Elijah Rice had died. During the summers of 1776 and 
1777, there had been an unprecedented mortality among 
the children. Within a single month, three little ones 
were carried to the grave from the home of Benjamin 
Gould ; as many more from others ; and, in a few instances, 
the only child, while the father was braving the dangers 
of the battle-field that his offspring might enjoy a free- 
dom which had been denied to himself, was taken from 
the embrace of the weeping mother. The spade of the 
sexton grew bright from frequent use, and the new-made 
graves told the number of the dead. The husband 
absent in the war, the mother hastening from the burial 
of her child, which, sorrowing, she has consigned to the 
grave, that she may minister to the sufferings of another 
of her offspring whose cheeks are paling beneath the 
touch of death ; then was heard the voice of lamentation 
in Ramah, and comfortless Rachel weeping for her chil- 



148 niSTOET OF RINDGE. 

dren. The cooler air of autumn put an end to the sickly- 
season. Nearly all the soldiers returned to their homes 
before the close of the year, and all awaited the experi- 
ences of the future, perhaps with hope, but certainly with 
no little solicitude. 

In connection with the stirring events that were trans- 
piring in the field during the summer of this year, the battle 
of Hubbardston and the capture of Col. Hale was mentioned. 
By this event the town lost an honored citizen, and the 
service an efficient officer. It cannot be overlooked that 
a charge of unbecoming conduct during this brief engage- 
ment has rested injuriously upon the memory of Col. Hale ; 
but it is equally certain that such charge has never been 
sustained, nor has a word of evidence been produced to give 
it weight or character. The successive promotion of Nathan 
Hale from a captain of a company of minute-men in April, 
1775, to the command of one of the three Continental bat- 
talions, raised in this State, is a positive recognition of his 
soldierly qualifications and ability. The several promotions 
had been earned by previous service, and his appointment of 
colonel with the gallant Cilley and lamented Scammel 
was not based upon any supposed merit. In the organi- 
zation of the three New Hampshire regiments in May, 

1775, he was appointed major of the third, of which James 
Reed, of Fitzwilliam, was colonel. He remained with his 
regiment participating in the siege of Boston, until March, 

1776. The British army having retired, he repaired, with 
the patriot army, to New York. Soon after, his regiment, 
then in the brigade of General Sullivan, was ordered up 
the Hudson to the relief of the forces retreating from 
Canada. This movement was performed with celerity, 
and, meeting the disheatened army near the Sorel, the 
combined armies reached Ticonderoga about the first of 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 149 

July, where Major Hale, with the regiment, remained until 
the following summer. While at this post he was com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel in November, 1776, and colonel 
in April following. The latter appointment was made in 
February, but the commission was dated in April. 

In the retreat of the army from Ticonderoga, Col. Hale 
was ordered, with his regiment, to cover the rear of the 
invalids, which fell several miles behind the main army. In 
close vicinity were two Vermont regiments, commanded by 
Colonels Warner and Francis. At Hubbardston, on the 
morning of the seventh of July, these regiments were 
suddenly and furiously attacked by the advance of the 
enemy in force superior to their own. The action was brief 
but sharp, and each regiment suffered severely. Col. Hale, 
four of his captains, and nearly one hundred men were 
captured, and his major, the gallant Benjamin Titcomb, 
was severely wounded. Subsequently Col. Hale was per- 
mitted to visit his family for several months. Returning, 
at the expiration of his parole, he died within the enemies' 
lines at New Utrecht, Long Island, September 23, 1780. 

In the midst of the reverses, during the earlier months 
of this year, there was a strong popular feeling against 
not a few of the persons in command. The memories of 
Generals Schuyler and St. Clair were only wrested from 
obliquity through the findings of a court martial. The 
patriots, chagrined at the abandonment of Ticonderoga, 
and witnessing with vexation the retreat of their army, 
were in no very complimentary frame of mind when the 
disaster at Hubbardston served to invigorate a spirit of 
severe and, possibly, unwarranted criticism. A charge 
that Col. Hale and his command did not properly 
cooperate with the regiments of Colonels Warner and 
Francis, and that he too easily suffered himself to be 
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150 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

captured, was raised. The swiftest refutation of such, an 
accusation appears in the fact that it was never enter- 
tained by his townsmen. At a time of general proscription, 
when any and every act of cowardice or disloyalty was 
promptly rebuked, when ties of kindred and of friendship 
were subordinated to the brotherhood of patriotism and 
courage, the conduct of Col. Hale was never questioned 
at his home. 

While visiting his family on parole he was received 
with kindness and honor by his neighbors and acquaint- 
ances. He was not only a participant in the town-meetings 
held during the continuance of his parole, but on two 
occasions he was appointed on important committees. 
Without the concurring testimony of tradition, this fact 
is convincing evidence that his townsmen saw nothing 
in his conduct to question or condemn. It is not to be 
presumed that in a town-meeting they would have recog- 
nized with favor any citizen who had been guilty of 
unbecoming conduct in presence of the enemy, except 
through ignorance, and this they could not plead, since 
Lieut. James Crumble, an officer in Hale's regiment, and 
present at the battle of Hubbardston, had been at home 
several months before these meetings were held ; and many 
others had returned from a service in which they were 
associated with the men in Hale's battalion, and could not 
have failed in a knowledge of his misconduct, if such had 
been current in the regiment. 

These charges against Col. Hale were originally ad- 
vanced by Ethan Allen, whose breath was the whirlwind, 
and who used either the pen or the sword with equal 
impetuosity and fearlessness. Allen was not in the country 
when the battle occurred. His informants, irritated at the 
event, and grieved at the loss of Francis and many brave 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 151 

men, presumably tempered the criticisms proffered to Allen, 
which he accepted as verities, with little charity. Nearly 
all the writers who have repeated these accusations refer 
to Allen as their authority. Being founded upon the same 
evidence as the original charges, they add no additional 
testimony concerning the truth of the accusation. By 
withdrawing the New Hampshire regiment from the 
contest, the gallantry of the commands of Warner and 
Francis is rendered, by these historians, the more con- 
spicuous. This was not demanded. The courage and 
bravery of the Green Mountain boys is proudly and 
universally recognized. Their honors can never be reared 
to a higher fame through the detraction of others perhaps 
equally brave and meritorious. The generosity of Allen 
was as prominent as the keenness of his criticisms, and 
had he written with a full knowledge of the facts, it is 
probable the former quality of the man would have 
dictated a statement essentially different in character. 

In this engagement, the enemy in superior force fell 
upon the Americans in an unexpected moment. All writers 
are agreed that the action was not over thirty minutes in 
duration. The object of resistance on the part of the 
pursued was not victory, but a safe retreat. Nor should 
it be overlooked that after the fall of Francis his regiment 
broke and fled in disorder, and after a most valiant resist- 
ance the regiment of Warner was dispersed, and gathered 
at Manchester, a distance of many miles from the scene 
of the encounter. Dr. Belknap, who must have been 
familiar with the conduct of the officers of this State, 
makes no accusation against Col. Hale. His account of 
this affair is in these words : " On the retreat. Col. Hale's 
battalion was ordered to cover the rear of the invalids, by 
which means he was seven miles behind the main body. 



152 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

The next morning he was attacked by an advanced guard 
of the enemy at Hubbardston. In this engagement Major 
Titcomb, of the New Hampshire troops, and Col. Hale, 
Captains Robertson, Carr, and Norris, Adjutant Elliot, 
and two other officers, were taken prisoners." Ebenezer 
Fletcher, of New Ipswich, who belonged to Col. Hale's 
regiment, was wounded and captured in this engagement. 
A narrative of his captivity, written with a candor and 
directness that assert his accuracy, contains no intimation 
that any officer in his regiment failed in courage, or hesitated 
in the discharge of his duty. On the contrary, he says : 
" Just as the sun rose there was a cry, ' the enemy are upon 
us.' Looking around, I saw the enemy in line of battle. 
Orders came to lay down our packs and be ready for action. 
The fire instantly began. We were but few in number 
compared with the enemy. Capt. Carr came up and says, 
' My lads, advance ; we shall beat them yet.' " The fact 
here appears that Hale's battalion received the first assault 
of the enemy, and that the engagement was warm from 
the first. Even before the Vermont troops were engaged, 
there was a foretaste of the scene described by Allen : " It 
was by this time dangerous for those of both sides who 
were not prepared for the world to come." Other authori- 
ties, to prove that the New Hampshire troops were not 
merely spectators during this engagement, might be cited. 
A letter written July 17, ten days after the engagement, 
by one of the officers present in the action, which appeared 
in the Pennsylvania Evening Post of August 19, 1777, says 
that a detachment of at least two thousand of the British 
army was sent to harass the rear of the American forces; 
that at Hubbardston " Our little army formed and gave them 
battle, which continued about twenty-five minutes very 
severe, when our party were overpowered with numbers and 



BEVOLUTIONART HISTORY. 153 

gave way." No one is here charged with unbecoming 
conduct. The omission is no oversight, for the letter states 
that "Col. Hale is missing." 

An able article, prepared by Hon. Winslow C. Watson, 
recently appeared in The Historical Record^ and is a most 
satisfactory vindication of the conduct of Col. Hale. To 
this paper, the editor of the Record., Benson J. Lossing, 
LL.D., referring to former conclusions expressed in " The 
Field Book of the Revolution," has volunteered the 
following generous and emphatic endorsement: "Subse- 
quent investigations have confirmed the opinion then 
formed of the conduct of Col. Hale. Mr. Watson's views 
are undoubtedly correct. He has served the cause of truth 
in this vindication of the character of a brave but luifortu- 
nate officer." Mr. Watson effectively contends : " The 
silence of a long array of writers, some of whom were 
contemporaneous with these events, and most of whom are 
distinguished for profound and careful investigation, must 
be accepted as strong negative testimony in the exoneration 
of Col. Hale. Had an act tainted with cowardice so 
marked, if not treachery, been perpetrated by an officer 
occupying a position of such prominence, it could not 
have escaped their attention, and would have demanded, 
as it must have received, their deepest denunciation. 
Marshall, whose ' Life of Washington ' embraces an elabo- 
rate and minute narrative of all the events of the Revo- 
lution, and who enjoyed access to every authority, both 
documentary and oral, that elucidated his subject; An- 
drews, a British writer, who lived at the period ; Steadman, 
an officer in the British army, who wrote a carefully 
arranged history of the war in which he served in several 
campaigns ; Botta, who scrutinized every point with a 
conscientiousness that seemed to detect every detail, and 



154 HISTOET OF RINDGE. 

impressed the spirit of accuracy on every page ; — these 
authors, each and all of them, are silent in reference to 
any misconduct of Col. Hale, and utter no reproaches 
upon his conduct. In Botta there could have been no 
ignorance of the name of Hale, for he distinctly mentions 
his captiu^e. . . . When the views of Col. Hale's friends 
were submitted to Mr. Irving after the appearance of the 
first edition of his ' Washington, ' he deemed them so 
forcible that in the generous and conscientious spirit which 
controlled all his acts he caused the stereotyped plates of 
his work, in which he had adopted the language of Allen, 
to be broken up, and again referred to the subject of Hale's 
conduct in a very modified tone." 

As soon as Col. Hale was apprized of these charges, 
he firmly invited the most rigid examination of his conduct, 
and made an instant appeal to General Washington for 
an exchange and an opportunity of vindicating his char- 
acter before a court martial, affirming, in the language of 
presumptive innocence, his ability to successfully defend 
himself against any charges that could be made against 
him. His early death arrested all proceedings in answer 
to his appeal. It should not be forgotten that, dying 
within the enemy's lines, he never had an opportunity of 
vindicating his conduct before his countrymen or a military 
tribunal, or to refute an exparte charge concerning which 
his lips were sealed. The animus of the attack upon Col. 
Hale is not clearly discerned through the accumulating mist 
of a century ; but no evidence appears except his own con- 
jecture in his appeal to Washington, that it originated in 
the jealousy of his inferior officers. It is certain that the 
accusation, whatever may have been its source, has never 
been sustained by the production, or even promise, of 
evidence, and in the light of to-day appears wholly without 



BEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 155 

foundation. The inferences and the unanimous voice of 
tradition are admissible witnesses in the defence of Col. 
Hale, and in the absence of other testimony will be gener- 
ally accepted as conclusive. That Col. Hale was a man 
of unusual ability is universally conceded; that he served 
his country with distinction and honor cannot be denied. 
The following letter of Col. Hale to his wife refers 
to his desire to be exchanged, but contains no specific 
reference to this passage in his experience : — 

Long Island, New Utrecht, May i, 1780. 
My Dear, 

I rec^i your favor of the third of March the Twelfth of April. 
By which you informed me of the Death of my Mother, & 
further of the Bearth of a young son, I am exceedingly much 
Rejoyst to learn you were so comfortable at that time & wish 
you much joy with your young son, I have the Pleshure to 
inform you that I am well at this time & hope you and my 
family enjoy the same blessing. We have had the slightest 
expectations of a general exchange of Prisoners of war the 
Winter past. But our expectations are all Blasted for what 
reason we are unabel to tell. About three weeks ago I had a 
very flattering expectation of going home on Parole for a short 
time, but I was not able to get it accomplisht. It seems the 
General is determined not to let any officers go out on Parole 
at present. How soon I shall be exchanged is unknown to me. 
You are as good a Judge of the matter as myself, I still 
Remain at my old quarters. The people are very clever &c. 
I am not unthoughtful of the Grate burden you labor under 
with a large family of Rude children, and with so much care 
of my other Domestick affairs as you must occasionally inspect. 
I hope sooner or later to get home to make your cituation 
more agreeable than it is at present. But how soon that will 
be God only knows, but I shall endeavor to await his time with 
as much patience as possible. You informed me that my 



156 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 

tenants were agoing to leave my farms this spring, I suppose 
on account of the very heavy taxes. I am unable to advise you 
in the matter. I hope my Brother or some other friend will 
not be wanting to lend you that assistance in these affairs, as 
I think I should not to them, were our circumstances Reverst. 
As I have nothing more of moment shall conclude for this 
time wishing you and my children, with all friends, the Best of 
Heaven's Blessings and Subscribe my self your Husband, 

NATHAN HAL,E. 

Mrs. Abigail Hale. 

Appended to this letter is a note in the handwriting of 
Hon. Abel Wilder, of Winchendon, whose son, Abel Wilder, 
Jr., married Eunice, daughter of Moses Hale, a second 
cousin of Col. Hale, as follows : — 

Dear Ma^m, 

I received this Letter Inclosed in one to me Last Wednesday 
at Worcester. I Paid 30 Dollars for Postage. You may send 
me Ten if you have an opportunity. 

ABEL WILDER. 
Winchendon, Dec 15, 1780. 

The postage, of course, was paid in Continental currency. 
The fact that the letter had been written about eight 
months, and Col. Hale had been dead nearly three months 
before it was received, is suggestive of the lives that were 
led in those days. 

Daniel Russell, who was wounded at the battle of Still- 
water, was a son of Joel Russell. He was mustered into 
the Continental service March 20, 1777, at seventeen years 
of age. In the following petition an account of his wounds 
and suffering is given in his own words: — 



BEVOLUTIONAEY HISTORY. 157 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

To the Great and Honorable Council & House of Represent- 
atives of said state convened at Exeter. 

The Petition of Daniel Russell humbly sheweth, whereas 
your poor Petitioner has in time past been able to undergo 
hardships and fatigues, Inlisted into the Continental army 
March 5, 1777, and was shot through the side of the Back 
while Fighting with the Enemy near Stillwater, Sept. 19, 1777, 
which disabled him from fiting. from thence he was carried 
to Albany, and about the 20th of October Received a furlough 
and was Eleven Days in gifting to Rindge in great pain by 
Reason of said wound, he Immediately put himself under the 
care of Doctor John Young of Peterborough, where he staid till 
March the 5th 1778. Then went under the care of Doctor 
Jonas Prescott of Rindge, where he staid till October following, 
then when he recovered his health so he was able to Ride to 
Boston and the fifth of November took a furlough of the 
Honorable Major-General Gates, and returned to Rindge and 
was in a prospect of Recovering his health, but his said 
wound not being internally healed, as the Bone was Fractured, 
it bealed again and was necessitated to have it laid open again. 
He soon put himself under the Care of Doctor Howe of 
Jaffrey, where he staid till the first of August, 1779, which cost 
him thirty pounds Besides bord and other Necessary Charges, 
and not being able to Return to his Regiment or any Corps of 
invalids went under the care of Doctor Young of Peterborough 
again and staid till the 13th of October which Cost him forty 
pounds to the Doctor. When he recovered his health so he 
was able to go to Boston and was found not fit for any kind of 
Duty, and Rec'd a furlough for two months and at the end of 
two months Rec'd a furlough the same as a discharge till the 
time of his enlistment was expired and returned to Peterbor- 
ough under the Care of Doctor Young, and is utterly unable to 
Earn his own Support and is reduced to low and miserable 
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158 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 

Condition of Life and must throw himself upon the Charity of 
the people, unless some Releaf can be granted. He humbly 
beseeches therefore your honors to take his Case under your 
wise and humane consideration, and grant him such Releaf as 
you in your Wisdom shall think needful, and he as in Duty 
bound shall ever pray. 

DANIEL RUSSELL. 
June 2, 1780. 

Russell received from the State forty-two pounds and 
thirteen shillings "for extra charges," and half pay for 
several years. The town also voted him substantial 
assistance "on account of his extraordinary expenses." 

Previous to the alarms in the early part of the summer, 
Col. Enoch Hale appears to have been apprehensive that 
at no distant day there would be a demand for fire-arms, 
and seasonably wrote the committee of safety at Exeter in 
regard to a supply: — 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

RiNDGE, May y^ i4th^ i777- 

To the Honorable Committee of Safety seting at Exeter in said 
State. 

Gentlemen, 

The many appearances of the danger of our being guarded 
by our enemies on all quarters, gives me great concern, when I 
consider that notwithstanding the respected orders received from 
the Hon. General Folsom for keeping my Regiment well equipt 
and ready to march at a minutes warning and so many of them 
destitute of Fire Arms and not in their power to provide them- 
selves with arms. From these considerations I thought it to be 
my duty to apply to your Honi's. for a part of the State Arms to 
be stored in some safe place in our Regiment, to be delivered 
out if so many of the Militia should be called for as could not 



BEVOLUTIONABT HISTORY. 159 

Otherwise be provided for, if any there be that are not otherwise 
to be delivered out. And whether a part of them might not be 
as safe to be carried further into the Country, I must submit 
to your Honors' wisdom trusting that may direct you. 

Mr. Gould and Mr. Davis, the bearers, will be abel to bring 
me word, who are sent by our Town for Powder and will apply 
to your Honors, if it cannot be provided at the Powder Mill. 

I am Gentlemen, your most obed*. Humble Servant 

ENOCH HALE. 

After the abandonment of the fortress of Ticonderoga, 
and the return of many of the minute-men, Col. Hale wrote 
the following letter while on his return from Charlestown, 
which incidentally represents that a hopeful public senti- 
ment prevailed : — 

Keene July ye 14'^ 1777. 

Honorable Meshech Weare Esq. 
Worthy Sir. 
I take this oppertunity to inform the Honorable Committee 
of Safety, that I have not been fully able to obey their orders 
with regard to the prisoners at Charlestown, although I used the 
utmost of my endeavors. The great surprise the people had at 
Charlestown respecting the news from Ticonderoga, made it 
impossible for me, at that time, to procure a suitable Person 
for a jaol keeper and the jaol wholly deficient and not fit to 
hold any person without a gard and the gard being dismist; 
under these circumstances I ventured to take bonds in two 
sureties in five hundred Pounds each for their abiding the limits 
of the Jaol, Excepting Abner Sanger which being very Poor 
and of a lo mark could not Possibly obtain surety, in which 
case by advice. Col. Hunt of Charlestown took him under his 
care on his own farm — Sangers promising obedience. In all 
which I pray for your Honors most favorable approbation. 



160 HISTOBY OF BINDQE. 

Gentlemen, I would just mention that Simon Baxter and Butler 
slipt the gard the evening of the eleventh instant, being the day 
the Justices arrived there before there was an opportunity to 
settle matters agreeable to your orders. With submission I 
would further ad with respect to our affairs at the Westward, 
I have been informed of a requisition to your honors for a 
number of Troops more to be raised, if so I beg leave to 
mention that the militia in my Regiment and others above have 
been much fatigued by the alarms, and with grate Bravery 
turned out to the amount of one half that was able for duty 
within two months, and at the same time the militia in the 
Massachusetts state in Towns adjoining to us Rested quiet 
in their field, which our men are unwilling to believe is equal, 
although they remain firm in the cause and dont think the loss 
of a little spot of ground is to determine the fate of America. 

I am Gentlemen, your Hon^. most obedient Humble sev't 

ENOCH HALE. 



CHAPTER VII. 

BEVOLUTIONAEY HISTORY. — 1778 — 1781. 

Auspicious Omens. — Depreciation of Currency. — New Recruits. — Cas- 
ualties. — Expedition to Rhode Island. — Col. Enoch Hale's Regi- 
ment. — Taxation. — Powder. — Selectmen and Committee of Safety 
for 1778 and 1779. — Enlistments. — Record of Soldiers. — Capt, 
Othniel Thomas. — Tobe Cutler. — Bounties paid by the Town. — 
Other Soldiers from Rindge. — Selectmen for 1781. — Scale of Depre- 
ciation. — Beef and Rum Tax. — Money Tax Paid to the State. — 
Contention between New Hampshire and Vermont. 

1778. With another year came assurances of amended 
fortunes. During the past few months a disheartened 
and retreating army, receiving timely reinforcement, had 
fought several successful battles which had completely 
annihilated a proud and invading army. The patriots had 
taught the disciplined and well-equipped soldiery of 
Europe that they were their equals, both in the open 
field and in the stratagems of war. They had awakened 
a renewed confidence in themselves which imparted the 
strength of cohesion and of discipline to the patriot army. 
The seat of war was removed to the South, and the calls 
for, troops were less frequent and imperative. The sudden 
and tantalizing alarms which had characterized the past 
season, giving the minute -men but little freedom from 
actual service or solicitude when at home, for many months 



162 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

were not repeated. In addition to all these flattering 
omens, which encouraged hope to triumph over despond- 
ency, the most enlivening hopes were associated with the 
alliance with France, and her proffers of assistance in the 
prosecution of the war. A firmer faith in the success of 
their cause was everywhere manifested, until many were 
persuaded to believe that the war was substantially at an 
end. And yet amid these cheering omens another vial 
was being opened whose bitterness soon drenched the 
land ; only an oasis had been reached, and not the fruitful 
soil beyond the desert sands; the clouds were not break- 
ing, but only shifting into new shapes, to again inundate 
the land with darker days and greater trials. 

The currency depreciated in value so rapidly that 
financial ruin appeared inevitable. During the year 1778 
the equivalent of a unit of money decreased from one- 
third to less than one-sixth of its nominal value. One 
assessment of taxes followed another in rapid succession, 
until the constable, who was also collector of taxes, had 
scarcely left the door of the impoverished citizen before 
he returned again with renewed demands for money to 
carry on the war. Creditors, beholding each dollar of their 
dues fade in value from month to month, were impor- 
tunate and peremptory in their demands for immediate 
payment. 

The close of the previous year left the New Hampshire 
regiments at Valley Forge. Of the twelve men who had 
previously joined the Continental service, Haskell, Whiting, 
Bacon, Hutchinson, Godding, Demary, Dockman, and Will- 
iam Russell remained with the regiment. Daniel McCarr 
died Jan. 1, 1778, aged 38 years. Leland and Handsome 
died as previously stated, and Daniel Russell was absent on 
account of wounds. 



REVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 163 

In March, Jonathan Lake, David Brooks, Snow Boyn- 
ton, and William Kendall joined the same regiment for 
two years. During the campaign of 1778 these men were 
in the New Hampshire Brigade, participating in the battle 
of Monmouth, and passed the succeeding winter at Reading. 
July 26, Abijah Haskell died, aged twenty-five years. At 
the time of his enlistment, Jonathan Lake was seventeen 
years of age. He was born March 18, 1761, and enlisted 
March 20, 1778. By two subsequent enlistments he 
remained in the army until the close of the war. In 
other instances youths of fifteen or sixteen years of age 
were found in the service. 

In the summer of this year, a combined attack, by land 
and water, upon the British army at Newport, in Rhode 
Island, was projected. An army raised from the militia of 
New England was sent to reinforce Gen. Sullivan, and to 
cooperate with the French fleet. For this service Col. 
Enoch Hale raised a regiment in this vicinity and took 
command in person. The fleet failing to attack the enemy 
as had been expected, the militia was dismissed after a 
service of nearly nine weeks. 

Staff Moll of Col. Enoch Sale's regiment of volmiteers, lohich 
regiment marched from the State of N'eio Hampshire.^ and 
joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island, August., 
1778. Two days are added to the tiine in service for travel 
home after discharge at Rhode Island. 

£ s. d. 

Enoch Hale, Colonel, 36 1 8 

Joseph Parker, Major, 25 6 8 

Isaac Howe, Adjutant, . . . . . . 20 14 8 

John Mellen, Quartermaster, . . . . . . 15 15 4 

Jonas Prescott, Surgeon, . . . . . . 28 8 

Simeon Gould, Sergeant Major, . . . . . 10 15 8 

Dr. Prescott had recently settled in Rindge. Subse- 
quently he removed to Templeton, Mass., where he died, 



164 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

after a successful practice of many years. In this regiment 
were thirty-three men from Rindge, including officers : — 

Lieut. Samuel Tarbell, in Capt. Cunningham's Company. 

Ensign Ezekiel Rand, " " " " 

Ensign John Stanley, " " Twitchell's " 

Jonathan Sawtell, Sergeant. Solomon Rand. 

Nathaniel Thomas, Corporal. WiUiam Russell. 

Lemuel Page, Fifer. Hezekiah Sawtell. 

— John Simonds. John Demary. 

John Gray. Joseph Platts. 

Ezekiel Learned. Samuel Stanley. 

Samuel Russell. William Carlton. 

Samuel Page. Ebenezer Platts. 

David Robbins. '' Thaddeus Fitch. 

Samiiel Walker. Joseph Stanley. 

Benjamin Carlton. Henry Lake. 

Reuben Page. Amos Towne. 

Timothy Wood. John Emery. 

Jeremiah Norcross. Ephraim Holden. 

The privates received £10 10s., at the rate of <£5 per 
month. 

Another regiment in this expedition, commanded by 
Lieut.-Col. Stephen Peabody, which remained in the ser- 
vice until the following December, included three soldiers, 
Abel Platts, Jr., and two others, from this town. 

While these events were transpiring in the field, the 
citizens of the town were often called together to raise 
money with which to pay the militia while in the service, 
and larger sums for the Continental soldiers. Six distinct 
tax-lists were made and collected during the year, which 
must have placed the tax-gatherers on the most intimate 
terms with the inhabitants of the town. Lieut. Ebenezer 
Davis and Oliver Gould were paid <£5 "for bringing up 
Powder from Exeter for the use of the town," and soon 
after an article appeared in the warrant " To see if the 
Town will Dispose of the Powder and how it shall be 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 165 

Disposed of and what price shall be taken for the same." 
Their unfailing confidence in one of their citizens is seen 
in the vote " That Enoch Hale Esq. Dispose of the Powder 
as he pleases and when he pleases." 

The selectmen for the year were Enoch Hale, Esq., 
Deacon Francis Towne, and Edward Jewett; and the 
committee of safety, inspection, and correspondence con- 
sisted of Daiiiel Lake, Esq., Capt. Daniel Rand, Lieut. 
Page Norcross, Capt. Solomon Cutler, and Lieut. Othniel 
Thomas. The names and titles are given as they appear 
upon the records, in which the rank of an individual is 
noted with much precision. Whenever one advanced from 
the plane of a private to that of an ensign, his name sub- 
sequently appeared with a proper acknowledgment of his 
military honors. Sometimes a nice distinction was made. 
Capt. Francis Towne was also a deacon, and had rendered 
good service in both capacities. Military and ecclesiastical 
honors were at issue ; the latter prevailed, and the deacon 
triumphed in rank over a captain. Edward Jewett, also 
a deacon, in the omission of the title in connection with 
his name, modestly makes known that he was the town 
clerk, who made the record. 

1779. The selectmen for this year were Edward 
Jewett, Capt. Daniel Rand, and Mr. James Philbrick. 
The committee of safety, inspection, and correspondence 
were Mr. Nathaniel Russell, Lieut. Othniel Thomas, Ensign 
Benjamin Davis, Mr. John Buswell, and Lieut. Page Nor- 
cross. 

A requisition from the State authorities for about five 
hundred men to fill up the three Continental battalions 
proclaims a sad loss during the past year. The quota 
of this town was four, and prompt action was taken to 
raise the men. Forty shillings per month was voted to 

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166 HISTORY OF UINBGE. 

each man who would enlist into the service, and, to com- 
pensate for the depreciation of the currency, this amount 
was to be paid in beef at twenty shillings per hundred 
weight, or in rye at four shillings per bushel. This action 
was soon followed by a vote " to leave it in the breast of 
the committee to hire the men as cheap as they can." 

Abel Jewett, Peter Webster, David Robinson, and Jon- 
athan Sawtell, Jr., enlisted for one year, and were assigned 
to the second Continental regiment. They, and the soldiers 
from this town who had previously joined the same regi- 
ment, were in the army under Gen. Sullivan, which made 
the famous expedition into the Indian country, and passed 
the succeeding winter in Connecticut. 

In July, Abel Kimball and Simeon Bruce enlisted into 
Col. Mooney's regiment for six months, and were ordered 
to Rhode Island, where they remained until the expiration 
of the term of enlistment. In December, Jonathan Saw- 
tell, Jr., hired a substitute and was honorably discharged. 
He enlisted again, however, into the same regiment, after 
he had remained at home about a year. 

1780. The record of death continues. Again the 
open ranks of the Continental battalions are the oracles 
of their valor. The town is required to furnish four 
additional men. Jonathan Lake, Bartholomew Dwinnel, 
Thomas Demary, and Ebenezer Platts enlisted in July, and 
were assigned to the second regiment. The men raised 
in the State at this time were styled "new levies," and 
were enlisted for six months. Lake had been recently 
discharged from the same regiment on account of the 
expiration of his previous enlistment of two years. The 
New Hampshire troops remained several months with the 
Northern Army at West Point. While there they were 
joined by Col. Nichols' regiment of militia, which contained 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 167 

seven men from Rindge : Ensign Daniel Adams, Barnabas 
Gary, John Buswell, James Philbrick, Amos Ingalls, Joshua 
Hale, and Samuel Walker, who were in the service nearly 
four months. In the autumn of this year the other regi- 
ments marched into New Jersey, and went into winter 
quarters near the Hudson River. Two other men entered 
the service. Benjamin Beals and Caleb Page were sent 
to the " frontiers at Coos," and were in Capt. Stone's 
company, in Major Whitcomb's battalion. 

In the autumn of this year the town of Royalton, in 
Vermont, was burned by the Tories and Indians. The 
militia in the western part of New Hampshire were called 
out, but few reached the place before the hasty retreat 
of the enemy was announced, and the minute-men were 
ordered home. An entire company of sixty-one men from 
tliis town responded to the alarm, but were absent only 
four days. 

Edward Jewett, Lieut. Jacob Gould, and Lieut. Othniel 
Thomas were the selectmen for this year. The committee 
of safety and correspondence were : Deacon Francis Towne, 
Capt. Daniel Rand, Mr. Jonathan Sawtell, Mr. Samuel Page, 
and Mr. James Philbrick. While actively engaged in 
prosecuting the contest with England, in March of this 
year, the town declared war against another enemy by 
offering a bounty of three hundred pounds currency, equiv- 
lent to about eight pounds specie, for every old wolf killed 
in the town, and one-half as much for every " wolf's whelp " 
thus destroyed, to be paid by the selectmen " on the persons 
presenting the head [the wolf's head, of course] and having 
the ears cut as prescribed by the laws of this State." This 
hostile measure proving effectual, the warriors soon after 
submitted the proposition " To see if the town will raise 
a Bounty on Crows, Black Birds, Jay Birds, Squirrels or 



168 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

either of them or any other such vermin." No bounty 
was voted. Perhaps the language employed was a sufficient 
admonition. 

17SX. In the New Hampshire regiments in the field 
the losses had been considerable, and the ranks were also 
depleted at the expiration of the term of enlistment of 
many of the men. William Russell, whose term of service 
expired in March, 1780, was honorably discharged in the 
State of New Jersey, and, without visiting his home, he 
immediately enlisted into a Connecticut regiment, and 
served until the close of the war. Oliver Bacon enlisted 
at the first for during the war, and in March, 1781, was 
promoted to ensign in Capt. Dustan's company. Enoch 
Dockman and Ezekiel Demary also reenlisted, and con- 
tinued with the same regiment. Dockman deserted, but 
was apprehended after he had enjoyed a rest of six 
months; he was finally discharged, Oct. 20, 1781. Moses 
Thomas, who had been three years in a Massachusetts 
regiment, enlisted into the New Hampshire line in Sep- 
tember, as did Aaron Potter, a new recruit, who enlisted 
for six months. 

Others also volunteered to fill the decimated ranks of 
the second regiment. Eight additional men enlisted for 
three years. The honored roll is as follows : Jonathan 
Sawtell, Jr., John Demary, Jr., John Hamilton, Jonathan 
Lake, Abel Platts, Jr., Preston Buffington, Robert Fields, 
and Tobe Cutler. John Demary, Jr., was killed Nov. 1, 
1781, aged 30 years. The others remained in the regiment 
until the close of the war. 

And now the end of the prolonged and exhaustive war 
begins to be foreshadowed. Othniel Thomas was appointed 
captain in Col. Reynolds' regiment, and four men were 
recruited from this town. The rolls cannot be found. 



BEVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 169 

and it is presumed the organization was never completed, 
and that the regiment was not called into service. In 
1782, a list of the deficiencies of the several towns was 
made by the State officials. Rindge was only one man in 
arrears, and Aaron Potter promptly balanced the account 
by enlisting into the service. Many of the towns in the 
State were required at this time to furnish several men to 
compensate for former delinquencies. 

Tobe Cutler, one of the volunteers in 1781, was a 
negro slave of Col. Enoch Hale. The following significant 
vote in relation to his enlistment is the last reference to 
slavery found upon the records : — 

After hearing the Report of the Committee appointed to raise 
the Continental Soldiers and finding that they had Inlisted Tobe 
Cutler, servant to Enoch Hale Esqr., by the free consent of his 
master, who had Ingaged to free the said Tobe at the age of 
twenty-one years : Then voted that the said Tobe be Received 
& Deemed a Legal Inhabitant of said Rindge, Provided that the 
said Tobe shall have his freedom according to the agreement of 
his said master, made and to be Lodged with the Selectmen of 
said Town. 

It is to be regretted that the town records have not 
preserved the names of the officers and soldiers in the war 
of the Revolution. The lists given in this connection, 
however, are mainly complete, and have not been com- 
piled without considerable labor and research. The State 
archives should be credited for much valuable information, 
and a record of the expenses of the town hereafter pre- 
sented, which was not discovered until these lists had been 
made, verifies the number of volunteers for each year in a 
most happy manner. 

On the adoption of the Federal Constitution the war- 
indebtedness of the several States was assumed by the 



170 



EISTOEY OF RINDGE. 



general government. For tliis purpose the accounts of 
the several towns were audited. The account of Rindge 
for bounties and advances to soldiers was as follows : — 



STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



To the Town of Rindge, Dr. 



1775 
1775 
1776 
1776 
1776 
1776 
1777 
1777 
1777 
1777 
1778 
1778 
1778 
1779 
1779 

1780 

1780 

1780 
1780 
1781 
1781 

1782 



To account for bounties, &c. 



Lexington, 54 men, 607 days in all, 

Winter Hill, 39 men, 8 months each, 

Alarm at Ticonderoga, 13 men, 

Baldwin's and Oilman's Regiments, 17 men, . . 

Wyman's Regiment, 15 men, 

Militia, 45 men for the year, 

Alarm at Ticonderoga, 48 men, 

Stark's Brigade, 24 men, 

Saratoga Volunteers, 24 men. Specie, .... 

Continental, 12 men, 

Rhode Island Volunteers, 33 men. Specie, . . 
Peabody's Regiment, 3 men. Specie, .... 
Continental, 4 men, £321 18s. 4d., ...... 

Mooney's Regiment, 2 men. Specie, 

Continental, 4 men, £1,200, 

and £20 specie, 

New levies, 4 men, £2,800, 

and 160 bushels corn, at 6s. per bushel, . . 
Nichols' Regiment, 7 men, 280 bushels corn, at 

6s. per bushel, 

Frontiers at Coos, 2 men, £2,800, 

Alarm at Royalston, 61 men, 

Continental, 8 men, . . . . • 

Reynolds' Regiment, 4 men, 

Continental, 1 man, 

Total, 424 men, 



s. d. 



61 


5 


524 




26 




103 


10 


225 




620 




62 


16 


84 




48 




325 


15 


50 


12 


36 




141 


10 


24 




85 


10 


20 




48 


10 


48 




84 




48 


10 


38 


18 


720 




30 




60 





3515 17 



It appears that the town was credited for four hundred 
and twenty-four enlistments during the war, but not a few 
enlisted several times, which reduces the number of indi- 
viduals actually in the service. In addition to the soldiers 
already named and included in the foregoing account, 
several other residents of this town were in the service. 



BEVOLUTIONABY HISTORY. 171 

It is probable that tliey received bounties from, and were 
counted on the quotas of, other towns. John Gibson 
enlisted in June, 1779, for the war. Benjamin Parker, a 
brother of Jonathan Parker, Jr., was in the army ten 
months. Both of them were in the Continental service, 
and were paid by the town, but for some unknown cause 
they were not included in the foregoing account. Joseph 
Wilson, who was a member of the Rindge company, and 
credited to this town in the Lexington alarm in April, 
1775, subsequently enlisted into the Continental service, 
but was successfully challenged by Amherst, and finally 
allowed on the quota of that town. He came from Peters- 
ham to Rindge, which does not explain the ground on 
which he was claimed by Amherst. Hezekiah Sawtell, 
Hezekiah Wetherbee, and Jacob Gould, Jr., enlisted into 
the Continental service in 1779. The two former are 
included in a list of New Ipswich soldiers in "Kidder's 
History." They were possibly hired by and credited on 
the quota of that town, but were residents of Rindge. 
Benjamin Wetherbee (son of Benjamin) also enlisted, and 
died of the small-pox while in the service. 

The selectmen for 1781 were Edward Jewett, Lieut. 
Ebenezer Davis, and Mr. John Buswell; and for 1782, 
Edward Jewett, Mr. Benjamin Bancroft, and Mr. Solomon 
Rand were chosen. There is no record of an election of a 
committee of safety and correspondence for these years. 
The rapid depreciation of the currency was the occasion of 
much loss and great embarrassment, and many attempts 
were made to fix some value to it. In September, 1779, a 
convention composed of delegates from the several towns 
assembled at Concord. The recommendations proposed by 
this convention were adopted by the town, and a committee 
of nine was chosen to state the price at which " all foreign 



172 



HISTORY OF BINBGE. 



and domestic produce and other articles " sliould be sold. 
This measure afforded no relief. The money voted by the 
town for specific purposes so rapidly decreased in value, 
that before the assessment could be made and the amount 
collected, the appropriation became inadequate for the 
purpose for which the money had been raised. The value 
of the currency soon became too uncertain to be employed 
as a medium of circulation, and frequent disputes arose 
concerning the amount due from one to another. Finally 
the Legislature in 1781 issued what was called " the author- 
ized scale of depreciation," by which contracts made at 
different times might be adjusted. The scale indicated 
the number of pounds of currency which should be an 
equivalent at different dates to the par value of £100: — 



January, 

February, 

March, . 

April, 

May, . . 

June, 

July, . . 

August, . 

September, 

October, 

November, 

December, 



1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 

7500 
7500 
7500 
7500 
7500 
12000 



100 


325 


742 


2934 


104 


350 


868 


3322 


106 


375 


1000 


3736 


110 


400 


1104 


4000 


114 


400 


1215 


4800 


120 


400 


1342 


5700 


125 


425 


1477 


6000 


150 


450 


1630 


6300^ 


175 


475 


1800 


6500 


275 


500 


2030 


6700 


300 


545 


2308 


7000 


310 


634 


2393 


7300 



The burden of taxation is seen in the following votes : — 



March, 1781. — "Voted Three Thousand hard dollars or 
money & stock equivalent thereto, to pay the hire of the 
Soldiers for the first year." 

September, 1781. — "Voted to proceed immediately to hire 
said men and that the town pay the same." 

November, 1781. — "Voted to Raise 3000 Hard dollars to 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 173 

pay the second years hire of the Soldiers, tliat was hired for 
three years, and also to pay the hire of other Soldiers." 

And the following year two thousand hard dollars were 
raised " to pay the last year's hire of the three years men." 
And hard dollars they must have been to gather from the 
people. 

In 1781, after paper money had become nearly worthless, 
the State made a requisition for a large quantity of beef for 
the army, and proportioned the amount among the several 
towns in the State. The first information of this tax 
gleaned from the records is a vote " to leave it in the breast 
of the selectmen how much the rate shall be to buy the 
beef this town is called upon for to supply the army." 
Live beeves which the selectmen purchased were legal 
tender in the payment of this tax. The following receipts 
represent the amount furnished by this town : — 

RiNDGE July 17, 1 78 1. 
Received of the Selectmen of Rindge seven Beef Cattle 
weighing by estimation Three Thousand Two Hundred and fifty 
five pounds for the use of the state of New Hampshire it being 
in part of the Towns proportion of Beef the current year. 

FRANCIS BLOOD 

Collector ye Beef Cattle. 

Received August y^ 6 1781 of the Selectmen of Rindge, 
seven Beef Cattle, weighing by estimation Three Thousand Six 
Hundred and thirty-five Pounds, it being in part of the Town of 
Rindge proportion of Beef the current year. 

FRANCIS BLOOD 
Collector of Beef, Western Destrict. 

Temple October 24 1781 
Received Of Rindge by Deacon Edward Jewett eleven Beef 
Cattle for the use of the Continental Army, weight by estimation 
23 



174 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Six Thousand & Two Hundred j^ounds, in part of the proportion 
of said Town for the present year Agreeable to the Act of the 
General Court Of the 27 of Jan^. last. 

FRANCIS BLOOD 
Collector of Beef Cattle in W" Destrict 

The following year tlie town is credited with three 
pounds and sixteen shillings on account of an overpayment 
of the beef tax. A former assessment of this character 
was paid the previous year : — 

Keene September 25, 1780. 
Received of the Selectmen of Rindge eleven thousand and 
thirty pounds of Beef Cattle for the use of the Continent. 

JOHN MILLER Dep't Com^y. 

Also, in 1781, an act was added to the laws of the State 
with the following title : " An Act for supplying the Conti- 
nental Army with ten thousand gallons of West India 
Rum." The proportion for Rindge was ninety-eight gallons. 
The several towns were permitted, if they chose, to furnish 
six quarts of New England rum as a substitute for each 
gallon of West India. This tax was promptly paid as 
appears from the receipt: — 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

October 16 1781. 
Received of Mr. James Walker one hundred and, forty seven 
gallons New England Rum being a tax on the Town of Rindge 
in the County of Cheshire Agreeable to an Act of s^ State passed 
the 31 of August last past. Rec'd at Boston. 

JOSH. WENTWORTH. 

The above Rum cost twenty seven pounds ten shillings and 
three pence in Beef at two silver dollars per hundred weight 



REVOLUTIONARY BISTORT. 175 

and twenty four shillings for the casks in Money. The whole 
being twenty eight pounds fourteen shillings and three pence. 

In addition to these demands, the money tax paid to the 
State was of itself a heavy burden upon the people. In 
the experience of the present the amount paid cannot be 
easily realized. The record of a few years will sufi&ce. In 
1779, the State raised ,£2,500,000, or about one-tenth this 
sum at par value. The proportion of Rindge was .£1,947 
18s. 4:d., and was paid within the prescribed time in eight 
instalments, tliree each by John Eills and James Carlton, 
collectors, and two by the selectmen. In 1780, the town 
is found for the first time among the delinquent tax-payers, 
but the amount was paid over to the State with little delay 
by Abel Perkins and Nathan Hubbard, collectors. The 
amount raised was ^2,160,000, of which Rindge was 
required to pay £21,210 15s. Od., or about one-hundredth 
of the whole tax. In 1781, still larger demands were made 
by the State, and the collections were made by Jeremiah 
Norcross and James Streeter. The experience of the 
patriot at home, oppressed with poverty, compelled in 
many instances to allow the oft-returning tax-gatherer to 
take his only remaining cow, or the product of his fields 
whenever ripened for harvest, proclaims that the brave 
men in the field did not suffer alone in the cause of inde- 
pendence. Ever prominent in the annals of the Revolution 
will be the bitterness of the home experience of the citizen 
and the family. In the midst of times like these, it excites 
little surprise to find an article in a warrant for a town- 
meeting " To see if the Town will choose a committee to 
treat with other [committees] and see what method can be 
agreed to, as to the present grievances, now hanging over 
our heads, and threatening us with utter Destruction if not 



176 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

prevented. " That our fathers were apprehensive that 
" utter destruction " might be averted, and that they had 
interests still worth preserving, is seen in the succeeding 
article in the warrant " To see if the Town will sue Tarbell 
for Trespass for flowing the road in this Town." Either 
the former article did not represent the prevailing sentiment 
of the people, or else its authors were determined that 
Lieut. Tarbell should not be left behind if they were to 
visit the regions of destruction. The former conjecture is 
probably correct, since no action was taken in the premises. 
The contention between New Hampshire and Vermont 
occurring during the progress of the Revolution, and the 
numerous projects of union proposed by the inhabitants of 
the border townships, caused considerable excitement and 
discussion in several towns in the western part of this State. 
The town of Rindge, then supposed to be wholly within 
the limits of the Masonian patent, and consequently bound 
by the conditions of their early charter, did not sympathize 
with those who advocated a union with the towns on the 
western side of the Connecticut River. In 1776, sixteen 
towns in the present County of Grafton were received into 
the union of the Vermont grants, and were represented in 
their assembly. A claim was advanced by Vermont to 
other towns on the east of the Connecticut. The Ver- 
mont courts also claimed jurisdiction over the disputed 
territory, and the sheriffs began to serve writs upon the 
inhabitants of several New Hampshire towns. Finally two 
citizens were arrested by the Vermont officers, and confined 
in the jail at Charlestown. They forwarded a petition to 
the New Hampshire assembly for relief, and Col. Enoch 
Hale, who was then High Sheriff of Cheshire County, 
including at that time the present County of Sullivan, was 
promptly ordered to release the prisoners. In the discharge 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 177 

of this duty, December 6, 1781, Col. Hale was arrested by 
the Vermont officials, and thrown in the jail over which he 
had the legal control. A sheriff confined in his own jail 
by the officers of another State was a state of affairs that 
was at once resented by the assembly. Cols. Benjamin 
Bellows, of Walpole, and Moses Nichols, of Amherst, were 
ordered to call out the militia in their regiments and release 
the imprisoned sheriff. Francis Blood, Esq., of Temple, 
was ordered to supply the troops while in arms with provis- 
ions. Alarmed at the decisive measures adopted by New 
Hampshire, the Vermont authorities sent a committee to 
Exeter " to agree on measures to prevent hostilities." One 
of this committee was the sheriff who had imprisoned Col. 
Hale. He was immediately arrested, and thrown into 
prison at Exeter, and held as a hostage for the release of 
Col. Hale. Wise counsels soon prevailed, and all the 
prisoners were released without a collision of the military 
forces. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

BEPBESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE.— ADOPTION OF 
THE STATE AND FEDEBAL CONSTITUTIONS. 

Rindge Classed with Jaffrey and Sharon. — Representatives not Allowed 
Seats in the Assembly, 1775. — Enoch Hale and William Smiley. — 
First Constitution Rejected, 1779. — Second Constitution Adopted, 
1783. — Amendments, 1792. — Federal Constitution. — Removal of 
Col. Enoch Hale. 

RErERENCE was made in Chapter IV. to the sessions of 
the conventions, or Provincial Congress, in 1775, in which 
the town of Rindge was represented by Enoch Hale, Esq. 
For the fifth Congress, which assembled in December, a 
plan of representation had been adopted, by which Rindge, 
Jaffrey, and Peterborough Slip (Sharon) were classed, and 
entitled to send one representative. To this arrangement 
both Rindge and Jaffrey demurred, each town claiming to 
be entitled to a representative. The question was soon 
brought to an issue. When the Congress assembled, Enoch 
Hale, of Rindge, and William Smiley, of Jaffrey, both 
appeared and demanded seats in the assembly. Their 
demand was endorsed by a petition of their own and neigh- 
boring towns to allow their admission. The journal of the 
cdhvention, under date of December 21, 1775, announces 
their discomfiture. 



CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 179 

The Petition of the Committee of Safety of the Towns of 
New Ipswich, Rindge, Fitzwilliam & Jaffrey, Praying to have 
Enoch Hale Esq"" & William Smiley admitted to sit in this Con- 
gress, And also the return made on the Precept, which issued 
to the Towns of Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterborough Slip, being 
read & considered, 

Voted that Neither of the said Gentlemen shall have a seat 
in this Congress, They being chosen contrary to the Direction in 
the Precept from the late Congress. 

It appears that " neither of said gentlemen " long in- 
sisted on his right to a seat in the convention, and the 
same day a new election of a representative from these 
towns was ordered, and soon after Mr. Hale was chosen to 
represent the district. In this election the inhabitants of 
Jaffrey were dissatisfied, and petitioned the town of Rindge 
to be " excused from paying their part in sending a Repre- 
sentative." This the town of Rindge refused to do, but 
made ample amends the following year in joining with them 
in the election of Mr. Smiley to succeed Mr. Hale. Under 
the temporary constitution of the State, which was adopted 
in January, 1776, and continued until June, 1784, the supe- 
rior branch of the legislature consisted of twelve members, 
and was styled the Council. The five counties constituted 
the councillor districts, Cheshire County being entitled to 
two members. To this honorable body Enoch Hale was 
three times elected. The legislative years of his service 
commenced December 15, 1779, December 20, 1780, and 
December 19, 1783. The last session expired with the 
suspension of the temporary constitution. Under the new 
constitution this branch of the legislature became known as 
the Senate ; in this body Mr. Hale held a seat for the legis- 
lative year, beginning June 2, 1781, by virtue of an election 
the previous March. 



180 HISTOBT OF EINDGE. 

The new constitution, which was adopted in 1784, was 
the result of much discussion and deliberation. A con- 
vention, to "frame a plan of Government for the future 
happiness and well-being of the good people of the State," 
assembled in Concord, June 10, 1778. In this convention 
the town of Rindge was represented by Enoch Hale. A 
plan of government was prepared by the convention, and 
submitted to the people for their approval. The town of 
Rindge assembled August 10, 1779, and "voted to Reject 
the Declaration of Rights & Plan of Government," and a 
committee was chosen to instruct their delegate in regard 
to the important questions that remained for the consider- 
ation of the convention. This proposed constitution having 
met a similar fate in a majority of the towns in the State, 
another convention assembled in June, 1781, and continued 
by several adjournments until October, 1783. To this con- 
vention the town of Rindge voted not to send a delegate. 
The body, comprising the ablest men in the State, proceeded 
cautiously and deliberately, and yet were obliged to submit 
their work to the people three times before it was accepted. 
In the mean time the constitution then in force, which had 
been adopted to continue during the war, was about to expire 
by limitation. The legislature recommended the several 
towns to revive and continue in force the temporary consti- 
tution until another should be adopted ; consequently the 
town voted "to accept the resolve of the General Court," and 
thereby consented to the recommendation. Without expla- 
nation this passage of the records would not be intelligible. 

A Bill of Rights and Constitution was adopted by the 
second convention, and sent to the several towns for their 
approval in the autumn of 1781. That the town of Rindge 
gave the instrument attentive consideration is attested in 
the records : — 



CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 181 

After hearing the Address of the convention, voted to choose 
a Committee to examine the Bill of Rights and Constitution & 
make report to the Town. 

Chose, Mr. Richard Kimball, Daniel Lake Esqr, Mr. Na- 
thaniel Russell, Lt. James Crombie, Maj, Daniel Rand, Edward 
Jewett, Mr, Jonathan Sawtell, Mr. Jeremiah Chapman, Lt. Ben- 
jamin Foster, Ens. Ebenezer Chaplin & Dea. Francis Towne, 
a committee as aforesaid. 

Then voted to adjourn the present meeting to Tuesday the 
first day of January next, then to be held at the public Meeting 
house in Rindge at one o'clock P.M. 

RiNDGE January i, 1782. 
Met according to Adjournment. Then voted to adjourn the 
present meeting to Friday the 4th Instant then to be held at the 
public Meeting house in Rindge at nine o'clock A.M. 

Rindge January y^ 4 1782. 
Met according to Adjournment. After hearing the Report of 
the Comtee & the Bill of Rights & Constitution, article by article, 
& Rejecting some clauses and Accepting some & making such 
Alterations as the Town thought Proper, then voted to choose 
a Committee of three men to draw up the Reasons of Rejection 
and Alteration. Chose Edward Jewett, Dea. Francis Towne and 
Major Daniel Rand for s^ Committee. 

The meeting was one of unusual interest. A year had 
passed since the surrender of the British army at York- 
town. Peace, crowned with freedom, had been made secure. 
The abstract right of self-government had been purchased at 
great cost. In the application of that right were balanced 
all the fruits of the war. Our fathers were equal to the 
occasion. Even in the flush qf victory they proceeded to 
consider the plan of government " article by article," realiz- 
ing that a hasty misapplication of their newly secured 
24 



182 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

rights and privileges might breed an anarchy more intol- 
erable than foreign oppression. Thus in an unwarmed 
house, in the cold of mid-winter, our fathers assembled to 
discuss those measures that should preserve and perpetuate, 
in their form of government, the fruits of the victory which 
their valor had won. When the returns from the towns 
were received by the convention, it was found that the 
objections to some of the provisions were so numerous that 
a thorough revision was demanded by the people. The 
second draft was submitted to the action of the several 
towns, and was more generally approved, the town of 
Rindge voting to accept it. But it was again revised and 
sent to the people for ratification in the autumn of 1783, 
and the action of this town is briefly recorded : " Gave in 
their votes for the Plan of Government." It is presumed 
that these voters "gave in," without reservation. Their 
past experience had fostered no spirit of compromise. This 
tinsel cover for wrong is of more recent introduction into 
American politics. The action of nearly all the towns in 
the State being also in the affirmative, this plan became the 
adopted constitution, and remained unchanged until 1792. 
A convention for revision was assembled at Concord, 1791, 
• in which this town was represented by Col. Daniel Rand. 
On the first revision, the town, in May, 1792, passed 
sixty-four votes on as many sections of the amended 
constitution. A majority of the votes were against the 
proposed revision. In August following, the town unani- 
mously voted to accept the amendments as then presented 
by the convention. In 1783 the Continental Congress 
proposed to amend the eighth article of confederation, 
so as to make the population of the States the basis of 
representation instead of the area of granted lands. This 
proposition was to be submitted to the legislatures of the 



CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS. 183 

States, and the inhabitants of Rindge were called together 
to instruct their representative how he should act when 
the question was presented for his consideration, and 
Enoch Hale, Deacon Edward Jewett, Lieut. Jacob Gould, 
and Mr. Nathaniel Russell were chosen "to instruct their 
representative." It will be noticed that Mr. Hale has no 
title in this record, which is accounted for by the statement 
that he was the town clerk who made the record, while 
Deacon Jewett receives the full renown of his ecclesiastical 
honors. 

Another question of great moment remained. To Capt. 
Othniel Thomas fell the honor of representing the town 
in the convention, in 1788, that adopted the Federal Con- 
stitution. This being the ninth State that assented to the 
Constitution of the United States, and nine States being 
the number required, "New Hampshire," in the language 
of a writer of that period, "set in motion the political 
machine." 

Conspicuous among those who were prominent in the 
affairs of the town during the Revolution and the suc- 
ceeding years, who rendered faithful and untiring service 
in the cause of popular government, and who exercised 
the power of official position without ostentation, is the 
name of Enoch Hale. He was a brother of Col. Nathan 
Hale, and was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, November 
28, 1733. When a child, his parents removed to Hamp- 
stead. During the French and Indian wars he served in 
Capt. AUcock's company, Oilman's regiment, from Sep- 
tember 22, to November 14, 1755 ; in Captain Bailey's 
company, Meserve's regiment, from May 5, to November 
5, 1757 ; and in Capt. Hazen's company. Hart's regiment, 
from April 27, to October 31, 1758. In 1760, he removed 
to Rindge, and at once became prominent in pul)lic affairs. 



184 niSTOBY OF RINDGE. 

He was chosen by the proprietors to secure the incorpora- 
tion of the town, and was authorized to call the first 
town-meeting. 

In 1768, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, being 
the first magistrate in this town. The same year, Col. Hale 
removed to Jaffrey, and returned to Rindge the following 
year. His varied and efficient service during the war as a 
town officer, delegate to conventions, representative, coun- 
cillor, and senator in the councils of the State, high sheriff 
of Cheshire County from 1778 to 1783, colonel of a regi- 
mental district, and commander of a regiment in the field, 
need not be repeated in this connection. The history of 
the town for these years is the most faithful record that 
can be given of the services of Col. Hale. With the 
exception of a brief residence in Jaffrey, in 1768 and 1769, 
he resided in Rindge until the spring or summer of 
1784. He was town clerk for the year ending March, 
1784. At the annual meeting of that year he was present 
and made the record of the proceedings. He soon after 
removed to Walpole, New Hampshire. The statement of 
Farmer and others that Col. Enoch Hale resided in Walpole 
at an earlier date, is incorrect. Finding him a resident of 
that town in the summer of that year, while a member of 
the Senate under the new constitution, these writers too 
hastily presumed that he had resided there for a term of 
years. 

In 1785, Col. Hale built the first bridge at that place 
across the Connecticut River, and subsequently removed 
to Grafton, Vermont, where he died April 9, 1813. 



CHAPTER IX. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Early Efforts to Secm-e Preaching. — Mr. Swan. — The Call Extended to 
Timothy Walker Declined. — Rev. Seth Dean Settled. — Church 
Embodied. — Withdrawal and Discipline of the Baptists. — Mr. 
Dean's Salary. — Loss Sustained by Depreciation of the Currency. — 
His Dismissal and Character. — Seth Payson CaUed. — Letter of 
Acceptance. — Ordination. — Owning the Covenant. — Successful 
Ministry of Dr. Payson. — His Salary. — Death of Dr. Payson. — His 
Character. — Call extended to Mr. Demond and to Mr. GoodeU. — 
Mr. Bm*nham preaches in Rindge. — Accepts a Call. — Ordina- 
tion. — His Prolonged Ministry. — Personal Notice. — Era of Sup- 
plies. — ListaUation of Mr. Clark. 

Very early in the history of this town efforts were 
made to secure the public ministrations of the Gospel. 
Many of the first settlers were members of the churches 
in the towns where they had formerly resided. As soon 
as they had reared a shelter for their families, and wit- 
nessed the promise of daily food in their little fields of 
grain, their desire of uniting in the public worship of 
God was manifested. Whatever may be said of the relig- 
ion of the period, their sense of duty in sustaining stated 
preaching, and the observance of the ordinances, was a 
prominent characteristic of their unyielding faith. The 
proprietors' charter reserved one right of land — about 
three hundred acres — for the ministry, and another right 



186 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

for the first settled minister. This slender assistance was 
unavailable until a minister was settled. In November, 

1758, it was ordered "that twelve pounds be laid out in 
preaching in said Township. No comtt®^ was chosen for 
y* purpose, because Mr. Swan appeared and undertook for 
y* sum to preach three days in s^ Township." Abel 
Platts was afterwards paid two pounds and eight shillings 
"for entertaining Mr. Swan and his horse four nights." 
This was probably Rev. Josiah Swan, of Dunstable. In 

1759, upon an article "To see if the Proprietors will pro- 
vide a minister to preach y® gospel in said town," the 
sum of thirty-five dollars was raised, and Abel Platts was 
chosen "to provide y® minister." Subsequently a sum 
of money for this purpose was raised from time to time 
with so much regularity that it amounted substantially 
to an annual appropriation, and in amount sufficient to 
assure us that our fathers were " hearers of the word " 
during a considerable portion of each year. 

Undoubtedly with a view to a more permanent supply, 
in 1762, it was " voted that the propriety will hire a min- 
ister on probation to preach the gospill on probation in 
order for seteling." "Voted that Josiah Ingalls be a 
committee to look out a man for that purpose." In the 
warrant for this meeting, an article in regard to raising 
money for this purpose reads as follows : " To sea if the 
proprietary will grant any sum of money and how much 
to lay out the gospill." This record was made by John 
Lovejoy, afterwards Deacon John Lovejoy, of pleasant 
memory, who never desired the gospel laid out in any 
improper manner, and in intention might be held as inno- 
cent as another more recently deceased, who prayed that 
" the gospel might be dispensed with, and enjoyed all over 
the earth." Mr. Farrand, perhaps Farrar, and Mr. Apple- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 187 

ton preached here a few Sabbaths, and a Mr. Harvey, 
probably the same who was in Winchendon the previous 
year, was here a short time in 1760. It is tradition that 
Mr. Timothy Walker received the first call extended by 
the settlers of this town, but it is not so generally known 
that he preached to our fathers for a considerable length 
of time, as the following extracts from the records abun- 
dantly prove : — 

Oct. 21, 1761. Paid Josiah Ingalls for boarding Mr. Walker, 

;^i2 OS od 
June 13, 1762. Voted to alow Mr. Jonathan Hopkinson £\ 

OS., od. old Tenour Massachusitts for his 

trouble getting Mr. Walker to preach for 

the Propriaty. 
Oct. 19, 1762. Paid William Carlton for boarding Mr. Walker 

£Z OS od 
January 11, 1763. Voted and allowed to William Carlton for 

boarding Mr. Walker and keeping his 

horse £b os od Massachusetts old tenor. 
July 13, 1763. Paid Josiah Ingalls for boarding Mr. Walker 

two days £\ los od 

February 7, 1764. Voted Mr. Josiah Ingalls his account for 

boarding Mr. Walker which is £;^ os od 
July 25, 1764. Voted Mr. Josiah Ingalls £2 k,s od for 

boarding Mr. Walker six days. 

During this time nearly as much more was paid by 
the proprietors for the entertainment of " the minister," 
without indicating the name of the individual. 

That Mr. Walker received a call to settle is made 
certain by the following action of the proprietors under 
date of January 11, 1763 : — 



188 HISTOBT OF BINBGE. 

Unanimously voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. a call 
to setel with them in the gospill ministry amongst them in said 
township if he seeth fit. 

Voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. one right of land 
Alowed for the ministers right and forty pounds sterling for a 
settlement with them in said Township. 

Voted to give Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. forty pounds ster- 
ling a year for his salary, until the number of families amount to 
eighty, and after eighty to an hundred families forty-five pounds, 
and after an hundred families fifty pounds sterling annually, 
and Thirty Cords of wood at his Door yearly when called for. 

Voted and chose John Lovejoy, Jonathan Stanley and Enoch 
Hale a committee to carry Mr. Timothy Walker Junr. there 
call, one of the three. 

July 13, 1763. Voted John Lovejoy ten pounds Massachu- 
setts old tenor for going to penicook [now 
Concord] for to carry there call to Mr. 
Walker. 

These items indicate that Mr. Walker preached here 
much of the time preceding the advent of Mr. Dean. The 
reasons of his refusal to accept the call are unknown, but 
may be more or less intimately connected and represented 
by the records, November 27, 1764, when it was voted to 
raise the money forthwith to pay the balance due Mr. 
Walker to save trouble^ "and that it be paid by the first 
day of February next without fail." Mr. Walker, who 
received the first call to settle in Rindge, was a son of 
Rev. Timothy Walker, the first settled minister at Concord, 
then called Penacook. He was born at that place, June 
27, 1737, was graduated at Harvard University, 1756. 
He preached about six years, when he relinquished the 
profession for an honored career in civil life. He was 
appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1777, 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 189 

and was Cliief-Justice of that Court, 1804 to 1809. He 
died May 5, 1822. 

The first settled minister was Rev. Seth Dean, who was 
ordained November 6, 1765, and remained until 1780, — 
about fifteen years. The first mention of Mr. Dean in the 
records occurs May 30, 1765, when it was decided " to hire 
him on probation to settle with them in the Gospel minis- 
try," and Nathaniel Page was selected " to agree with Mr. 
Dean, and to prepare a place for to board him at." 

It is probable that Mr. Dean was well received. A call 
was issued July 18, 1765, with the same settlement as voted 
Mr. Walker, and an annual salary of forty pounds sterling ; 
but there was no pledge of like additions to correspond 
with the increase in the number of families, nor a promise 
of the thirty cords of wood. After the customary delay, 
the call was accepted. The following article is found in 
the warrant for a meeting of the proprietors convened 
October 1, 1765 : " To sea if the propriators will agree on 
a day for the Ordanation of Mr. Seth Dean for he hath 
given his Answer in the affirmative and to see if the pro- 
prietors will agree with Mr. Dean in choosing a council 
and to choose a committee to send out their leters misive 
in order for his ordanation on the day which they shall 
pitch upon, to the several churches they agree on to send 
to and also to provide a place to entertain the council 
convenient and handy to the meeting house." November 
6, 1765, was selected as the day of ordination, and Jonathan 
Stanley, Josiah Ingalls, and John Lovejoy were selected 
"to agree with Mr. Dean in chusing the council and to 
send out letters misive to the several churches." 

Previous to his ordination, Mr. Dean received a payment 
for supplying the pulpit. October 1, 1765, " voted to give 
Mr. Seth Dean twenty shillings lawful money per day for 
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190 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

preaching and he bringeth in seventeen days." And at 
the same time Abel Platts was paid twenty-six pounds 
and five shillings "for boarding Mr. Dean and his horse 
keeping," which indicates that there had been ample time 
for mutual acquaintance and intelligent action. 

Subsequently Abel Platts received four pounds for enter- 
taining the council, and James Philbrick was paid two 
pounds and five shillings " for going to hamstid to company 
the minister to town." There is no such place on the map. 
Probably Hampstead, New Hampshire, is the town from 
which Mr. Philbrick escorted the minister. Moses Hale, 
senior, and his sons, Moses, Enoch, and Nathan, as well as 
his son-in-law, James Philbrick, came from that town to 
Rindge, and perhaps had enjoyed an earlier acquaintance 
with Mr. Dean, and proposed his settlement in this place. 
The churches represented at the ordination of Mr. Dean, 
and the clergy who participated in the proceedings, have 
eluded all research. At this time the church at Peter- 
borough had been embodied six years, New Ipswich five 
years, Winchendon three years, Ashburnham five years. It 
is probable that some of these and others at a greater dis- 
tance were represented. There were no church organiza- 
tions in Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Temple, Mason, or Fitchburg, 
at this date. 

The church was embodied in the autumn of 1765, and 
probably on the day of the ordination of the first settled 
minister. The records of the first fifteen years are very 
fragmentary. To Dr. Payson, who gathered and tran- 
scribed the memoranda left by Mr. Dean, the church is 
much indebted ; no record book had previously been used. 
The first meeting of which we have any account was held 
January 1, 1766. Other meetings must have occurred 
during the autumn of the preceding year. The records 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 191 

give the names of only five members at this date. There 
must have been more, and probably all who became 
members at the organization of the church are not given 
in the list. The names of John Lovejoy, Enoch Hale, 
Nathaniel Page, Jonathan Sherwin, and others, who cer- 
tainly were members, are omitted. They probably were 
original members, and the list without doubt commences 
with the subsequent additions. During the first fourteen 
months of the ministry of Mr. Dean, or previous to January 
1, 1767, twenty-two were added to the original organization; 
ten on profession, and twelve by letters of recommendation 
from the churches to which they had previously belonged, 
and fifteen owned the half-way covenant. During the 
remainder of his ministry, sixty-five additional members 
were received, and fifty more confessed the covenant, and 
were permitted to present their children for baptism. Seven 
of these subsequently became full members of the church, 
and are included in the former numbers. The letters of 
recommendation, by which members were received during 
Mr. Dean's ministry, were from the churches in Lunenburg, 
Topsfield, Boxford, Ipswich, Andover, Littleton, Lexington, 
Groton, Shirley, Scituate, Concord, Weymouth, Lincoln, and 
Ashburnham, in Massachusetts, and Hampstead, Mason, and 
New Ipswich, in New Hampshire. Many long and tiresome 
journeys over rude highways must have been made to 
procure these letters, which were their credentials of a 
good character borne in other places, and may have been 
presented with a reasonable pride. Yet in all their tran- 
sactions relating to the church and the town, there are 
abundant evidences of sincerity, and a deep reverence for 
religious concerns. There were a few families whose 
religious opinions were not in harmony with the views 
entertained by a large majority of the inhabitants. They 



192 HISTORY OF BINDGE. ' 

were advocates of immersion, and ignored the efficacy of 
sprinkling as practiced in the newly embodied church. 
They also professed to believe that it was wrong and 
nnscriptural to maintain a salaried clergy, or, in their own 
language, " to preach for hire." While they claimed to be 
Baptists, and are so styled upon the records, their position 
in regard to the salary of ministers was not in harmony 
with the Baptist Church at that period. At one time, in 
justification of their position, they requested the town to 
take notice of these passages of Scripture : " And the 
priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof 
divine for money; yet will they lean upon the Lord and 
say. Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon 
us." " Who is there among you that would shut the doors 
for naught ! Neither do ye kindle fire upon mine altar for 
naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts." 

They probably contemplated, at one time, a permanent 
organization, and perhaps were associated in some bond of 
union, for they petitioned the proprietors for the privilege 
of building a meeting-house upon the Common. Their 
petition was not received until the control of public affairs 
had passed from that body, and their request was never 
presented to the town. They were few in numbers, but 
were men of ability and influence. There are good reasons 
for supposing that they occasionally had preaching of their 
own. And perhaps John Coffeen, one of their number, 
who sometimes preached after his removal from Riildge, 
officiated in that capacity while a resident of this town. 
Judging from their creed, public ministrations were not an 
expensive enjoyment, and may have been maintained for 
several years. 

The creed of the church under Mr. Dean was much 
more generally accepted, and nearly the entire population 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBT. 193 

was included in his congregation. The proprietors consti- 
tuted his parish, and after three years were succeeded by 
the town, which continued in this capacity for more than 
fifty years. While nearly all belonging to the church were 
citizens of the town, they were distinct organizations. In 
all matters of faith and observance of ceremonies, the 
church was independent of the town, and in the choice of 
officers and requisites of membership was subject to no 
external control. In the choice and settlement of ministers 
they acted in concurrence, and in the payment of the min- 
ister's salary, in building and repairing meeting-houses, the 
burden fell entirely upon the town. The money raised for 
these purposes was voted in town-meeting, and was assessed 
upon all in the same manner as a tax for highways, or for 
other public purposes. While parishes of this kind were 
generally efficient, and were certainly stable, they lacked 
one most important qualification — they were not voluntary, 
since all, without regard to creed, or their consent being had, 
were obliged to contribute to the support of the prevailing 
church. This system soon led to an issue. The men who 
settled Rindge never grumbled so long as they were suited ; 
but whenever there was an occasion, wherever they thought 
their rights were not properly regarded, their voices were 
plainly heard. Among the early residents, John Coffeen, 
Henry Coffeen, Eleazer Coffeen, Stephen Jewett, Jonathan 
Jewett, Nathaniel Turner, and Joseph Gilson did not join 
the church, for one reason, at least, that they professed to 
be Baptists, and consequently were not in sympathy with 
the doctrines preached. These were soon joined by Ezekiel 
Jewett and Henry Godding, who recently had been brought 
under discipline, and soon after were excommunicated from 
the church for want of sympathy with the creed, and a 
failure to observe the ordinances, — or in other words 



194 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

because they had embraced the Baptist creed. Their 
personal characters were unquestioned. These were among 
the most influential men in the town. Either of them was 
able to plead his own cause, and united they made a most 
formidable minority. 

The Coffeens, sons of an Irish emigrant, were born in 
Massachusetts, and came from Lunenburg to Rindge ; the 
Jewetts were also brothers and grandsons of a Congrega- 
tional deacon, and came from Boxford ; Nathaniel Turner 
was from Lancaster, and Joseph Gilson from Lunenburg; 
Henry Godding came from Lexington, and was a member 
of the church there. The settlement of these men in this 
town was no concerted act, and two of them at least, who 
joined the church when it was organized, could not have 
embraced this faith for some time after their residence here 
began. To such men it promptly occurred to ask the town 
to be excused from paying money from which they asked no 
benefit. Their petitions were received with that extreme 
kindness which often accompanies a denial. It was many 
years before any were excused from this tax. Their love of 
law and order manifested in the payment of the money 
when they had failed in their petitions, is fully equalled by 
the force of their protests. A few extracts from the records 
will more clearly define their position. In 1769 appears an 
article in a warrant for a town-meeting to see if the town 
will excuse any persons from paying their part of Mr. 
Dean's salary for reasons which may be offered. The 
records proceed as follows : — 

The Question was put by the moderator whether the Town 
Would Hear those person's reasons, mentioned in the Warrant ? 
Voted in the Affirmative ; then the reasons were offerred as fol- 
lowing : 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 195 

RiNDGE January 3 1769 

To the Gentlemen Selectmen and to the Town of Rindge. — 
The reasons of our not meeting with you were these — we are (I'y) 
against those that Preach for money or those that ask pay for 
kindling a Fire on Gods alter. 

2'y We believe that Baptism is Rightly administered By Immer- 
sion only of Diping ye whole Body of the party in Water into the 
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit 
According to Christs Institution and the practice of the Apostles, 
and not by Sprinkling or Pouring of Water or Diping some part 
of the Body After the Tradition of men. 

These reasons were signed by Ezekiel Jewett, Stephen 
Jewett, Jonathan Jewett, Henry Godding, Henry Coffeen, 
Joseph Gilson, Nathaniel Turner, John Coffeen, Eleazer 
Coffeen. 

And on the back of said Reasons were writ Malachi Chapter i 
Verse 10. Micah Chapter 3 Verse 11. The Reasons being Read 
And the Signers Heard thereon. The Question was put by the 
moderator — to see if the Town would Discharge those Signers 
from paying any Salary to the Reverend Mr. Seth Dean on those 
Reasons hear offered and Voted in the negative. 

When the salary question was under consideration at the 
next meeting, they do not again ask to be excused, but 
entered their protest for conscience' sake : — 

To the Gentlemen Selectmen and Inhabitants of Rindge. — We 
the Subscribers and others who at a former Town meeting Gave 
the town to know what our principles were do now Inform the 
Town that the Article Concerning the Minister Doth not Concern 
us in no Respect. Ezekiel Jewett, Henry Coffeen, John Coffeen, 
Henry Godding. 



196 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

This paper was presented in open meeting by John 
Coffeen, and the clerk adds the statement : " After it was 
read the signers withdrew." Their next protest, dated 
March 15, 1770, was in these words: "We have nothing 
to Act on the Article concerning Mr. Seth Dean's Salary. 
We being of the Baptist profession." 

In the year 1769, John Coffeen removed to Cavendish, 
Vt. His signature is not found on the last paper. In 
1770, Henry Coffeen was one of the selectmen, and also 
Henry Godding in 1768. They assisted in the transaction 
of all town business and signed the official papers, except 
the minister's rate. In this tax they consistently refused 
their aid. Soon after, Jonathan Jewett, Henry Coffeen, 
and Nathaniel Turner removed to Jaffrey, where, for 
several years, there was no minister to support. Joseph 
Gilson and David Allen — a recent addition to their num- 
ber — left town about this time, and, in 1777, Eleazer 
Coffeen joined his brother in Vermont. The others 
continued their residence, and died here. Their descend- 
ants are numerous. 

It has been stated that Ezekiel Jewett and Henry 
Godding were once members of Mr. Dean's church, and 
there this failure of harmony in religious belief assumed 
a different aspect. Professing allegiance to a new doctrine, 
they gradually became less attentive to the ministrations 
and requirements of the old. In about two years from 
their admission, their position was called into question. 
The records introduce the controversy under date of April 
24, 1768: — 

The Church then met and after fervent Prayer to Almighty 
God for Direction a complaint was then made against Ezekiel 
Jewett, a member of s^ church for his withdrawing himself from 



ECCLESIASTICAL EISTOBY. 197 

public worship & turning his Back upon ye ordinance of ye 
Lords Supper which conduct of his was inquired into whether 
his withdrawing was sinful and unscriptural, after his Defence was 
made and heard, y^ church tho' proper to adjourn s^^ meeting 
untill Thursday, ye 2'^ of June Next, to hear further and make 
further inquiry into s'' case and ye above s'^ Jewett was then 
notified of s'^ meeting. 

The case was adjourned from time to time, covering 
four meetings, without definite action. On the twelfth of 
December this record was made : " At a church meeting 
held by adjournment on the case of Ezekiel Jewett who 
had for a long time absented himself from y® word preached, 
and from special ordinances, concerning which conduct 
of said Jewett by a vote of y^ church counsel was asked 
of an association." By a letter dated " New Ipswich, Nov. 
9, 1769," their advice was " to treat y® case with much 
Tenderness and at present omit church discipline. We 
promise by y^ Grace of God, for y® present, to Treat him 
with aU Tenderness — but this we say in honor to Christs 
Church of which we are members and in faithfulness to 
our souls that ye above s^ withdraw of s^ Jewett, from 
special ordinances, is unscriptural and Sinful." 

After putting themselves so squarely upon record, the 
case was suffered to rest until January 31 of the following 
year. A committee was then chosen, consisting of Amasa 
Turner, Deacon Josiah Ingalls, and Page Norcross, "to 
treat once more with said Jewett respecting his sinful 
withdraw, and to notify him that his case would be further 
considered October 31 next, and for him to attend s*^ chh. 
Meeting if he pleased & for s*^ com"®® to get all y® Light 
respecting his conduct against s*^ meeting ; and also to 
treat with Henry Godding and Sarah Godding [his wife] 
and Mary Hammond respecting their withdraw from public 
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198 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

worship and special ordinances." Five more meetings were 
now held without action, except to add Rev. Seth Dean, 
Dea. John Lovejoy and Nathaniel Page to the committee 
to further treat with the absenting brothers and sisters. 
July 4, 1770, more than two years after the case was 
begun, it was finally voted " as to y® case of y® absenting 
brethren Ezekiel Jewett and Henry Godding y® church 
unanimously voted, for their long absenting themselves 
from public Worship and special ordinances and for their 
renouncing their infant Baptisms by being plunged into 
y® Water by a pretended minister and for their hard 
speeches respecting this church and y® church universal, 
and declared non commimion with y® abovesaid Brethren 
and do abridge them all special church Privileges and 
ordered it to be committed to Record. As to y® absenting 
sisters their conduct in long withdrawing is at present 
bore with." 

Mrs. Hammond soon removed from town. Twenty 
years later, at her request, Sarah Godding was restored 
to her former relations with the church. This feature 
of the early history of the church is passed without 
comment. The record is so plain that no one can fail 
to comprehend the animus and results of the proceed- 
ings. The church was united in the course pursued, and 
was left in a condition to enjoy and improve many years 
of peace and prosperity. Between the church and their 
pastor there is no evidence of discord or contention. The 
causes which led to his dismissal appear to be wholly 
connected with the town. The salary of Mr. Dean in the 
terms of the contract with the proprietors, in addition to 
a settlement of forty pounds sterling and the benefit of 
the ministerial lands, was "forty pounds sterling each 
year so long as he stands their minister and carrieth on 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBY. 199 

the gospel ministry among them." When the town suc- 
ceeded to the management of public affairs, a proposition 
was made to him to release the proprietors from the former 
contract, and accept an annual payment from the town. 
The sum of fifty-three and one-third pounds lawful money 
was proposed, which was a fair equivalent to the forty 
pounds sterling named in the contract, but no definite time 
of payment was specified. The selectmen presented Mr. 
Dean with a copy of the vote : — 

Reverend Sir. 

We present the above Coppy of the Towns Vote For your 
Salary to you and Desire you Would Consider the Same and Give 
us an Answer in Writing as soon as Conveniently you Can, 
Whither the same is satisfactory to you And Whither you Will 
thereupon Release the said proprietors From their Vote and 
Contract that so We may be Enabled to make a Rate for your 
Salery for this Present year. 

NATHANIEL RUSSELL ) Selectmen 
WILLIAM CARLTON C of said Rindge. 

To the Reverend Mr. Seth Dean. 

The following curt reply immediately followed : — 

Gentlemen. 

Rec'd this proposal and considered the same and answered in 
the negative. Negatived for reasons which I am prepared to give 
when desired. 

From Gentlemen Yours to serve 

SETH DEAN, Clerk. 
To Nathaniel Russell and others selectmen. 
August 12 1768. 

In deeds and other legal papers the term " clerk " was 
formerly applied to the clergy to signify their profession, 
and official papers by them signed generally retained this 



200 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

designation. Mr. Dean appears to have been satisfied with 
the amount, but he was not slow to perceive that a proposal 
of so much "a year," with no guarantee when the sum was to 
be paid, might reduce his cash on hand, and increase the 
balance due from the town in a very unsatisfactory manner. 
The town soon after paid him the amount for the first year 
and a half with a promptness that was acceptable to their 
pastor ; but no permanent agreement had been made. To 
this end the town proposed " to give their Reverend Paus- 
ture the Reverend M'^ Seth Dean a yearly Salary of fifty 
three pounds six shillings and eight pence Lawful Money 
so long as he shall continue to Supply the Pulpit in said 
town. And to give the said Reverend Mr. Dean liberty to 
be absent four Sabbaths in each year, if occasion calls him 
away or through sickness, without taking any thing from his 
salary." A committee waited upon Mr. Dean and brought 
back his reply: — 

The above is negatived by me for reasons why when requested. 

SETH DEAN, Clerk. 

Perhaps at the request of the committee, or as the result 
of a second thought, a postscript is added : — 

The reasons why the above is not comphed with are as 
follows : 

I St It is foreign from the covenant that is already made with me. 
2^ Neither is it agreeable with my ordination charges. 

SETH DEAN, Clerk. 
RiNDGE September ye 24 1770, 

No specific contract was ever made between Mr. Dean 
and the town. The proposed sum was voted each year, 
and paid with reasonable promptness and regularity, and 
apparently to his acceptance, until during the war, when 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 201 

the value of the currency began rapidly to decline, but a 
disposition to make up this loss was manifested. In the 
month of October, 1777, thirty pounds additional compen- 
sation was voted to make good the depreciation for that 
year, which appears to have been satisfactory to Mr. Dean. 
The following year a grant of one hundred and six and 
two-thirds pounds, paper money, was made. This sum was 
far from an equivalent to his original salary ; and Mr. Dean 
soon reminded the town of the fact by refusing to receive 
any part of it. Another meeting was called, and the town 
adhered to their former vote, but acknowledged their incon- 
sistency by proceeding to pledge themselves to raise three 
hundred pounds for the ensuing year if that sum would be 
accepted. The selectmen were requested "to wait upon 
Mr. Dean for his acceptance or non-acceptance." The 
dismissal of Mr. Dean, although two years deferred, is now 
plainly foreshadowed, and the cause — probably the only 
one — of the separation is made intelligible. 

The selectmen reported that he refused to accept of that 
sum, whereupon the town immediately issued the following 
manifesto : — 

In consideration of. not having obtained the most distant hope 
of a peaceful settlement with the Rev. Mr. Dean for his late 
services although the same being sought for by our Selectmen and 
otherways both for the last as well as for the present year & to 
prevent any further difficulty or dispute in law or otherwise with 
the said Rev. Mr. Dean, (as in such case he could by no means 
be serviceable to this church and people) it is voted to chuse a 
Committee to treat with the Rev. Mr. Seth Dean in the name & 
behalf of the Town upon a final Seperation & to agree with him 
for the time past of the present year, in such a sum as they shall 
think proper. — chose Enoch Hale Esqr. Dea. Francis Towne, 



202 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Mr. Richard Kimball, 
Colo. Nathan Hale & Capt. Daniel Rand — a Committee aforesaid. 

The meeting was adjourned for the purpose of hearing 
the report of this committee, who made known to the town 
that Mr. Dean accepted the proposed terms, and the town, 
according to the promise recently made, voted to raise the 
three hundred pounds, and the separation was deferred. 
When the time came to make a grant for another year, the 
sum of nine hundred pounds was voted. In the autumn of 
1779, when this sum was proposed, it was a reasonable 
substitute for his original salary ; but such was the rapid 
decrease in value, that by the time the payment was to be 
made it failed to be a fair remuneration for his services, 
and in March following the town proposed to grant in room 
of this sum his old salary of fifty-three and one-third pounds 
to be paid in commodities at their nominal value, " stating 
rye at four shillings, Indian corn at three shillings and four 
pence per bushel, beef at twenty shillings per hundred 
weight, and other things in proportion." This proposition 
possessed an air of substance and stability that must have 
been refreshing after his experience for the past two years. 
But he was not suffered to taste the fat of the land, for his 
dismissal occurred before the corn and the rye were brought 
to his granary, or the beef added to his store, to say nothing 
of his anticipations of "other things in proportion." The 
salary for this year, concerning which there had been so 
much legislation, was finally paid with paper money, and 
forty-eight hundred pounds was given as the salary of a 
single year, which is suggestive of the fleeting value of the 
currency during the Revolutionary War. 

Mr. Dean, anticipating that a future support was uncer- 
tain, and in consideration of the great hardships and the 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 203 

burdens of general taxation which rested upon the people, 
perhaps impossible, now asks for a dismission. At a meet- 
ing held August 28, 1780, the town at first voted in the 
negative ; but during the meeting, Mr. Dean sent in a 
communication, stating that the article was inserted in the 
warrant at his request, and subsequently came personally 
before the town and gave his reasons for such a course, 
whereupon the town "Voted at the request of Mr. Dean 
to dismiss him from his Pastoral 0£fice in the Town of 
Rindge." The church concurred in this action of the town 
on the seventh of September, when it was also voted "to 
recommend their Reverend Pastor as a minister in regular 
standing, and continueing in the administration of special 
ordinances." A committee was chosen, at this meeting of 
the church, to prepare and sign a letter of recommendation 
to be delivered to him on Monday, September 11, 1780, 
when the connection between the pastor and the church 
would be dissolved. 

Rev. Seth Dean, son of William and Sarah (Olcott ? ) 
Dean, was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, August 7, 1715 ; 
was graduated at Yale College in the class of 1738, and 
licensed to preach by the Windham County Association of 
Congregational Ministers August 28, 1739, and was there- 
fore fifty years of age when he entered upon his labors in 
this town. 

Mr. Dean married, about 1745, Mercy Fenner, of Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, by whom he had several children. 
She died in Rindge about 1776, and he married, second, 
Widow Allen, of Brookline, Connecticut. Additional infor- 
mation of this family will be found in the second part of 
this volume. 

Where Mr. Dean had preached previous to his settle- 
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204 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

invariably referred to as Mr. Seth Dean previous to his 
ordination, and as Rev. Seth Dean after that event, is 
conclusive that this was his first settlement. Upon his 
dismissal from the church in this town, he removed to 
Connecticut, and supplied the pulpit in North Killingly — 
now East Putnam, — where he died April, 1782, a few 
months previous to the ordination of his successor. 

The records of the church afford little information con- 
cerning the characteristics of the man. It is reasonably 
certain that during these fifteen years the affairs of the 
church were prudently and successfully managed. The 
very few and faint personal references to liim that are to be 
found, are more suggestive of a successful ministry, and the 
preservation of a quiet and peaceful temper, than a greater 
notoriety which would have resulted from discord and 
contention. 

In his intercourse with the town, he appears as an exact, 
dignified, and courteous gentleman, tenacious of his rights, 
yielding only for the sake of harmony, yet at all times ready 
to meet the inhabitants or their committees in friendly 
conference regarding questions that arose from time to time. 
Whenever his salary fell in arrears, the town was courte- 
ously reminded of its delinquency, and always in those 
well-chosen terms from which no offence could be drawn. 

The duty of supplying the pulpit, until a call was to be 
issued, now fell entirely upon the town. Within a month 
after Mr. Dean's dismission, Dea. Francis Towne, Captain 
Solomon Cutler, and Mr. Richard Kimball were chosen 
"to hire preaching for four Sabbaths at a time," and in 
December following, two thousand pounds were appropri- 
ated for this purpose, "including the last eight Sabbaths 
that is hired." This sum of money was equivalent to 
about one-half of Mr. Dean's annual salary, and would 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 205 

secure preaching for several months. In March, 1781, two 
thousand pounds more was raised, and the same committee 
selected to supply the pulpit. Mr. Joseph Emerson was 
engaged by the committee, and continued to preach until 
near the date of his death, and was succeeded by Mr. 
Brown Emerson, who remained several months. Neither 
of them received a call. 

Mr. Seth Payson, then a young man nearly twenty- 
three years of age, supplied the pulpit a few Sabbaths, 
when he received a call to settle. The votes of the chui-ch 
and of the town were as follows : — 

July 9, 1781. "The church voted that Wednesday the 18'^ 
instant be appointed as a day of Fasting and Prayer in this 
town, to look to Almighty God for his Blessing and Direction, 
in particular for ye settlement of a gospel Minister in this town. 

Also chose Messrs. Benj" Bancroft, Barnabas Barker, and 
Edward Jewett, a committee to desire them to attend on s^ Day 
& join in Fasting & Prayer, viz : Rev^ Messrs. Farrar of New 
Ipswich, Payson of Fitchburg, Lee of Royalston, Gushing of 
Ashburnham, Brown of Winchendon, Brigham of Fitz William, 
and Fisk of Wilton." 

July 18. "The above mentioned Ministers all attended and 
this day was held by y^ chh. and congregation in Rindge as a 
Day of Fasting & Prayer." 

July 24. " At a church Meeting in said Rindge y^ chh, voted 
to give Seth Payson a call to Settle in this town as a Minister 
of ye gospel. Also Ghose Messrs, John Lovejoy, Amasa Turner, 
Richard Kimball, Francis Towne & Edward Jewett, a committee 
to wait on said Payson & acquaint him of what the church had 
done. & if the town concur to present him with a copy of their 
vote." 

On the same day, the selectmen issued a warrant for 
a, town-meeting, to be held on the seventh of August, at 
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206 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

which it was voted unanimously to second the call of the 
church, and a settlement of two hundred pounds was voted 
in case he accepted the invitation. This was to be paid 
in silver, at six shillings and eight pence per ounce, which 
gave it a definite value. This gratuity, as a settlement, 
in addition to the stated salary, was a" common practice 
in the settlement of ministers at this date. It was also 
ordered that the salary be paid annually, but the amount 
was not named in the record of this meeting. Enoch 
Hale, Esq., Deacon John Lovejoy, Deacon Francis Towne, 
Edward Jewett, Mr. Jonathan Sherwin, Mr. Richard Kim- 
ball, and Mr. Ephraim Hunt were instructed to present 
Mr. Payson with a copy of the vote of the town. There 
is no record of his answer. The call was declined. Mr. 
Payson, however, continued to supply the pulpit ; and, with 
occasional assistance in the administration of the ordinances 
in which he was not qualified until he had been ordained, 
it is probable he remained in this capacity until his ordi- 
nation. The next year the call was renewed; or, more 
accurately, at the unanimous request of both church and 
town he withdrew his former answer, and accepted the 
original invitation. The action of the church was on the 
fifth of September, and two days later, at a meeting pre- 
viously called, evidently in anticipation of this event, the 
town concurred in the request of the church. Both bodies 
chose the same committees that presented the call, to 
communicate to Mr. Payson their continued desires. Mr. 
Payson's letter of acceptance is dated October 17, and 
his ordination occurred December 4, 1782. The church 
and pastor-elect joined in invitations to the churches in 
Chelsea, Dedham, Fitchburg, New Ipswich, Wilton, Ash- 
burnham, Winchendon, Royalston, and Fitzwilliam. With 
the exception of the church at Dedham, the pastors of these 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOBY. 207 

churclies were present. The church records furnish no 
information of the parts assigned to each ; yet the " History 
of New Ipswich " preserves the fact that the charge to the 
pastor was given by Rev. Stephen Farrar, of that place, 
and another record announces that the sermon was preached 
by Rev. Phillips Payson, of Chelsea. 

The town selected the day of the ordination, and made 
ample arrangements for the occasion. In the true demo- 
cratic spirit, a town-meeting was called to give all a voice 
in these preliminaries, when it was "voted that the first 
Wednesday of December next be the day for the ordination 
of Mr. Seth Payson ; also voted to choose a Committee of 
five men to provide for the Council, chose Capt. Solomon 
Cutler, Mr. Richard Kimball, Enoch Hale, Esqr., Mr. Jona- 
than Sherwin, and Mr. Benjamin Bancroft for said com- 
mittee ; also chose Capt. Othniel Thomas, Capt. Philip 
Thomas, Lieut. King Lapham, Lieut. Jacob Gould and 
Mr. Abel Perkins a committee to prop up the gallery & 
take care of the meeting house on s'^ day." 

Lieut. Ebenezer Fitch was paid thirteen pounds and ten 
shillings "for entertaining the venerable council," and 
" Major Leme Page received three pounds for keeping forty 
horses one night for the council." It appears to have been 
a council of forty-horse power that ordained Dr. Payson. 
In those days such occasions were well attended, and called 
in many from the surrounding towns, who cheerfully braved 
the cold of December, and, without fire, endured the frosty 
air through the prolonged session, warmed only by their 
contemplation of the doctrinal questions proposed by the 
learned divines, or by an occasional speculation concerning 
the soundness of the views of the candidate. 

At this late day it would be difficult to ascertain, with 
absolute certainty, the causes which prevented Mr. Payson 



208 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

from accepting the call when first issued. His refusal to 
settle may have been intimately connected with the prac- 
tice of owning the covenant, which the church at this time 
tolerated, and of which he never approved ; and it is certain 
that when he finally accepted their invitation, it was with 
the agreement that this practice should no longer prevail. 
The church may have hesitated the entire year between 
their preference for Mr. Payson and their desire to retain 
the covenant privileges before they consented to discard 
the latter, and open the way for an acceptance of the call. 

The practice of "owning the covenant," which has 
been mentioned in connection with Mr. Dean's ministry, 
and with the settlement of Dr. Payson, consisted in per- 
mitting parents publicly to give their assent to the creed 
of the church, or " own the covenant " as it was styled, 
which gave them the privilege of presenting their children 
for baptism, but not of communion. These persons did 
not necessarily profess any moral qualifications of mem- 
bership, but simply an intellectual assent to the creed, and 
were generally styled "half way members." They were 
not amenable to church discipline, but sometimes, when 
received to these limited privileges, were required to con- 
fess any open fault or offence. Such confessions upon 
ancient church records do not prove full membership as 
many have supposed, and are quite as likely to refer to 
the one as the other class of admissions. This custom 
was nearly or quite universally accepted until near the 
close of the past century, and from this practice springs 
another term of similar origin, " admitted to full commun- 
ion," as formerly used in distinction from those admitted 
to the rites of baptism only. 

During the ministry of Mr. Payson, the church was 
materially increased in membership. During the early 



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period of his labors there were no revivals, and the 
apparent results of his preaching and influence are mani- 
fested in a constant and uniform growth, in an entire 
freedom from internal disturbance, and in overcoming a 
tendency of the times for new creeds and doctrines. 
From 1780 until 1790, the smallest number of additions 
in any year was four, and the largest was ten ; during the 
second ten years, the aggregate was nearly the same. In 
1797 there is no record of any admission, and this is the 
only year in which no new members were received. 
Through the first decade of the present century the 
average number is slightly increased, but the greatest 
numbers are recorded during the later years of his 
ministry. In 1812, there were twenty-seven ; in 1816, there 
were twelve. The whole number of members added to 
the church in the term of his pastorate of thirty-seven 
years, was two hundred and thirty-one, and about four 
hundred and fifty children were baptized. 

The salary of Dr. Payson for several years was eighty- 
five pounds. This sum he continued to receive until 
1795, when his salary was paid, for the first time, in 
Federal money. At this time, $283.33 was paid as a sub- 
stitute for the former amount. Before another payment 
fell due, his salary, by vote of the town, had been increased 
to $333.33, which sum was paid him until 1816, when it 
was again increased, and from this date $500 was paid to 
the close of his pastorate, and was continued, in fact, 
several months beyond his death. The payment for the 
last year was made to his widow. The salary of Dr. 
Payson should be brought into comparison with the salaries 
of the clergymen of liis time rather than of the present. 
If the amount was not large, it was paid with unusual 
regularity, and during his prolonged ministry was never 



210 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

suffered to fall in arrears. Dr. Payson built and owned 
the house in which he resided. After his death, his son, 
Henry Payson, as administrator of the estate, sold the 
house and thirty acres of land to the town, which soon 
after became the property of the society connected with 
the Congregational Church, and has been retained as a 
parsonage to the present day. 

Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., was the youngest son of Rev. 
Phillips Payson, of Walpole, Massachusetts. Rev. Phillips 
Payson, a son of Samuel and Mary Payson, of Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, was born in February, 1705, graduated at 
Harvard University 1724, and was ordained over the church 
at Walpole September 16, 1730. He married, December 5, 
1733, Anne Swift, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah 
(Tileston) Swift, of Framingham, and sister of Rev. John 
Swift, of Acton. She died about 1756, and Mr. Payson 
married October, 1757, Kezia (Bullen) Morse, widow of 
Deacon Seth Morse, of Medfield, and daughter of John and 
Mehitabel (Fisher) Bullen. Four of the sons of Rev. 
Phillips Payson were ministers. Rev. Phillips Payson, born 
January 18, 1736, graduated at Harvard 1754, ordained over 
the church at Chelsea, Massachusetts, October 26, 1757, and 
died January 11, 1801. He received the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity. Rev. Samuel Payson, born April 26, 1738, 
graduated at Harvard 1758, ordained over the church at 
Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 8, 1762, and died 
February 14, 1763. Rev. John Payson, born January 6, 
1746, graduated at Harvard 1764, ordained over the church 
at Fitchburg, Massachusetts — the first settled minister in 
that town, — January 16, 1768, was dismissed by a mutual 
council on account of his infirmities May 2, 1794, and died 
May 21, 1804. Rev. Seth Payson, only child of the second 
wife, was born September 30, 1758, graduated at Harvard 



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1777, ordained at Rindge December 4, 1782, received the 
degree of Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth College 1809, 
and died February 26, 1820. 

The father and his sons were able ministers and 
excellent men. Eminently successful in their profession, 
they also evinced a lively interest and exerted a great 
influence in civil affairs. Of that member of this illus- 
trious family, who labored so many years in Rindge, Rev. 
Isaac Robinson, D.D., has written: — 

Little is now known respecting his early youth except that 
he had a feeble constitution and was subject to epilepsy, which 
threatened him with loss of reason and premature death. He was, 
however, free from that malady during the greater part of his life, 
and enjoyed vigorous health till within less than a year of his 
death. In 1773 he entered Harvard College, where he enjoyed 
the esteem and affection of both his instructors and fellow 
students. Possessed of a versatile and comprehensive mind, and 
a habit of intense application, he made rapid progress in the 
acquisition of knowledge; and when he graduated in 1777, he 
received one of the highest honors of his class. 

It is universally conceded that Dr. Payson possessed much 
more than common abilities. His intellect was sharp and 
vigorous, his imagination lively, and his memory highly retentive. 
His acquisitions were extensive and varied ; and there were few 
subjects on which he could not converse with intelligence, and no 
class of men that were not interested in listening to him. He was 
known as a distinguished civilian in New Hampshire, and held a 
seat in the Senate of that State, and was regarded as one of its 
ablest members. But, though he paid considerable attention to 
political economy, and was somewhat in political life, yet theology 
was his favorite study, and the ministry his favorite work. As his 
ideas were all admirably arranged in his own mind, so he was able 
to communicate them to others with great clearness and force. 
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212 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

his conversation. As a preacher his reputation was deservedly 
high. His sermons were plain, luminous expositions of Divine 
truth, fitted at once to secure attention, to awaken the conscience, 
and impress the heart. He excelled especially in devotional 
exercises. Free alike from affectation, uniformity, and tedious 
repetition, his prayers were appropriate and impressive to a degree 
rarely surpassed. He was laborious and faithful, and possessed 
in a high degree the esteem of his flock. But it was not by them 
alone that he was held in high estimation. He had a reputation 
that was far from being confined even to his own State. He was 
frequently called to preach on important occasions, and I believe 
he never failed to satisfy public expectation. 

These testimonies of Dr. Robinson, who was thoroughly 
acquainted with Mr. Payson, and who carefully penned 
this tribute, nearly thirty years after the death of his 
friend and former associate in the ministry, possess an 
authority which no present writer could sustain. The 
labors of Dr. Payson were early extended beyond the 
limits of his parish. As a councillor and arbitrator, his 
advice and assistance were extensively sought and cheer- 
fully afforded. Very few have been more frequently 
called to meet in council or assist at ordinations, and 
several discourses on these occasions were printed. In 
1799, he preached the annual sermon before the legis- 
lature of New Hampshire, from the text, " One sinner 
destroyeth much good." The discourse was well received, 
and is said to have had no small influence in leading the 
General Court to revise and strengthen the statutes for 
the observance of the Sabbath. If men of his boldness 
and plainness of speech were to preach before the legis- 
latures of modern times, it is highly probable that a unit 
of sinners would be found entirely too limited for a theme 
of their discourses. 



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In 1802, Dr. Payson published a duodecimo volume of 
290 pages, entitled: "Proofs of the Real Existence and 
Dangerous Tendencies of lUuminism." The work could 
easily be misunderstood at the present day. The argument 
is mainly directed against certain French and German socie- 
ties, the members of which were styled " The lUuminati," 
and contained many vigorous protests against their influence 
in this country. It was believed and pretty thoroughly 
proved by the author that these societies were aiming at 
the overthrow of Christianity, and were destined to threaten 
the safety of the institutions of the American Republic. It 
is not an argument against secret societies in general, but a 
most bitter invective against this particular organization. 
The book was extensively read, and the flattering notices 
which it attracted are conclusive that the argument was 
better understood than is possible at the present day. 

Several occasional sermons by Dr. Payson were printed. 
The following list is believed to be complete : A Sermon at 
the Ordination of Ebenezer Hill, at Mason, 1790 ; A Sermon 
at the Ordination of Joseph Brown, 1795 ; A Sermon at the 
Consecration of the Social Lodge in Ashby, 1799; New 
Hampshire Election Sermon, 1799 ; A Sermon at the Inter- 
ment of Mrs. Sybel Waters, wife of Rev. Cornelius Waters, 
of Ashby, 1802 ; An Abridgment of two Fast Sermons at 
Rindge, 1805 ; A Sermon at the Interment of John Cushing, 
1806 ; A Sermon at the Ordination of Edward Payson, 1808 ; 
A Sermon at the Interment of Rev. Stephen Farrar at New 
Ipswich, 1809 ; A Sermon at the Ordination of Joel Wright, 
1812 ; An Abridgment of two Sermons at Rindge, 1815 ; A 
Sermon at the Funeral of Rev. Levi Pillsbury, at Winch- 
endon, 1819. 

In 1802-3 and 4, Dr. Payson was a member of the 
Senate of this State, and was at once recognized as an able 
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21-4 HISTOBT OF BiyDGE. 

and efficient member. The journals of those sessions, with 
the frequent assignment of Mr. Parson to draft important 
reports, and the merit of many papers of his authorship, 
are enduring monuments to his memory. He was one of 
the founders of the academy at Xew Ipswich, and a trustee 
of that institution for more than thirty years. 

In 1813 he, was elected a trustee of Dartmouth College, 
and ably filled the position until his death. During the 
unhappy controversy between the College and the Legis- 
lature, he took a decided position for the maintenance of 
the chartered rights of that institution, and lived to see his 
opinions sustained by the Supreme Court of the United 
States. In 1815 he represented the General Association of 
Xew Hampshire in an important Ecclesiastical Convention 
held at Philadelphia. For several years he was Vice-Presi- 
dent of the Xew Hampshire Bible Society, and also a 
member of the American Board of Commissioners for 
Foreign Missions. 

In 1S19, an effort was made to change the location of 
Williams College. Many towns made liberal propositions to 
secure its location in their midst. These rival claims were 
so vigorously presented that the question was mutually 
referred to Mr. Payson, Chancellor Kent, of Xew York, and 
Governor Smith, of Connecticut. He performed the duties 
of this appointment. Immediately following these labors 
he had an epileptic fit, and returned to his home much 
debilitated. He soon apparently rallied, and was able to 
resume his pastoral labors, but failed to regain his accus- 
tomed strength and vigor. He had previously received the 
appointment to preach the annual sermon before the Ameri- 
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in Sep- 
tember of that year. This appointment, at a late day, he 
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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 215 

The first evidence manifested of a permanent mental 
infirmity occurred on the occasion of a Thanksgiving dis- 
course, from which it was clearly seen that his mind was 
disordered, and his intellect was suffering even more 
extremely than his general health. He remained in an 
inanimate state of mind, with many lucid intervals, until 
his death ; and, whenever reason returned, his great solici- 
tude, which found earnest expression, was for the future 
welfare of his parish and family. 

Dr. Payson died February 26, 1820. The funeral dis- 
course, which was afterwards printed, was preached by 
Rev. Isaac Robinson, of Stoddard, from the text, " For the 
which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am 
not ashamed ; for I know whom I have believed, and am 
persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have 
committed unto him against that day." 

In accordance with a custom then prevailing, and 
affording a very proper expression of sympathy for a 
bereaved congregation, the pulpit was supplied for several 
Sabbaths, after the death of Dr. Payson, by the ministers 
of the neighboring churches. Subsequently Mr. Wright 
was engaged to preach three Sabbaths, and soon after Mr. 
Goddard preached for an equal length of time. Neither 
of them was a candidate for settlement. Late in the 
autumn, Mr. Elijah Demond supplied the pulpit five weeks, 
and in January, 1821, received a call. Almost simultane- 
ously he received an invitation from the church in West 
Newbury, Massachusetts, to which he gave preference. Mr. 
Demond was born at Rutland, Massachusetts, November 1, 
1790 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1816 ; at Andover, 
1820. He was preceptor of New Ipswich Academy for a 
short time, and after a dismissal from West Newbury he 



216 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

was settled over the chui"clies at Lincoln, Holliston, and 
Princeton, Massachusetts. 

When no clergyman was secured to preach, Deacon 
Benjamin Kingsbury occupied the pulpit. He had studied 
theology with Dr. Payson, but had never formally entered 
the ministry. He labored for half price, and in this way 
he preached a continuous sermon on the subject of frugality. 
His discourses are said to have been of respectable merit, 
yet fearfully long, as if he mistrusted their quality and was 
anxious to compensate in measui'e. Early in this year Rev. 
Mr. Kendrick preached two, and Rev. William Goodell 
nine, Sabbaths. In May, a call was extended to the latter, 
which was declined on account of the proposed salary, 
which, for some unexplained reason, was less than the sum 
offered to Mr. Demond. Mr. Goodell graduated at Dart- 
mouth College 1816, at Andover 1820, and was the well 
known missionary at Constantinople from 1822 to 1865. 
He died in Philadelphia, February 18, 1867. It will be 
perceived that Mr. Goodell and Mr. Demond were con- 
temporary with Dr. Burnham at Dartmouth, and at the 
Seminary. 

About the first of August, Mr. Burnham visited Rindge 
for the first time, while journeying from Andover to 
Vermont, where a field of labor was inviting him, and, at 
the suggestion of Dr. Leonard Wood, he called at Rindge 
and accepted an invitation to preach on the following 
Sabbath. Dr. Wood was one of the instructors in the 
Theological Seminary at Andover, where Mr. Burnham had 
recently completed the prescribed course of study, and 
knowing that the church was destitute of a pastor, he wrote 
to Deacon Brown, recommending that Mr. Burnham be 
invited to remain. Happily the letter is preserved. A 
brief extract, truthful in a high degree, will be approvingly 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 217 

read by the many who cherish the memory of Dr. Burnham, 
and, in connection with his blameless life, will be seen in 
the light of the fulfillment of a prophecy : " We consider 
him a young man of sterling worth ; though he makes no 
display he has solid talents and a very blameless character, 
and is a remarkably sincere, honest, plain-hearted man." 
Mr. Burnham had not passed his student life unobserved. 
With such gifts of intellect and heart he approached the 
pulpit vacated by the death of Dr. Payson. It was soon 
apparent that his contemplated mission to Vermont was to 
be deferred. The labor of a life-time had met him on the 
way. On the sixth of September the church unanimously 
invited him to remain. In this action the society concurred 
by a vote of eighty-three, and none in the negative. His 
letter of acceptance was dated October 13, and his ordi- 
nation occurred November 14, 1821, having supplied the 
pulpit continuously since his arrival in town. The church 
chose Deacon Hubbard, Deacon Brown, and John Perry; 
to this number the society joined Ezra Thomas and Samuel 
L. Wilder, Esqs., to communicate the call to Mr. Burnham. 
The society also chose William Sherwin, Samuel L. Wilder, 
Esq., Capt. Joel Raymond, and Deacons Hubbard and 
Brown, to make arrangements for the entertainment of 
the council. 

The clergymen who composed the council, and took 
part in the ordination, were Rev. Laban Ainsworth, of 
Jaffrey, who was moderator, and gave the Ordaining Prayer ; 
Rev. Eber L. Clark, of Winchendon, Scribe ; Rev. Richard 
Hall, of New Ipswich, Introductory Prayer ; Rev. Abraham 
Burnham, of Pembroke, Sermon from the text, "For we 
are laborers together with God " ; Rev. John Gushing, D. D., 
of Ashburnham, Charge ; Rev. John M. Putnam, of Ashby, 
Right Hand of Fellowship ; Rev John Sabin, of FitzwiUiam, 



218 HISTOBT OF RINBGE. 

Concluding Prayer. The council was feasted by Deacon 
Brown, and at a moderate expense, which indicates consid- 
erable change in the custom of the times, on such occasions, 
since the ordination of Dr. Payson. 

The pastorate of Dr. Burnham was a continued era of 
concord. Forty-six years were added to the registers of the 
church and of the society, without occasion to record the 
existence of any serious contention. Within a year from 
his ordination, forty-eight persons were added to the mem- 
bership of the church, and during his ministry five hundred 
and sixteen admissions are recorded, and almost an equal 
number were baptized, while the aggregate of his parochial 
labors is beyond computation. Much of the history of this 
period, which is associated with other events, will be found 
elsewhere. 

The salary of Dr. Payson was paid throughout by the 
town ; that of Dr. Burnham was paid by the society, which 
succeeded the town as a parish. The amount of Dr. Burn- 
ham's nominal salary was never changed during his entire 
ministry, and was four hundred dollars and the use of the 
parsonage, which was kept in repair by the society. During 
the later years of his ministry, the donation visits became 
more frequent, and the amount of the grateful offerings of 
his parish more considerable, and many supplies of wood 
were left at his door and fitted for the stove by cheerful 
labor. Concerning the promptness with which his salary was 
paid during his long ministry, Dr. Burnham has written : 
" The salary has been paid in one sum, and for twenty 
or more years by one individual — Jason B. Perry, Esq., — 
and on the very day specified in the contract, excepting the 
years when the day of payment has fallen on the Sabbath ; 
then the money has been paid on the preceding day ; and 
this admirable habit, so excellent in its influence on pastor 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 219 

and people, has produced such confidence that the pastor 
feels about as sure that his salary will be paid at the 
appointed time as that the sun will rise that day." 

Rev. Amos Wood Burnham, D. D., was a son of Deacon 
Samuel and Mary (Perkins) Burnham, and was born in 
Dunbarton, New Hampshire, August 1, 1791. He entered 
Dartmouth College 1811, and, having maintained an honor- 
able standing, was graduated 1815. He pursued the study 
of theology at Andover, and in 1818 was licensed to preach. 
Previous to his ordination at Rindge, he was preceptor of 
the Blanchard Academy at Pembroke, New Hampshire, an 
institution which owed its origin to his brother. Rev. Dr. 
Abraham Burnham, and whose society and instructions he 
enjoyed during his residence at that place. 

Mr. Burnham was of small yet not diminutive stature, 
of light complexion, with a clear blue eye, expressive of 
unalloyed kindness and sensibility. The briefest acquaint- 
ance would recognize his sincerity, while a prolonged obser- 
vation would lead to no discoveries, for he was without 
guile. The fact of his lameness, and that from his youth 
he walked with a cane, might easily escape mention. His 
body swayed in his walk, but he did not limp. There were 
no angles in his movements, and no infirmity could rob him 
of his native comeliness. An unassuming and courteous 
demeanor marked his intercourse with his fellow-men. In 
all his social sympathies his heart was fresh and young to 
the last, and continually beamed from a countenance that 
was never clouded with severity. Possessing no common 
degree of amiability and kindness, he failed not of a full 
measure of rational courage and an unhesitating decision of 
purpose, which suffered the evasion of no truth that appealed 
to the conscience of men. With him there was no affecta- 
tion. He was a minister in the pulpit and out of it. He 



220 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

would unbend at times, and always enjoyed innocent humor 
with keen relish, but never lowered himself beneath the 
line of a graceful and serene dignity. His opinions were 
so moulded into his life, and wrought into the texture of his 
character, that all his works were the pure waters from the 
fountain of his religion ; and he lived so thoroughly the 
doctrines of his faith, that his life was one continuous 
sermon. 

In expressing his opinions on questions of moment, he 
was considerate and guarded, and met new problems with 
great caution ; but when his purposes were once formed, 
and his opinions moulded, he was tenacious of his conclu- 
sions, and unyielding in their maintenance ; and while he 
sometimes shrewdly evaded collisions, he never failed in 
courage to express his sentiments and openly meet the issue 
whenever the occasion demanded it. The manner and 
method were so consistent and uniform, that with him and 
his labors there were no reactions. Everything grew, and 
nothing sprang into existence. Each step was a permanent 
advance, and every new position gained became a base for 
continued progress. 

In theological views he was of the old-school New 
England stamp, clear and steadfast, yet candid and con- 
sistent. While he was fond of "holding on," as he was 
accustomed to say, he was not illiberal, and when com- 
pared with others of the same school of theology, his views 
were marked with the full progress of the age in which he 
lived. 

He was remarkal)le for his thorough and familiar knowl- 
edge of the Scriptures, and was never at a loss for an 
appropriate quotation on any occasion. From his extensive 
theological knowledge and direct methods of reasoning, Dr. 
Burnham might have been an able controversial exponent of 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 221 

the church, but he was an ardent lover of peace, and more 
frequently sought those fields wherein evangelical men were 
in harmony, than those in which they differed ; and was 
always sensible to the evils of partisan and heated discus- 
sion, and earnestly endeavored to avoid the danger of 
unnecessary controversy. 

As a preacher, he was eminently scriptural and instruct- 
ive. The plan of his discourse was never complex, and 
the arrangement of thought was so logical and chastely 
rendered, that the most cultivated listened with delight, and 
yet so lucid and natural that all could follow him under- 
standingly. His sermons were always constructed with 
care, and his thoughts so aptly expressed, that little was 
left for inference. He read his sermons closely and without 
action, yet with considerable emphasis, and in a manner of 
such sincerity and earnestness, that they seldom were 
carelessly received. He did not rely upon an extreme 
imagination, nor upon an excitement of the natural sympa- 
thies, but upon a full and clear presentation of truth in its 
immediate and practical relations to the lives of men. He 
generally sought to fix a few thoughts in one discourse, 
and for this purpose often repeated the prominent ideas 
until they were deeply rooted in the minds of his hearers. 
His voice was clear, pleasant, and well modulated; his 
manner of preaching earnest and solemn. If he did not 
rise to lofty strains of pathos and fervency, he possessed 
much of the eloquence of sincerity, simplicity, and ear- 
nestness. 

In other labors he was no less distinguished. Rev. Dr. 
Barstow has paid this fitting tribute to the memory of his 
friend and fellow-laborer : — 

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222 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

In thorough and practical knowledge of theology, in ecclesi- 
astical law and usages of the church, he was well skilled. His 
counsel was widely sought, and he was much esteemed for his 
wisdom, judgment, and impartial decisions. He was always 
prominent in all measures pertaining to the welfare of society ; 
and the town of Rindge owes much of its good name to the 
influence of his faithful labors. 

Dr. Burnham was a frequent contributor to the religious 
press. The tract prepared by him, " The Infidel Reclaimed," 
has been translated into several languages, and widely circu- 
lated. A discourse, delivered November 14, 1861, on the 
occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his pastorate, is a 
model historical production. This was published, as was 
also sermons on the life and character of Samuel L. Wilder, 
Esq., 1863, and of Rev. Ebenezer Hill, of Mason, 1858. 

Dr. Burnham represented the town in the Legislature 
1854 and 1855. In 1858, the trustees of Dartmouth College 
honored him with the degree of Doctor of Divinity; and 
for more thao thirty years he was a member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Academy at New Ipswich. 

At the close of forty-five years of constant and uninter- 
rupted ministrations. Dr. Burnham presented a written 
communication, requesting a release from active pastoral 
labor. A mutual council was convened November 14, 
1867, the forty-sixth anniversary of his settlement, when 
the connection so happily existing for nearly fifty years 
was dissolved. 

The labor of these many years was rendered without 
parade or high pretension. He never recounted his trials, 
nor seemed to realize the amount of work he had performed. 

In the following words, written of another, many will 
recognize a similitude of their former pastor : " That which 
was most admirable about him was not his doing so much, 



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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 223 

but that having done so much he seemed to think he had 
done nothing. With him it seemed to be an instinctive 
impulse to esteem others above himself. Few men have 
ever had more of the spirit of the disciple whom Jesus 
loved. Whithersoever he came he said, ' Little children, 
love one another,' not indeed always in so many words, 
but all his words seemed to say this. It was scarcely 
possible to fix one's eyes on his mild, calm, benevolent 
countenance without feeling one's heart softened, without 
feeling something of an answering kindness of a like good 
will towards men." 

Rev. Amos Wood Burnham, D.D., died at the residence 
of his daughter in Keene, April 9, 1871. His funeral 
sermon was preached by his life-long friend, Rev. Z. S. 
Barstow, D.D., of Keene. A memorial discourse, containing 
many passages of rare beauty and chaste expression, was 
delivered by Rev. Dennis Powers, the acting pastor of the 
church at Rindge. The discourses were printed, and are 
grateful tributes to the memory of a faithful pastor and an 
upright man. 

From November 14, 1867, until June 3, 1873, was an 
era of supplies ; the events are so recent and so carefully 
preserved in the records, that no extended account is here 
given. It was a period in which many were called and 
few chosen. Rev. Lysander Dickerman supplied the pulpit 
for several months during this period, and such were his 
fraternal sympathies and natural kindness of heart, that it 
took but little time or proximity to know him well. Of 
superior intellectual strength and cultivation, his sermons 
were uniformly thoughtful and attractive. He received a 
call, which was declined. Subsequently Rev. Dennis 
Powers was engaged, from time to time, as acting pastor, 
until the connection was severed by a long and severe 



224 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

sickness. He remained nearly three years, but was unwill- 
ing to be considered a candidate for settlement, and for 
tbis reason no call was extended. As a preacher, Mr. 
Powers was always interesting, instructive, and impressive. 
He has a voice of rare compass, and modulated with 
uncommon effect. His sermons were elaborately and 
carefully composed, and replete with beauty of thought 
and expression. During his residence in Rindge he was 
twice elected Chaplain of the New Hampshire Legislature, 
where his cultivated manners and social qualities surrounded 
him with flattering attention. 

In March, 1873, a unanimous call was extended to Rev. 
Frank G. Clark, which was accepted. He was ordained 
June 3, 1873. 

The clergymen who composed the council and took 
part in the installation services were : Rev. F. J. Fairbanks, 
Ayer, Massachusetts, Invocation ; Rev. W. J. Tucker, Man- 
chester, New Hampshire, Sermon, from the text, " But 
faith which worketh by love " ; Rev. R. Case, Jaffrey, 
Prayer of Installation; Rev. D. Foster, Winchendon, 
Charge ; Rev. George Dustan, Peterborough, Right Hand 
of Fellowship; Rev. C. W. Wallace, D.D., Manchester, 
Charge to the People. 

Rev. Frank Gray Clark, son of James L. and Hannah 
(Baldwin) Clark, was born in Francestown, New Hamp- 
shire, February 22, 1838. He pursued a preparatory course 
of study at Appleton Academy, Mount Vernon, and was 
graduated at Amherst College 1862. During the succeeding 
five years he was principal of the Francestown Academy. 
In this position he was highly successful, and enjoyed the 
unqualified respect of his pupils and of the community. 
Subsequently he pursued a coui'se of study at Andover 
Theological Seminary, and graduated 1869 ; was ordained 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 225 

in September of that year, and entered upon the labors of 
his calling, as city missionary in Manchester, on the first 
of the following October. In this work he was earnestly 
engaged until April 1, 1873, when he resigned upon his 
acceptance of the call from the church and society in 
Rindge. Mr. Clark has zealously entered upon his labors 
under favorable auspices, and in the lives of his predecessors 
he has worthy patterns for imitation. 

Since the organization of the church, fourteen persons 
have officiated as deacons. The list gives the date of each 
election, and all present incumbents excepted, have held 
the office until their death or removal from the town : — 
John Lovejoy, 1767, died 1795 

Josiah Ingalls, 1767, " about 1774 

Francis Towne, 1776, " Aug. 11, 1811 

Edward Jewett, 1780, " Jan, 12, 1825 

Eleazer Blake, 1801, " Sept. 27, 1852 

David Barker, 1812, " June 16, 1816 

Hezekiah Hubbard, 1804 or earlier,— died April 22, 1822 
Ebenezer Brown, 1817, died Aug. 4, 1849 

Benjamin Eddy, 1823, removed to Newton, Mass., 1827 
Adin Cummings, 1830, " " Jaffrey, 1855 

Luther Goddard, 1830, died April 26, 1858 

Joseph B. Breed, 1851, " Sept. 23, 1864 

Omar D. Converse, 1S56. 
Jeremiah Norcross, 1864. 

The following have also been chosen by the church, but 
declined to be qualified : Jonathan Sherwin, 1776 ; Ezra 
Thomas, 1823 ; Enos Blake, 1830 ; and Thomas Jewett, 1864. 
Deacon Benjamin Kingsbury, Deacon James Bancroft, and 
Deacon William M. Lamb, whose names occur upon our 
records, were officers of other churches previous to their 
removal to Rindge. 

For nearly a century there has been what is styled a 
" standing committee " connected with the chui'ch, whose 
duty has been such as is usual in similar organizations. 
In earlier times each committee was chosen for a special 



226 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

purpose, and was discharged as soon as that duty was 
performed. February 10, 1786, the first committee to serve 
for an unlimited time was chosen, and for the next seven 
years Deacon Lovejoy, Deacon Towne, Deacon Jewett, 
Barnabas Barker, Ephraim Hunt, Samuel Page, and David 
Adams served upon this committee. February 1, 1793, 
the committee was reorganized, and their particular duties 
defined to be " to inquire into the qualifications of such as 
desire to unite with the church, and to take notice of the 
improper conduct of any member." From this date the 
committee has been continuous. The list gives the order 
of election and duration of service : — 

Dea. Francis Towne, 1793, died Aug. 11, 1811 

Dea. John Lovejoy, 1793, " 1795 

Dea. Edward Jewett, 1793, " Jan. 12, 182.5 

Jonathan Sherwin, 1793, " Feb. 23, 1804 

Benjamin Kingsbury, 1793, " June 10, 1827 

Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, 1793, " April 22, 1822 

Dea. David Barker, 1793, " June 16, 1816 

Thomas Wetherbee, 1793, removed 1800. 

Eliphaz AUen, 1812, resigned 1838, " Oct. 24, 1846 

WiUiam Barker, 1823, " Oct. 25, 1830 

Ezra Thomas, 1823, " April 5, 1855 

John Perry, 1823, resigned 1832, " Aug. 7, 1834 

Dea. Benjamin Eddy, 1823, removed 1827, " 1852 

Gates Rand, 1823, resigned 1830, " Jan. 21, 1858 

Enos Blake, 1832, " Dec. 3, 1867 

James Robbins, / 1832, " Nov. 27, 1859 

Samuel Stearns, 1838, " April 6, 1871 

Dea. Joseph B. Breed, 1838, " Sept. 23, 1864 

Dea. Jeremiah Norcross, 1851. 

Dea. Omar D. Converse, 1856. 

Jason B. Perry, 1858. 

Thomas Jewett, 1858, removed 1865. 

James Ramsdell, 1864, " Sept. 20, 1873 

Otis Hubbard, 1864. 

Stephen Hale, 1872. 

Ivers H. Brooks, 1872. 

Martin L. Goddard, 1872. 

George R. Thomas, 1872, " May 20, 1873 



CHAPTER X. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 

Charter Stipulations Concerning Meeting-Houses. — The Common. — 
Fears of the Indians. — Voted to Build a Meeting-House. — Building 
Eaised. — Cost of First Meeting-House. — House Occupied. — Seat- 
ing of the Meeting-House. — Second Meeting-House Built. — Cost of 
Building. — Preparations for the Raising. — Dedication. — Members 
of other Denominations Excused from the Ministerial Tax. — Relig- 
ious Society Organized. — The Methodists ask for Privileges in the 
Meeting-House. — Town Grants the Society Liberty to Remodel the 
Meeting-House. — Extensive Repairs Made. — Internal Arrange- 
ment. — Repairs made in 1870. — Reduction of Society Debt. 

A CLAUSE in all tlie charters granted by tlie Masonian 
proprietors required tlie grantees to build a convenient 
meeting-house in each grant within five years from the date 
of their charter, provided they were not prevented by Indian 
hostilities. 

At the first meeting of the proprietors or grantees of 
Monadnock Number One, under date of February 13, 1750, 
it was voted "that in four years from October last past 
there be a meeting-house built in said Town at y® charge of 
y'' proprietors." But this early promise was for several 
years delayed, although in the meantime twenty acres in 
the exact centre of the town had been reserved for a site 
for the edifice, and was frequently referred to as the 
"meeting-house place," and occasionally as the "training 



228 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

ground." This common of spacious proportions included 
the present common, the cemetery, and extended as far 
south as the residence of Miss Sarah Shurtleff, and was 
there bounded by an east and west line of about fifty-six 
and one-half rods. The opposite boundary of equal width 
was north of the Methodist parsonage. 

When the prescribed time in which the proprietors had 
voted to build had almost expired, and no progress being 
made, the records under date of September 24, 1754, give 
the following reasons for the failure : " Whereas, this 
Propriety are enjoined by Charter to build a Meeting-House 
in said tract amongst other things conditioned in order for 
complyance with the Grant, under Reservation of their 
being no Indian Warr within the time limited for doing the 
said duty and Inasmuch as at present the Indians have 
made devastation and committed Hostilities on our Fron- 
tiers That we esteem it Hazardous both as to our lives in 
performing said work as well as the Indians consuming it 
when done. Therefore Voted that we do not at present 
proceed to build said House." 

Evidently satisfied with the manner in which they had 
put themselves on record, and substantial reasons did exist 
to give force to this expression, they took no further action 
for some time, and nothing is heard of this important 
enterprise until 1759, when it was "voted not to build at 
present." This action was soon followed by two others of 
like import ; but in 1761 the time for action came. May 28, 
" The question being put to see if y® Proprietors will 
proceed to build a meeting-house in said Township for y® 
public worship of God and it passed in y® affirmative. 
Then voted that y® length of said house be fifty feet and 
forty feet in breadth and that y® posts and all the timber of 
said house be cut proportionable thereto, in the judgment 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 229 

of y® committee ; and y® committee are to provide timber 
boards shingles and all other necessaries for to build said 
house and to proceed so far in finishing said house as to 
close in the same to lay y® lower floor and make and hang 
y^ doors and that y® same be done by y® last of August 
1762. Then chose Moses Hale Abel Platts and Jonathan 
Stanley, a committee and they are fully empowered for y® 
purpose aforesaid. Voted that y^ cost of building the 
meeting-house be borne by the whole propriety." 

At the same meeting, Josiah Ingalls, Moses Hale, and 
Abel Platts were empowered to lay out the twenty acres of 
land that previously had been reserved for a common and 
" meeting-house place." The second prescribed time in 
which the house was to be completed had nearly expired, 
and another year was added, and subsequently the delay 
until 1764 was ratified by vote of the proprietors. 

The legislation on the subject now began to evince an 
earnestness of purpose that contemplated no future delay. 

In the summer of 1764 the building was raised, and 
frequent votes of instruction to committees, and for raising 
money, followed, all of which were expressions of a deter- 
mination to speedily complete the edifice. Enoch Hale, 
"William Carlton, and Aaron Taylor were to clear the 
common, and several roads centering towards the place 
were laid out, and ample provisions were made for the 
raising. 

Every man owning an improved lot of land was to 
provide dinner for two men, and that there was purchased 
the conventional barrel of rum is of course expected, and 
the fact well established by the records. It is well known 
that such entertainment was a feature of the times, and 
consequently demands no extended notice here. We have 
no doubt it was used prudently, and with our knowledge 
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230 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 

of the frugal habits of our fathers, it would be safe to infer 
that none was wasted. 

The fact that a motion to furnish liquor to the workmen 
while the building was being framed was voted down, might 
call forth some complimentary remarks if it was certain 
that the voters and the workmen were one and the same 
body of men, and if the following votes concerning a supply 
for the raising had not been so emphatic, and displaying an 
unusual unanimity and anxiety while the proposition was 
being acted upon. 

First, with commendable prudence, it was voted to 
invite the non-resident proprietors "to furnish a supply of 
liquor for the raising." This vote was altogether too 
uncertain. At the same meeting it was ordered that Jona- 
than Stanley, Abel Platts, and Nathaniel Page — three of 
their eldest and most reliable men, — procure the liquor, if 
the non-residents do not ; and lest there should be any 
remaining doubt about the supply, in the true spirit of 
" whether or no " it was immediately agreed " to provide 
one barrel of rum for the raising." After this cumulative 
action the intention of the meeting will never be misunder- 
stood. These votes, like many others, were never recon- 
sidered, nor the time for their fulfillment lengthened out. 
It was a meeting of rare unanimity. With this question so 
happily settled to the satisfaction of all present, it passes 
with alacrity to the remaining article in the warrant, and 
voted to have as much preaching this summer as will expend 
the half dollar. Let no one presume that an expenditure 
of this amount for rum, and half a dollar for preaching 
were unequitable appropriations for their spiritual wants, 
until he has been informed that the sum really was half a 
dollar on each right of land, as shown by the record of the 
meeting at which the money was raised for this purpose. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 231 

The meeting-house was partially completed in the sum- 
mer of 1764, and meetings were probably held within during 
the season. It is certain, however, that in the following 
year, at the advent of Rev. Seth Dean, the house was 
occupied from Sabbath to Sabbath. Considerable sums of 
money were expended at this time in clearing and grading 
the common. The following spring it was ordered "to finish 
the meeting-house fit for comfortable meeting," and in 1766 
the proprietors' meetings were called to assemble inth? 
meeting-house. These, as well as the town-meetings which 
superseded them, were subsequently held therein. Thomas 
Peabody, of Lunenburg, was the master carpenter, and had 
with him as experienced workmen Capt. Jacob Gould, 
of Lunenburg, Jonathan Hopkinson and Henry Coffeen, of 
Monadnock Number One. In addition to these, nearly 
every resident of the place was paid for labor, and very 
many for materials furnished. 

Thomas Peabody and Capt. Gould owned land and 
paid taxes here, but it is not probable that either were 
ever permanent residents. Jacob Gould, who settled in 
Rindge, was a son of Capt. Gould. Henry Coffeen and 
Jonathan Hopkinson resided here several years, and sub- 
sequently removed to Jaffrey. 

A noticeable feature at this day is the decree " any of 
the inhabitants shall have the liberty to work at cutting 
the timber for the meeting-house and to score in and but 
of for the huers for common wages, that is such hands as 
the committee shall think proper to employ." The pay- 
roll can be found on the proprietors' book of records. It 
affords valuable information concerning who were residents 
at this date. Very few are now living who remember the 
first meeting-house in Rindge, and, with the exception of 



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232 HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 

a primitive and temporary structure in New Ipswicli, the 
first in this immediate portion of the State. 

All descriptions which have been preserved agree in 
representing it of plain exterior, without steeple or cupola, 
while the internal arrangements were so frequently amended 
to meet the increasing demands for additional accommoda- 
tion that any general description would be impossible. It 
possessed neither fire-place nor chimney. And there, in the 
cold of winter, from Sabbath to Sabbath, were assembled 
many devout worshipers, little dreaming of the comforts 
and changes of the coming years. Truly "our fathers 
did worship God in the wilderness, and are dead." 

The materials furnished for the structure are entered 
at length upon the records. About one hundred and fifty 
pounds were paid for boards and plank ; twenty-two thou- 
sand shingles were purchased for sixty-six pounds, and 
twenty pounds were paid for clapboards ; the slit work 
cost about sixty pounds, which was purchased, as well as 
a greater part of the boards and plank, at the mill of 
Josiah Ingalls, and the remainder at the mill of Jonathan 
Hopkinson; the nails and spikes were furnished by the 
carpenters at an expense of fifty pounds ; the underpin- 
ning, which was set under the direction of Enoch Hale, 
cost eleven pounds, and numerous items for labor amount 
to four hundred and eighty pounds. In addition to these 
sums, two hundred pounds were raised which probably 
covered the expense for glass and other material which are 
not mentioned upon the records. 

After the edifice had thus been made " fit for comfort- 
able meeting," the proposition to more completely finish 
the house was several times proposed, but no positive meas- 
ures were adopted. Soon after the incorporation of the 
town the meeting-house was turned over to the new 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 233 

organization. Without doubt, the anticipation of this event 
on the part of the proprietors was the occasion of their 
neglect to improve the appearance and convenience of the 
house. 

After the ordination of Mr. Dean, the proprietors voted 
that the annual rental of the pews should be sold to the 
highest bidder ; but before any progress was made another 
meeting was held at which it was voted : — 

To Lay the sum of five hundred pounds, masachusets old 
tenor, on the pue ground, and to Chuse a commitee to dignify 
the pue ground in the meeting-house and prize them according 
to their judgment, Chose namely Nathaniel Page, John Coffeen 
and Page Norcross who are to have their pues from three other 
Commitee namely Enoch Hale, Esq'r, Samuel Sherwin and 
Elezer Coffeen, 

Voted to give the highest [tax] payers the first Choice of the 
pues, and so on till they are Disposed of, they paying the price 
set on the pue and they taking them for their sects. 

The following article and vote indicate that, under 
this arrangement, a few of the pews were not rented: — 

To sea if the propriety will say what the Commitee for the 
Disposing of the pue ground [shall do] whether they shall sell 
them at Vandoe or what they shall Doe with them, whether they 
shall sell them to the highest Bider or whether they shall sell 
them to such as have Land in the town or to such as Live handy 
to our meeting-House. 

This article was broad enough to admit of any action, 
provided it related to the sale of the pews. By the term 
so often employed to sell the pews was meant to sell a 
yearly rental. Other references to this subject upon the 
records make it evident that such was the idea intended 
to be conveyed. The proprietors when assembled made 



234 HISTOEY OF RINDGE. 

known their choice of the numerous propositions contained 
in the article by voting "to Dispose of the three pews 
onsold By public Vandoe, namely, the Northeast Corner 
Pue, and the pue on the Left hand of the west Dore, and 
the Left hand pue on the body." 

The committee chosen to dignify the pews were expected 
to determine, by their edict, which . should be the more hon- 
orable seats in the meeting-house, and it was their especial 
duty to carefully estimate the dignity of each individual, 
and assign to him a seat sufficiently exalted to meet the 
demand of each particular case. It was a grave responsi- 
bility, and one requiring the exercise of great wisdom and 
prudence. In this light it was regarded by our fathers ; and 
from fear the committee would secure for themselves seats 
too exalted, they chose a second committee to curb the self- 
esteem of the first. If any think we are wiser and less 
pretentious to-day, let them remember that vanity is an 
inheritance that seldom suffers in transmission. If our 
fathers coveted the highest seats in the synagogue, the 
same conceit has become intensified with each succeeding 
generation. The comparison is not in our favor. Then a 
committee was chosen to gauge the dignity of the indi- 
vidual, now he complacently estimates it for himself; then 
the person's age and worth were taken into consideration, 
now his seat in the synagogue is graduated by his purse ; 
then one could gain refreshing glimpses of himself as others 
saw him, now he blinds himself with pride, and over- 
estimates his real worth. The rivalry in the sale of pews, 
at the present time, and the stately pride that occupies the 
broad aisle, are evidences that we are as unmindful as were 
our fathers that the incense of acceptable worship must 
arise from the altars of humility and humbleness of heart. 



ECCLESIASTICAL BISTORT, 235 

The meeting-house was also seated by a committee in 
1771, and again in 1780. The names of the inhabitants, 
with the pew which each was expected to occupy, were 
entered at length upon the records. On these occasions 
no rents were paid, and the committee were instructed, in 
the assignment of the seats, to take into consideration the 
age and amount of taxes paid by each individual, and grade 
his position accordingly. 

In 1773, the town "voted to finish y® meeting house in 
Rindge by pitching and sanding y® Roof, plastering y® inside 
of y® house, and building y® Galleries, with allowance for 
pews in y® same, and Chose Mr. Solomon Cutler, Mr* 
William Carlton, and Mr. Nathan Hale to see said work 
performed." In 1779, one hundred pounds were also 
expended for additional repairs. 

The increase in population soon began to demand a 
new and more commodious house. This movement was 
perhaps hastened by an oifer from Dr. Payson to give the 
town a bell if a new meeting-house was built within a 
prescribed term. The town promptly passed "a vote of 
thanks to Rev. Mr. Payson for his generous offer respect" 
ing the meeting house," and a committee was chosen 
"to propose a plan to lay before the town." This com- 
mittee reported without delay, but this hopeful action 
found an untimely grave in a vote "not to build at 
present." But the existing inconveniences of the old house, 
and an increasing demand for more ample accommodations, 
were not buried with it, and were again represented in 
the warrant for a town-meeting, held June 2, 1794. At 
this time it was voted to build a new meeting-house, and 
the meetings continued by adjournment until the following 
March, and six subsequent meetings followed. There was 
in all no less than sixteen meetings of the town to consider 



236 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

and adopt measures in relation to the undertaking. At 
each some progress was made, and the proceedings are 
carefully presented in the following statement. 

The opposition to the undertaking had mainly come 
from a few owners of pews in the old house. To avoid all 
contention and continued opposition from this quarter, the 
old house was granted to the proprietors of pews, and the 
building ordered to a new location beside the old pound, 
which stood partly beneath a large oak tree, where the 
dwelling house of Daniel H. Sargent now stands. And 
thus the owners were undisturbed in the possession of 
their property. But having carried their point with very 
unsatisfactory results, and having no immediate use for 
the bone of contention, it was subsequently sold, not on 
account of the doctrines that had been taught within the 
walls, but rather on account of the soundness of the timber 
that composed the frame. The curious can now find many 
of the timbers once in this ancient structure, and which 
were hewn from the native forests one hundred and twelve 
years ago, reframed in the barn of Charles A. Wilder, who 
is ever happy in pointing out to the visitor these Orthodox 
oak. A committee of eleven was also chosen "to talk 
with the proprietors of the pews and see what will content 
them." But no report of the result of these conferences 
appears upon the record. And the unanimity with which 
the results were reached would indicate that nearly all oppo- 
sition had disappeared. 

A committee, consisting of Lieut. James Crumble, 
Edward Jewett, Esq., Dea. Francis Towne, Dea. Benjamin 
Kingsbury, Daniel Rand, Esq., Lieut. John Barker, Mr. 
David Barker, Capt. Solomon Rand, Mr. Eliphalet Wood, 
Lieut. Joseph Mullikin, and Mr. Joseph Barker was chosen 
to prepare a plan for a new meeting-house. This committee 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 237 

soon reported, and the proposed plan was adopted, " except 
the color of the doors them to be mahogany." 

The accepted plan contemplated a building sixty-six 
feet long and fifty-two feet wide, and defined the number 
and arrangement of the pews. Then a committee of three, 
Daniel Rand, Esq., Edward Jewett, Esq., and Mr. Jonathan 
Ingalls, was impowered "to let out the meeting-house to 
build," with instructions to sell the pews from the plan in 
advance, and apply the proceeds in payment of the con- 
tractors ; while the credit of the town was pledged to make 
up any deficiency if the sale of pews did not amount to a 
sufficient sum. A contract for building according to the 
plan was made with John and David Barker, who performed 
the work to the acceptance of all concerned. There had 
been several decisions and as many reconsiderations con- 
cerning the location of the new building, until it was finally 
agreed "to set the house so far Northerly of the spot of 
ground where the old house stood as the graves in the 
burying yard will admit of without interrupting them." 

None of the former locations were more than a few feet 
from the site finally selected. Deacon John Lovejoy, an 
early settler, an influential man, and for many years a 
deacon of the church, had been buried only a few months. 
His new-made grave fell within the boundaries marked out 
for the location ; yet, in disobedience of the town's vote, the 
meeting-house to-day covers his remains, a proud monument 
to the memory of one who gave the years of his life to the 
cause of Him for whose worship the house was reared. 

At this time the crown of the hill where the meeting- 
house stands was carted into a basin between the eminence 
and the residence of George A. Whitney, Esq., and the 
bank wall east of the edifice was built. 

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238 BISTORT OF BINDGE. 

There had been several votes, each rescinding the former, 
before it was decided what should be the form and height 
of the steeple. Finally David Barker was requested to 
present a plan, which was at once accepted, and the contract 
for building was offered to the lowest bidder. The records 
award the work to John Priest for $330, but subsequently 
the contract was executed between the town and the 
Barkers, and the money was paid to them. 

There were fifty-eight pews on the ground floor, of 
oblong shape, and seats upon opposite sides, and twenty- 
eight similar ones in the galleries. One was reserved, and 
stands upon the plan as the " Town's Pew," and another, 
the most desirable one, was presented to Rev. Dr. Payson. 
The remaining eighty were sold for sums ranging from 
$91 to $30. The amount received from the sale of pews 
amounted to $3,448. The items of expense were as 
follows : — 

To John and David Barker, contractors, . . . $3,316.33 
To John and David Barker for steeple, .... 330.00 
To Committees for removing old house, grading the Com- 
mon, and underpinning, 680.54 

To expenses of the raising, 268.13 

Deacon Edward Jewett, Capt. Solomon Rand, and Capt. 
Salmon Stone were chosen "a committee to raise the 
meeting-house," which business was probably managed to 
the acceptance of all interested. Their report, made to the 
town November 7, 1796, is as follows : — 

The subscribers being appointed a committee to provide for, 
and raise Rindge Meeting House beg leave to report as followeth : 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 239 

£ s. d. 

That they let out the raising at . . . . 1800 

The victualling at 3140 

Liquor and other stores of Mr. Wilder . . 25 10 7 

Paid sundry persons for Lemons Cider and other 

articles and expenses i 5 7 1-2 

The committee spent 5 days each and Capt Stone 
1-2 a Day more exclusive of the time of raising 
at 6s. per Day each . . . . . . 4 13 o 

80 13 2 1-2 
The Rum Barrel sold at 4^'. 9^. 4 9 

80 8 5 1-2 

All of which is humbly submitted by 

EDWARD JEWETT, "I 

SOLOMON RAND, I Committee. 

SALMON STONE, J 
Rindge Aug. 29 1796. 

Let any one examine the timbers in the frame of this 
building, and he will comprehend that the raising was no 
ordinary undertaking. The town do not give evidence of 
being unmindful of the difficulty of the task, nor were proper 
preparations overlooked. Reference has been made to the 
committee elected to superintend the work of the day, 
and to provide all necessary comforts. In addition, Major 
William Gardner, Major Benjamin Davis, Deacon Benjamin 
Kingsbury, Mr. Thomas Todd, Deacon Francis Towne, 
Dr. Ebenezer Hartshorn, Ensign Joseph Platts, Lieut. 
Ebenezer Davis, and Mr. Samuel Page, were delegated "to 
clear the ground of all idle spectators where they are in 
the way of the workmen." Who could have had the 
audacity to disobey the commands of this rare combina- 
tion of military, ecclesiastical, and professional dignitaries, 
not omitting the humble citizens who were sifted into the 
committee in proper proportions to preserve them from an 
untimely burial beneath the weight of their own honors ! 



240 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

When the meeting-house in a neighboring town was raised, 
the deacons were selected to mix and distribute the grog. 
If a similar duty fell to the lot of the above committee, it 
must have been a memorable sight to have seen the 
deacons decanting into those huge reservoirs the soul of 
the beverage ; the majors — next in rank — adding the 
proper amount of sugar; Ensign Platts vigorously squeez- 
ing the lemons ; Dr. Hartshorn, with professional exactness, 
adding the modicum of nutmeg ; while Lieut. Davis is agi- 
tating the materials into a chemical union, and the humble, 
yet useful, citizens are hastening each with a pail of water 
to temper the whole to an approved point of combination. 
It has been shown that one empty barrel was sold after 
the raising. The ruse is too thin. The faithful historian 
must declare that at current prices of the time the amount 
paid for liquor would have purchased, and without doubt 
did purchase, several barrels for the occasion. And seldom 
has the town had the honor of welcoming so many strangers 
within her borders as were then assembled in honor of her 
hospitality. 

The house was dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, 
January 11, 1797, about two and one-half years from the 
vote of the town to build the same. The sermon was 
preached by Dr. Payson, and the following hymn, written 
for the occasion, was sung : — 

" Blessings unnumbered claim our praise, 
Blessings of Nature and of Grace ; 
For comforts here and hopes above, 
Praise to the eternal source of love. 

" That we have leave to serve the Lord, 
To pray, to praise, and read His word, 
To hear the Grospel's joyful sound, 
Let glory to His name i-edound. 




SECOND MEETING HOUSE IN RINDGE. BUILT, 1796. 
Remodelled, 1839 and 1871. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 241 

"Free from restraints imposed by m.en, 
From Persecution's hateful reign, 
Duty and Love our worship guide, 
We walk secure where conscience leads. 

"We thank thee, Lord, that through our land 
Thy sacred temples frequent stand, 
Where gracious souls their love proclaim, 
Aud learn the glories of Thy name. 

" For this fair house unstained with blood. 
We thank the bounty of our God. 
'Twas He who raised these walls in j)eace, 
And brought the top stone forth with grace. 

" Here let Thy power and glory shine ; 
Here, Lord, let fellowship divine 
Bless the attendants at Thy gate, 
Who for Thy holy teachings wait. 

" To humble souls these blessings yield, 
Which Jacob found in Bethel's field. 
May they, by gracious visits given, 
Own their Grod's house, the gate of heaven. 

" Oh ! Hasten, Lord, this happy hour. 
When aU shall feel Thy gracious power. 
And the wide world a temple be. 
Where aU shaU join in praising Thee." 

This was the last time the town as a parish assumed 
any considerable expense in regard to the meeting-house, 
and in this instance the burden was not onerous, since the 
proceeds of the sale of the pews were sufficient to cover 
about three-fourths of the whole expense. 

In 1817, four additional pews were built upon each side 
of the central aisle ; two were reserved for public uses, and 
the remaining six were sold for sums which added above 
three hundred dollars to the public treasury. With the 
exception of paint and shingles, to make good the wear of 



242 HISTOBY OF BINDGE. 

years, no repairs of importance were made until 1839, when 
the house was thoroughly remodelled, and the interior so 
changed as to lose its former identity. These repairs were 
made by the new parish, the town being relieved from all 
liability or expense. 

In the early history of the town as a parish, reference 
was made to several petitions and protests of persons enter- 
taining different religious opinions, and seeking a release 
from the ministerial tax. Nothing more is heard upon this 
subject for more than thirty years. Near the close of the 
past century, by virtue of laws then enacted, any person 
belonging to some other society, and regularly contributing 
to the support of the minister thereof, was excused by the 
town from this tax, on the presentation of a proper certifi- 
cate making the fact known to the town. These certificates 
were substantially like the specimens transcribed : — 

This is to certify that George Metcalf of Rindge attends 
public worship with the Methodists in Rindge and freely con- 
tributes to the support of their ministry. 

JESSE LEE, Elder. 
Rindge, Feb. i8, 1796. 

The following locates Mr. Page at a considerable dis- 
tance from the society with which he was connected: — 

Rockingham [Vt] March 2 1797. 
This may certify whom it may concern that Daniel Page of 
Rindge belongeth to the Universalists society in this town and 
contributes to the support of the same. 

SOLOMON WRIGHT, Moderator. 

These certificates were not numerous. Seventeen were 
excused from the assessment of 1800 ; in 1810 there were 
nine ; and in 1819, the last time a tax for this purpose was 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 243 

assessed under the authority of the town, the number was 
increased to twenty-five. During this time the number of 
resident tax-payers was about two hundred and fifty, which 
represents the existence of an unusual unanimity in relig- 
ious sentiment. 

A majority of the persons presenting certificates were 
Methodists. This little band of Christians, whose activity 
was crowned with many blessings, will be noticed in con- 
nection with an account of the organization and growth of 
that society. Another person not taxed was Ebenezer 
Stratton, who was prominently connected with an associa- 
tion of Baptists, residing mainly in the adjoining towns. 
Meetings were sometimes held at his house in the north 
part of the town, and Elder Elliot preached there on sev- 
eral occasions. These persons were afterwards included in 
the churches of this denomination gathered at New Ipswich 
and Jaffrey. 

Although in the enjoyment of rare concord and agree- 
ment in opinion, this town is found prepared, several years 
in advance of its neighbors, to sever the existing connection 
between the church and the town. Rindge was among the 
first, if not the first town, in the State to acknowledge a 
violation of individual rights in the maintenance of a 
municipal parish. Such a system was not in harmony with 
the prevailing theory of government. The laws of the 
State had opened the way for a more satisfactory method, 
and important changes were immediately made. In the 
language of a statute, approved July 1, 1819 : " Each sect 
or denomination of Christians in this State may associate 
and form societies, may admit members, may establish rules 
and by-laws for their regulation and government, and shall 
have all the corporate powers which may be necessary to 
assess and raise money by taxes upon the polls and ratable 



244 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

estates of the members of such associations, and to collect 
and appropriate the same for the purpose of building and 
repairing houses of public worship, and for the support of 
the ministry." There was also a tolerant provision that no 
person should be taxed by such society, or be considered a 
member thereof, without "his consent was first had and 
obtained," and any person having voluntarily become a 
member of an association of this character was at liberty 
to withdraw at any time, and be no longer liable for any 
part of the expenses of the society. 

Immediately advantage was taken of the liberal provi- 
sions of the new statute. Rev. Dr. Burnham, in a discourse 
delivered on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of his 
pastorate in this town, makes the following accurate and 
happy statement concerning the association then formed : 
" The society was constituted in March, 1820," and is 
believed to be the first that was formed in this State under 
what was denominated the ' Toleration Act' of 1819. 
Such an organization was, at that time, a new thing. 
Questions, doubts, and difficulties were felt and foreseen; 
but, ' moved by a desire,' as the founders say, ' of enjoying 
among ourselves, and of transmitting to our posterity the 
enjoyment and benefits accruing from the public worship 
of God, and the ordinances of the Gospel,' these 'good 
men and true ' organized the Association known then, and 
ever since, by the name and style of ' The First Congrega- 
tional Church and Society in Rindge.' Eighty-one persons, 
it is supposed, affixed their names to the Constitution at the 
organization of the society." 

The constitution then adopted, a model of clear state- 
ment, was the result of much debate and deliberation. Its 
general provisions were determined during the last months 
of the life of Rev. Dr. Payson, and, whenever he was able 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 245 

to confer with the members of his parish, the benefit of his 
opinions was received. It fell to the lot of William B. 
Calhoun to clothe in words the result of these delibera- 
tions. The instrument reflects credit upon the ability of 
the author and the wisdom of his sage advisers. Noah R. 
Cook, Esq., had, at this time, an office in Rindge, and Mr. 
Calhoun was pursuing his legal studies under his direction. 
He soon after left the home of his youth to enter upon the 
duties of an honored and successful life. Since the organ- 
ization of the society more than four hundred different per- 
sons have been members. The whole number of signatures 
is four hundred and sixty-six, but a few names of persons 
who have withdrawn and again joined are more than once 
subscribed. The whole number whose names appear on the 
first tax-list is one hundred and thirty-two ; these may 
properly be considered as original members of the society. 
The only persons living who became members at the 
time the society was constituted are Joseph Page, Luke 
Rugg, and Lovell Whitney, of Rindge, Hon. Marshall P. 
Wilder, of Boston, and Col. Ezekiel Jewett, of Lockport, 
New York. The town, being no longer a parish, still nom- 
inally owned the meeting-house which was occupied by 
the society recently formed. The Methodists, at a town- 
meeting held in 1826, made a request that the meeting- 
house be at their disposal a part of the time in proportion 
to their interest as citizens in the same. Their request 
was answered by a report of a committee, to whom their 
petition had been referred, " that it was the intention of the 
town when the meeting-house was built, and the expecta- 
tion of the individuals who purchased the pews therein, 
that it should be used by that denomination of Christians 
only which then composed almost exclusively the inhab- 
itants of the town." It was also answered, and more con- 
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246 EISTOBT OF RINDGE. 

vincingly, that the town had been at small expense in 
building the house, since the moneys received from the sale 
of the pews had been nearly or quite sufficient to meet 
the expense. And in remuneration for its agency in 
building, the town had enjoyed the privilege of holding 
town-meetings and transacting other public business in the 
house, and in this manner had been satisfactorily compen- 
sated for all it had done ; and, finally, that it would be an 
act of injustice to the owners of the pews to bar them the 
free use, or grant others the use, of the same. In connection 
with this position some important concessions were made. 
In the further language of the report a desire was expressed 
"that a liberal and conciliatory course should be pursued 
by the town." It was then agreed that persons belonging 
to other denominations should be excused from the expense 
of keeping the house in repair, and all other expense, 
" except sweeping the meeting-house immediately after 
town-meetings." This arrangement appears to have been 
accepted as final. If the town had been more equally 
divided, the question might have been the occasion of con- 
siderable strife. The freedom which was secured from 
future expense of repairing the house may have been the 
main result which the Methodist society had in view, 
since at this time they had a meeting-house of their own. 
The animus of their request is not otherwise easily 
explained. The prevailing denomination, having thus re- 
tained possession of the meeting-house, were not generous 
in requiring their guests, on town-meeting days, to sweep 
out their proportion of the dust. It was a sad breach of the 
laws of hospitality. The issue, however, was between the 
town and the petitioners, and not between the two religious 
societies ; and while it was the town that determined the 
result, the Congregational society was a controlling element 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 247 

in this action, and must be held responsible for the vote 
of the town. The subject was never revived, and several 
years later when, with certain reservations, the meeting- 
house was more formally ceded to the Congregational 
society, it was done with little, if any, earnest opposition. 
During eighteen years after the town ceased to constitute 
an active parish, the entire meeting-house was under its 
control. It gave permission to introduce a stove ; it voted 
repairs ; it ordered the ringing of the bell, but justly excused 
all persons belonging to other denominations from paying 
their proportion of the taxes assessed for these purposes. 
This condition of affairs could not long continue. One 
corporation was ordering and conducting the prudential 
aifairs, while persons mainly belonging to another were 
taxed to pay the cost. 

The Congregational society, which was organized at the 
commencement of this era, had been favored with concord 
and prosperity. The annual assessments for current ex- 
penses were promptly paid, and the burden of sustaining 
the public ministrations of the gospel had fallen heavily 
upon no one. When the wear of forty years and the 
increasing demand of the times for more commodious and 
expensive houses of worship began to be felt, it was plainly 
apparent that the town, reluctantly, if -at all, would propose 
any substantial improvements. The society, however, is 
found ready for an undertaking of considerable magnitude. 
The town had no other than a secular use for the meeting- 
house, and apparently was quite ready to grant the society 
more extended privileges therein than it had formerly en- 
joyed, especially the privilege of keeping the house in repair, 
and of making any desired improvements it might elect. 
In March, 1839, a mutual agreement was made between the 
two corporations concerning their separate future rights and 



248 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

obligations for all time to come. The town proposed and 
the society adopted the following : — 

" If said society will agree that the town may have that part 
of the ground floor which is East of the West side of the center 
aisle as the house now stands for a Town Hall and Committee 
Room and that the Town and Society shall have equal right to 
pass in & out of the front door of the house and will agree that 
the town have the privilege of occupying said Hall & Committee 
Room at all times except Sundays for the following purposes in 
addition to that of the town business, viz : for an academy or 
high school ; for Lectures of various Kinds such as Astronemy 
&c. and all other equally still and civil purposes, (Religious 
meetings excepted) also for singing schools and any other pur- 
poses which the Town may wish to occupy the same for on 
Tuesdays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays and all other such 
times and such only as will not disturb or annoy the said society 
in the free use of the other parts of the house ; and also agree 
that the town may have the lumber which is now in the free seats 
in the galleries, then the town will for these privileges finish the 
hall and committee room or finish it all for a hall as the town 
may think proper, and will build a fire-place in the Hall also one 
in the committee room and will carry the chimneys to the floor 
of the Meeting room above the same, to correspond with the 
societys plan for the same whenever the society wishes to have 
them built, Provided, the society will have the funnel from a stove 
in the Vestry pass through the hall to one of the chimneys in 
such a manner that it will be convenient to have the funnel 
from a stove in the hall go into it. And the Town further agree 
that the Congregational Society and Methodist Society may have 
the free use of the Bell for their respective purposes. It is to be 
understood that each society are to use due care in ringing the 
bell so as not to interrupt each other in their public worship. 
Reserving to the town the free use of the same at all times for 
all town purposes with free access thereto, and the town will keep 



ECCLESIASTICAL EISTOBT. 249 

the bell and its appendages in repair and also build a new cupola 
above it whenever it is deemed expedient and likewise the town 
will agree that the said society shall have the full control and 
exclusive right of the contemplated meeting room and vestry at 
all times ; it is expected that the society will keep the outside of 
the house in repair. 

The society proceeded at once to remodel their new 
possessions. The galleries were removed, a partition floor 
was laid, and an entirely new audience-room fitted up 
upon it and over the Town Hall, and the space assigned for 
a vestry. The porch, which was built at the east end of 
the meeting-house as a means of access to the galleries, 
was removed, while the porch at the west end, which also 
formed the base of the bell deck, was filled out on each side 
to complete the regular outline of the building ; and this also 
added several feet to its length. The steeple was rebuilt, 
and reduced about twelve feet in height. It is supposed 
by many that this humiliating plan was carried into execu- 
tion in order to afford the Rindge Engine Company the 
satisfaction of raising a stream of water above its summit. 
Their grandest efforts had failed to rival the old steeple, 
and now, alas, the spire must be reduced to the plane of 
their abilities. It should here be stated that the society 
previously had voted to make these repairs, provided the 
town will consent. This consent being had, as already 
shown, the work was pressed forward with energy, but not 
without considerable legislation and efficient committees. 

Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., Col. Jason B. Perry, Oratio 
P. Allen, Levi Hubbard, and Joseph Brooks had the honor 
of presenting the general recommendations concerning the 
amount and nature of the repairs. Another committee, 
composed of Oratio P. Allen, David Hale, Luke Rugg, 
Joshua Converse, Esq., and Levi Hubbard, reported that 



250 HISTORY OF UINBGE. 

they had consulted the pew-owners as requested by the 
society, and that a large majority are in favor of the 
proposed alteration. They also recommended that the 
pews in the old house be appraised by a disinterested 
committee, and, after the audience-room is completed, the 
new pews be appraised for an amount sufficient to pay for 
the old pews, and the cost of all the repairs. These rec- 
ommendations were adopted, and Capt. Zachariah Shelden 
and John Prichard, of Fitchburg, and E. Murdock, Esq., 
of Winchendon, were requested to estimate the value of 
the old pews. The appraisal of this committee ranged 
from $13 to $2.50, and the aggregate was less than one- 
eighth of the amount originally paid to the town for the 
same pews. A few were dissatisfied with this award ; but, 
in the language of the report of one of the committees, " a 
large majority are in favor of the proposed repairs." These 
accepted the amount of the appraisal as one of the neces- 
sary sacrifices of the undertaking. The few remaining, as 
is usual in such cases, were powerless in opposing a measure 
introduced by a majority for the public good. 

Capt. Luke Rugg, Oratio P. Allen, Esq., and Col. 
Jason B. Perry were selected "to prepare a plan embrac- 
ing the general outlines of the repairs to be made." To 
this committee belongs the credit of the many conveniences 
connected with the remodelled house, even to the present 
time, since the general features embraced in their report 
are still preserved. The audience-room as then constructed 
will be easily represented by comparison with the present, 
and while the repairs and changes made in 1871 are being 
noticed, the arrangement of the interior will be more par- 
ticularly brought to view. 

The committee under whose supervision the house was 
remodelled was chosen in November, 1838, and consisted of 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 251 

Oratio P. Allen, Jason B. Perry, and Levi Howe. These, 
with Luke Rugg and Levi Hubbard, were also selected to 
appraise the pews in the new audience-room. One of the 
most eligible was selected for the use of the family of the 
pastor, several as free slips, and the remainder sold for 
13773.25. 

A subscription of $400 was raised to defray the expense 
of the repairs upon the steeple, and about $150 received 
for materials sold. The cost of the repairs amounted to 
$3,645.95. After paying for the old pews and interest on 
the money advanced, a balance of about $130 was still 
on hand, which was subsequently expended in minor repairs 
upon the meeting-house and parsonage. 

The dedication occurred December 25, 1839. Rev. 
Messrs. Sabin, of Fitzwilliam, Wood, of Ashby, and 
Morton, of Winchendon, assisted in the exercises. The 
sermon was preached by Mr. Burnham, from the text : " We 
are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build 
the house that was builded these many years." An event 
occurred during the progress of the repairs which will find 
few parallels, and should be noticed. Mr. Erastus Spaulding, 
of Jaffrey, one of the carpenters, fell from a staging around 
the bell deck to the ground, a distance of more than fifty 
feet, but received no permanent or serious injury. Many 
said it was providential, while others styled it a lucky 
escape ; but without disputing the point, Mr. Spaulding 
arose from the ground, and said he was satisfied with the 
result, and did not care to try it again. Mr. Spaulding 
resided subsequently in Troy, New Hampshire, where his 
wife, Mahala (Baker) Spaulding, was fatally burned by 
the firing of a kettle of varnish that was upon a stove in 
the room where she was sitting. Afterwards he removed 
to Keene, and died in that place. 



252 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

When the town ceded the meeting-house to the society, 
a little more than one-half of the ground floor, as then 
existing, was reserved for a town hall and committee room ; 
but the entire space was included in the hall, and the 
committee room never had an existence except on paper. 
The walls as then finished remain unchanged to the present 
day. The settees in present use were purchased in 1859, 
when the last of the ancient pews were removed. 

The bell has ever been the property of the town. The 
first was purchased in 1817. Two, after several years of 
service, have become worthless, and their places supplied by 
a new purchase. The present bell was procured in 1856 ; 
its weight is fifteen hundred and seventy-four pounds, and 
few in quality of tone are its superiors. The ancient 
custom of ringing the bell at noon and nine in the evening 
is still preserved. The space reserved in 1839 for a vestry 
was unemployed for several years. It was finally finished, 
and furnished with settees, about 1855, and has since been 
used as a lecture-room. 

For thirty years the sound of the hammer is unheard. 
A convenient and substantial church edifice was fully 
appreciated and enjoyed; and through these years the 
pages of the records are the simple annals of the choice of 
the customary ofiicers and of uniform expenditures. 

The first note of renovation is heard early in the year 
1871. Through the untiring and earnest efforts of very 
many, an expensive pipe organ had been secured. Several 
society meetings were held, in January and February of 
this year, to decide upon some alterations to accommodate 
the instrument when it was ready to be placed in position. 
It is reasonably certain that no very extensive repairs were 
at first contemplated. The audience room was more com- 
modious and inviting in appearance than was generally 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOEY. 253 

found in rural towns. With the exception of the organ 
room, the contour and size of the room were the same as 
at present. The vestibules and entrances are unchanged. 
The floor was an inclined plane. As it was once described, 
it inclined up as you went in, and inclined down as you 
came out. The east end of the floor was about two feet 
higher than at the entrance ; and as one proceeded from the 
pulpit, which was between the doors, each pew was slightly 
raised above the one before it ; and the last six rows of 
seats were abruptly raised several feet, and were approached 
by a series of steps corresponding with each aisle. Of these 
the central seats were for the choir, and nearly all of the 
remainder, styled the galleries, were free seats. The audi- 
ence was seated facing the entrances.. That several expen- 
sive church edifices of this period were constructed on the 
same plan, is recorded as a fact worthy of mention, and 
with a hope of justifying our fathers in adopting a style 
now quite obsolete. This construction of the audience- 
room was the occasion of some well remembered incidents. 
It several times happened that when a stranger was to 
preach, he would pass the pulpit in ignorance of its location, 
until faithful Deacon Breed would arise from his seat, and 
point out to him the narrow path that led to the sacred 
desk. Whatever may have been the most weighty reasons 
that led to the adoption of an unfashionable arrangement 
of the pews, it has often been seriously asserted that it was 
for the relief of any who desired to witness each arrival, 
and otherwise whose revolving heads would keep the score 
of assembling attendants. It is highly probable that it 
was more especially for the mutual satisfaction of the entire 
congregation, and those persons who " came out bride," — a 
peculiar phrase which has a clearly defined meaning. It 
is remembered that the attendance at church of a newly 
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254 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

wedded pair, for the first time after the marriage ceremony, 
was awaited on the Sabbath morning with a peculiar expec- 
tation, accompanied by many sly glances at the door until 
the entrance of the expected twain. The groom comes 
with an important air and a new found dignity ; and timidly 
beside him, arm-in-arm for this occasion only, is the blushing 
bride, with her downcast eyes, keeping abreast with five 
steps to every three proclamations of progress from the 
vociferous boots of her spouse, which proclaim their master's 
happiness in well modulated squeaks and joyful cadences. 
As they approach the pew, the groom, with a dexterous 
sweep of the hand, throws aside the twin appendages of 
his swallow-tailed coat, disposes of his hat, and triumph- 
antly seats himself with one masterly contortion. The 
audience, radiant with satisfaction and approbation, at once 
direct their attention to the sacred desk, as if willing the 
services should now commence, leaving the groom to 
profound contemplation of himself and of his wife, and 
the accompanying enjoyment of a reasonable measure of 
happiness, still expressing in every movement an earnest 
solicitude that no wrinkles be untimely added to his new 
attire, — for that must serve on important occasions for 
many years to come. 

Ah, Jonathan, happy art thou, if, through the coming 
vexations and trials of life, thou canst be as solicitous 
concerning the wrinkles in thy temper as thou art now in 
thy apparel ! And if those trusting, confiding eyes, which 
timidly caress thee, beaming with a new-found satisfaction 
and devotion, are never to be blinded with bitter tears of 
sorrow, thy walk in life must ever be as circumspect and 
considerate as when we saw thee, oxi this Sabbath morning, 
proudly leading thy bride before the gaze of an approving 
congregation. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 255 

The walls and ceiling were indebted for tlieir color to 
the useful and wholesome material known as whitewash. 
Yet in our earliest recollections of the room, nothing remains 
so vivid as our impressions of the cusliions during the 
long sermons. The patterns of color were evidently selected 
from Joseph's coat to suit the taste or caprice of the owner. 
If there were two of the same shade, they were so far 
removed from each other the similarity was overlooked. 
Our youthful fancies gave a character to each. The rich 
sat on purple and crimson ; the pious on brown ; the plain, 
honest, every-day people had cushions of drab ; while the 
cold and unsympathetic were sure to be frozen to a gray. 
And some there were of different colors woven into the 
fabric ; the owners of these sometimes went to the Methodist 
Church, and oftener staid at home. And one there was 
of changeable hues, which was always tenanted in times of 
revivals, but was little used meanwhile. 

The pulpit, located between the two entrances, was a 
solid looking structure, — a sort of breastwork for theo- 
logical artillery. The front and sides were about seven feet 
high ; the floor within was three feet less in height, and had 
upon it a sofa and two chairs, for the accommodation of 
the minister and his guests. The pulpit cushion and uphol- 
stering were of damask velvet, and the woodwork painted 
after the color of the meeting-house doors, in accordance 
with the decree made fifty years earlier, "them to be 
mahogony." Such was the condition of affairs when, in 
March, 1871, immediately after the meetings in January 
and February, to which reference has been made, and at 
which no decided measures were proposed, it was decided, 
by a vote of forty-five to eight, to make extensive repairs 
upon the audience-room. This action, in some measure, 
may have been hastened by a pledge, made by several 



256 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

citizens, that the sum of one thousand dollars should be 
presented the society, to aid in defraying the expense if 
certain repairs were made. Additional betterments were 
subsequently ordered, and the superintendence of the work 
was committed to Messrs. Orlando J. Raymond, James B. 
Robbins, Martin L. Goddard, Arba S. Coffin, and John E. 
Wood. 

The pews were appraised by Bethuel Ellis, of Winch- 
endon, Peter Upton, of Jaffrey, and Reuben Puffer, of 
Ashburnham, who estimated all at ninety per cent, of the 
amount received for them in 1839. The society promptly 
settled with the proprietors on this basis, two owners only 
refusing to receive compensation and come into the arrange- 
ment. 

An addition was built upon the east end of the building 
to receive the organ. The floor was reduced to a level, a 
modern pulpit erected at the east end, and the pews were 
turned around, to conform with prevailing custom. Possibly 
the congregation, with their faces turned to the rising sun, 
may here read an omen of renewed progress and elevation. 
The walls and ceiling were newly plastered and frescoed, 
the halls and vestry thoroughly renovated, and the interior 
tastefully painted. By additional votes of the society, 
adopted while the former repairs were being made, new 
windows were procured for the audience-room ; two coal- 
burning furnaces were placed in the vestry, which warm 
the entire house in a comfortable manner ; the exterior of 
the house was also painted, and one side of the roof was 
shingled. 

In addition to these substantial repairs, the pews were 
uniformly cushioned, at an expense of more than six hun- 
dred dollars. The Ladies' Vestry Association generously 
contributed two hundred dollars for this purpose. The 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 257 

ladies of the congregation, encouraged by the earnest 
efforts of Mrs. Powers, raised above five hundred dollars 
by subscription, which purchased a suitable carpet for the 
audience-room. The total expense of these repairs, and 
of furnishing, was little less than seven thousand dollars, 
which, in addition to the expense of the organ, procured 
while the repairs were in progress, has been mainly paid 
by voluntary subscriptions from the members of the society, 
aided in no small degree by several generous donations 
from natives of Rindge, who have thus appropriately 
expressed a remembrance of the home of their youth. 
It is believed that the debt of the society will be wholly 
paid, or reduced to a nominal sum, during another year. 



CHAPTER XI. 

THE METHODIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 

Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — Father Taylor. — First Meeting- 
House. — Society Organized. — Second Meeting-House. — New Con- 
stitutions of the Society. — Early Members. — Ministerial Fund. — 
Peterborough and Rindge Circuit. — Rindge and Richmond Circuit. 
Rindge made a Station. — The Clergy. 

The Methodist Church has had adherents in this 
town from an early date. They have never been strong 
in numbers, and at first comprised only a few families. Yet 
they have ever been a hopeful people, and, under many 
discouraging circumstances, have met and surmounted diffi- 
culties which many more populous societies would have 
failed, in courage and in heart, to attack. Two meeting- 
houses have been built, and for many years stated preaching 
has been maintained, with little, if any, assistance from the 
General Conference. 

It has been found impossible to give the names of the 
earlier preachers. They were not fixed in their fields of 
labor, but were transferred so rapidly from one station to 
another, that we gain but glimpses of their approaching or 
retiring presence. When assembled for worship, mysteri- 
ously there came a minister to preach to them ; from whence 
he came, or where he went, or the name of the roving 
preacher, is difficult to determine. 



THE METHODIST CHURCH. 259 

In the autumn of 1796, Rev. Lorenzo Dow preached to 
the Methodists in this town. The tradition that this cele- 
brated preacher was here, on one or more occasions, is 
unimpeachable. A few aged persons have but recently died 
who were among his congregation. They were ever fond 
of describing the deep impression the youthful preacher 
made upon the minds of his hearers. This corresponds with 
Mr. Dow's journal. Under date of November 21, 1796, he 
records: "I preached in Rindge." Mr. Dow was born 
October 16, 1777, and consequently was but nineteen years 
of age when he preached in this town. Those who will 
take the trouble to ascertain will find that Mr. Dow 
preached in Rindge on Monday, and perhaps embraced Dr. 
Payson and many of his flock among his congregation. 

Several years later a stranger came, and preached with 
much earnestness and simplicity. In an unusual degree he 
won the attention of all his hearers. He had then but just 
begun his useful mission. Uneducated, he called upon one 
of his congregation to read the hymn, but in his discourse 
he asked no assistance. In later years. Father Taylor has 
often preached to larger congregations, and has won the 
esteem and gratitude of a multitude of men. For many 
years, the place of meeting on the Sabbath was in some 
dwelling or school-house, and generally in the northwest 
part of the town. In 1824 their first meeting-house was 
erected. The site was purchased of Moses Garfield, and 
was situated in the northwest corner of the town, nearly 
opposite the school-house, and in lot twenty or twenty-one 
in the tenth range. The conveyance was made to Zimri 
Whitney, Elijah P. Smith, Charles Mavery, Isaac Colburn, 
and Nathan Upton, trustees, and was dated March 16, 1824. 

This location was selected to accommodate the persons 
in Jaffrey and Fitzwilliam who desired to worship with 



260 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

them. Here, for more than a decade, were assembled from 
Sabbath to Sabbath a respectable number of worshippers. 

There were Methodists in other portions of the town 
who soon felt this location to be a burden, and a more 
central point was decided upon. Under the provisions of 
a statute of 1827, authorizing religious bodies to form soci- 
eties, the Methodists of this town were more formally- 
organized than they had been in the past. In 1834, a 
society, known as the Methodist Episcopal Society of 
Rindge, was formed. The preamble to a constitution then 
adopted is in these words : " Believing in the authenticity 
of the Christian religion, and feeling ourselves under the 
most imperative obligations, not only from express command 
of the Author of our holy religion, but also for the well- 
being of society, to contribute of our abilities to the pro- 
motion of the same, therefore, looking to the Great Head 
of the Church for aid and direction, we do form ourselves 
into a society, and agree to be governed by the following 
constitution." Having thus become organized, and clothed 
with corporate power, with the right to own lands and 
buildings, the present meeting-house in the centre of the 
town was soon erected. The site, purchased of Captain 
Joel Raymond, was conveyed to Isaac Colburn, John P. 
Symonds, Richard Kimball, Benjamin Stowe, and Joel 
Raymond, trustees. Evincing a sanguine spirit, which has 
never forsaken them, as well as a commendable foresight 
for the demands of the future, they secured by this deed a 
privilege of enlarging their house, whenever it was found 
necessary, without any additional purchase of land. 

The house was built during the summer and autumn of 
1835 ; the frame was raised on the ninth of September. 
The exact date of the dedication has not been ascertained, 
but David Poland, Joseph Robbins, and Edward Loud, 



THE METHODIST CHURCH. 261 

were paid November 6, 1835, " for their services in apprais- 
ing slips in the Methodist house in Rindge " ; from which 
it may be inferred the house at this date was substantially- 
finished. The expense of the building when fully completed 
was $1907.53. The carpenters were Abel Marshall and 
Porter Hartwell, of Winchendon, and the stone work was 
done by John E. Lake and William Cutler, of this town. 
The house has been well preserved by paint and general 
repairs, the most thorough renovation occurring in 1867, 
under the direction of a committee, consisting of Oliver 
Hale, Z. F. Whitney, John Smith, Ezra Page, and H. G. 
Rice. The parsonage was purchased in 1840, and, as far 
as known, it has been occupied by the pastor in charge, 
without interruption, to the present time. The house was 
repaired in 1858, at an expense of about $325. 

In 1842, a revised constitution, drafted by David Stowe, 
Oilman Bowers, and David Adams, was adopted, the organ- 
ization having been lost through some informality, in which 
lawyers very much delight. A third constitution was 
drafted by Elijah Bemis, George A. Whitney, and Joel 
Wellington, and adopted May 12, 1864. To the first con- 
stitution twenty-five names were subscribed, during the 
eight years of its continuance. They were : — 

John P. Symonds. Lucius Streeter. 

James C. Chadwick. Asa Stickney. 

Lovell Whitney. Asa Brewer. 

John E. Lake. Thomas Crumble. 

Benjamin Stowe. Apollos Griswold, 

James Bennett. Henry Clark. 

Benjamin Davidson. Gikaan Bowers. 

Amos Ramsdell. Charles M. Smiley. 

Samuel Tarbell. Sylvester T. Symonds. 

David Stowe. Charles Cutler. 

Servetus Metcalf. Jonas INIunroe. 

David Adams. B. B, Davidson. 
Amos B. Russell. 
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262 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

The present constitution, since its adoption (1864), has 
received thirty-six signatures. Deducting deaths and re- 
movals, there now remain less than twenty active members. 
On several occasions the question of raising the salary of 
the pastor by taxation has been proposed, but never adopted. 
The society has succeeded in raising the required amount 
by subscription. A ministerial fund was created in 1837, 
by Capt. Joel Raymond, who presented the trustees the sum 
of four hundred dollars, and seventeen pews, which he 
owned in the meeting-house. The pews, by the conditions 
of the donation, were to be rented for the support of the 
ministry, or, if sold, the amount received in payment was 
to be added to the four hundred dollars, and the interest 
was to be used for the same object. The only conditions 
of the gift obligated the recipients to " raise at least sixty 
dollars annually, to be applied to the support of preachers 
of the order of said church." At present this fund is 
invested in the parsonage. 

At the time the society was formed and the new meeting- 
house was built, the church belonged to the Peterborough 
and Rindge circuit, and the records, for this period, are 
preserved by the officers of the Methodist Church in Peter- 
borough. At a meeting held in this circuit, December 20, 
183-1, " John P. Symonds, John Whitney, Richard Kimball, 
Ebenezer Kimball, and Jonas Munroe, were chosen trustees, 
and John P. Symonds, Joel Raymond, and Jonas Munroe, 
a committee, to build a meeting-house in Rindge." For 
several years Richard Kimball was voted a license to preach. 
The renewal of the license appears upon the records under 
several dates. 

In June, 1840, the Rindge and Richmond circuit was 
instituted, embracing the towns of Rindge, Fitzwilliam, 
Richmond, and a part of Jaffrey. At this date the member- 



THE METHODIST CHURCH. 263 

ship of the church in Rindge was forty-three. To this 
circuit were assigned Reverends J. C. Cromack and Hub- 
bard Eastman. The latter was more intimately connected 
with the church in this town. Two years later, Rindge was 
made a full station, to which Rev. Converse L. McCurdy 
was assigned. Not a few who read his name will be 
reminded of his earnest, loving words, and of the entreaties 
and tears with which he appealed to the hearts of his 
hearers. Perhaps the impression he made upon the emo- 
tions was often as enduring as the appeals of abler men 
to the intellect. Very few of the Methodists who have 
labored in this town will be longer remembered than this 
zealous preacher. It would be a pleasing task to include 
a paragraph concerning each of the pastors who have been 
stationed in this town, but the number is too large, and the 
material at ready command is too limited. They have been 
faithful laborers in their own parish, and generally on 
fraternal relations with the pastors of the Congregational 
Church. Especially has this been the case in later years. 
Several have taken an active and efficient interest in the 
schools and other public affairs, and one has represented 
the town in the Legislature. 



CHAPTER XII. 

SACRED MUSIC. 

Attention Early Paid to this Subject. — First Choristers. — Lining the 
Hymn. — Fugues. — Instruments and Players. — Anecdote. — Sing- 
ing Schools. — Other Choristers. — New Organ. 

The references to this subject, left upon the records, 
indicate that considerable attention was seasonably paid to 
the encouragement of church music, and that at a very- 
early date a few at least "had learned to sing by rule." 
The town, acting as a parish, gravely passed several votes 
about " setting the psalm " and " raising the hymn," without 
suspicion that such subjects of legislation would soon pass 
beyond its control. The date of several votes hereafter 
given indicates that the people were less hostile to innova- 
tion than the inhabitants of many towns in this vicinity. 
It is certain at least that these measures were entertained 
at a comparatively early date. In 1782, a request was 
made for the assignment of "some particular part of the 
meeting-house for those persons to set that have learned to 
sing by rule," and, with commendable liberality, the town 
granted them " The two hind seats in the mens side and 
Two in the womens side below." A few years later the 
singers were promoted to seats in the galleries, and from 
the first were often styled " the choir." Also in 1782 the 



SACEED MUSIC. 265 

town chose "Nathaniel Ingalls, David Adams, and David 
Sherwin to assist Deacon Towne in setting the Psahn," and 
seven years later the church requested " William Gardner, 
Eliphalet Wood, Joseph Crumble, and William Sherwin to 
officiate as choristers." The small number of hymn-books 
to be found in the congregations had led to the practice of 
" lining," or " deaconing," the hymns. The hymn was first 
read throughout by the minister ; then some person, gener- 
ally one of the deacons — hence the term of "deaconing 
the hymn," — would read one line, and those in the congre- 
gation who could sing, and many who thought they could, 
would render that line with much animation, and with such 
taste and precision as they were able. Another line was read 
and then sung, and the process repeated until the last line 
had been rendered. In this manner one hymn-book would 
answer for an entire congregation. Near the close of the 
past century the better verse of Dr. Watts was introduced, 
and the number of books is said to have been much 
increased • and the constant repetition of St. Martin's, 
Mear, York, St. Ann's, Windham, and a few other tunes, 
which gave little choice between the bold and cheerful 
major and the mournful and pathetic minor, was relieved 
by the introduction of many new musical compositions. 

The introduction of this new music, more than any other 
cause, brought the practice of lining the hymns into disuse. 
Many of the new selections were more intricate in structure, 
and among them was a class of tunes, difficult of descrip- 
tion, called fugues. These pieces were very popular for a 
time, but are seldom heard at the present day. One of the 
parts would lead, and the others follow in a kind of system- 
atized hubbub, and each part singing different words were 
wont to " fly swifter round the wheel of time," until all 
were in a perfect melee, and then out of the direst confusion 



266 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

would miraculously approach a period in sudden peace and 
order and apparent good will, as if they had forgotten and 
forgiven all cause of their recent contention. The intro- 
duction of musical instruments as an accompaniment to 
church music, if ever seriously opposed, as in many places, 
has left no traces of contention upon the records. And 
little of interest on this point has been preserved by 
tradition beyond the fact that the pitch-pipe, violin, bass 
viol, bassoon, and the usual variety of wind instruments, 
have each had their day, and were sounded by skillful 
players. It is equally certain that their use was accompa- 
nied by the well-remembered tunings during the reading of 
of the hymn, as if either the instruments were impatient to 
be played upon, or the musicians unduly anxious to begin. 
The Townes, the Sherwins, the Carltons, whose mother was 
Elizabeth Sherwin, the Cutlers, her grandchildren, and 
several other families, were early and prominently con- 
nected with the choir. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, whose 
mother was also a member of the Sherwin family, in his 
youth was a player upon the bass viol. The instrument 
used by him was made by Mr. Braddyll Smith, and is said 
to have been of superior quality, and to have been played 
in a masterly manner. Mr. Wilder for a season was the 
chorister, and officiated in that capacity on the occasion of 
the ordination of Rev. Dr. Burnham. 

On an occasion during the later use of these instruments, 
and while Mr. Amos Cutler's violin was the centre of 
attraction, when Dr. Burnham had given out the hymn, 
containing the lines, 

" Oh, may my heart in tune be found, 
Like David's harp of solemn sound," 

one of the younger members of the choir, whose name is 
associated with many pleasantries, could not resist the 



SACEED MUSIC. 267 

temptation to paraphrase the lines, and sing for the edifica- 
tion of those near him : — 

" Oh, may my heart be tuned within, 
Like Cutler's solemn violin." 

Those who heard it say it was done Brown. 

If Dr. Payson was little annoyed by contention and 
opposition to innovations in church music in his own parish, 
he saw one exhibition of this spirit in another place. He 
was preaching one Sabbath in exchange at Peterborough. 
In the congregation sat Matthew Templeton, stern and 
austere, and opposing with much bitterness all innovations. 
He called the bass viol "dagon," and the pitch-pipe with 
equal contempt he denominated "the whistle." On this 
occasion the hymn had been read by Dr. Payson, the 
chorister, Mr. Smith, had sounded the pitch-pipe, and the 
choir began to sing, but soon became confused and stopped, 
when Mr. Templeton, who occupied a conspicuous seat 
among the congregation, cried out, in his broad Scotch 
accent, with much derision : " Mr. Johnny Smith, ye must 
blaw your whostle agaien." 

While the meeting-house was being built in 1796, the 
town chose a committee to confer with the singers, and 
ascertain what accommodations they desired in the new 
house, and instructed them to grant all reasonable requests 
made by the choir concerning the arrangement of seats 
for their use. The favor in which the choir was held was 
also manifested by several appropriations of money for 
their benefit, which were expended in the maintenance of 
singing-schools. The earlier musical instruction in this 
town was conducted solely to increase the efficiency of the 
choir, and all other styles of music were ignored. The 
town, in its capacity of parish, made frequent appropria- 
tions for this purpose, and, in accordance with precedent. 



268 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

all persons belonging to other religious denominations were 
excused from paying any part of the money raised to meet 
this expense. The name of the first music-teacher of whom 
any reference can be found is Ichabod Johnson, who con- 
ducted a school in this town in 1801, and several other 
schools during the succeeding years. Mr. Johnson also 
taught a singing-school in New Ipswich, and Kidder's 
excellent history of that town pays him the following 
doubtful compliment: "In 1805 or 6, Ichabod Johnson 
kept a school, and introduced a lighter kind of music. 
He could not sing himself, but with a good faculty at 
teaching, and the help of his violin (when he was sober), 
and assisted by one or two reliable persons on each part, 
he succeeded in collecting a large school, was popular, and, 
on the whole, gave an impulse to music generally." 

Other instruction in vocal music, which followed in the 
course of years, was given by Mr. Miller, Dea. Clark, Rev. 
Mr. Willey, and Mr. Hutchins, from abroad, and Obadiah 
Carlton, Joseph Davis, George Robbins,"and Stephen B. 
Sherwin, of this town. Rev. Isaac Willey will be remem- 
bered, in later years, as the efficient agent for Home 
Missions. The later instructors have been Peter Clark, 
Prof. C. M. Wyman, Mr. E. B. Barrett, and Prof. G. W. Foster. 
In the winter of 1819-20, Marshall P. Wilder gave a 
course of instruction in vocal music. The tuition was 
free, and the course ended with a grand exhibition, which 
is vividly and pleasantly remembered by many still living. 
Among the pieces rendered on this occasion were " Hail- 
stone Chorus," and " Strike the Cymbals." They did strike 
them, and in a manner that awoke the amazement of the 
audience. " The Horse and his Rider," and other selections, 
which at that time were regarded as difficult pieces of 
music, were also rendered. All the aged people, " with an 



SACRED MUSIC. 269 

ear for music," describe this as a little the best entertain- 
ment ever enjoyed in Rindge. 

A new interest in sacred music was awakened soon 
after the settlement of Dr. Burnham. He possessed fine 
musical talents, and a sweet, melodious voice, and had 
made himself an efficient reader of this class of music, 
which he exceedingly enjoyed, during his connection with 
the Handel Society at Dartmouth, and the Lockhart Society 
at the Seminary. 

Of the latter society, which was widely known, he was 
one of the founders, and among the most active and 
proficient members, and was selected to purchase the in- 
struments for its use. A few years since, an article which 
appeared in the " Congregational Quarterly," from the pen 
of Rev. E. W. Hooker, D. D., who was cotemporary with 
Dr. Burnham at the Seminary, refers to his connection with 
this society in these appropriate terms : " Amos W. Burn 
ham, additional to a rich tenor voice, brought with him 
from the Handel Society in Dartmouth a skill and taste 
for expressive reading of the music of the old composers, 
which rendered him an efficient helper from the outset of 
the society." 

The choir has generally been large in numbers, and at 
all times has contained considerable musical talent, which 
was fully appreciated by Dr. Burnham. William Sherwin 
was chorister much of the time during the ministry of Dr. 
Payson, and later his son, Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., 
efficiently conducted this part of the service for many 
years. Other choristers were William Rugg, Col. M. P. 
Wilder, Joshua C. Towne, Josiah Stratton, Arba S. Coffin, 
David Stowe, and J. A. Stearns, whose pleasing voice has 
" set the psalm " for several years. And now the days of 
the pitch-pipe are over ; the bass viol and the violin are 
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270 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

unheard in the choirs; the bassoons are hoarse with age, 
and the sacred use of the trombone and the post-horn is 
counted with the customs of other days. The innovations 
of the new years have driven them from their accustomed 
places in the choirs, but not from the memory of those who 
were accustomed to hear them lead the voices in sacred 
song. While any of that generation remain, these ancient 
instruments and the tunes of their times will never be 
forgotten. Around them the recollection of the aged is 
wont to linger until again the praise of song is borne on 
the wings of such memories to the God of all genera- 
tions. The following selection from the poem, read by 
Samuel Burnham, at the centennial celebration of Rindge, 
pleasantly refers to the music of this period, as well as to 
the meeting-house at that time : — 

" How oft, before improvement came 
And changed the building all save name, 
In those far-off and childish days, 
My wondering eye-balls I did raise. 
To that red pulpit, and the door. 
Which swung upon the sacred floor. 
And how I thought the parson fled, 
Until I saw his reverent head 
Up in the dizzy height appear, 
To send theology far and near. 
And how I dreaded the long prayer. 
And stood in restless misery there. 
Within the high-railed, pound-like pew, 
Peering between the seats for view 
Of Deacon Blake and Deacon Brown, 
And other worthies of the town. 
Who sat close by with sober face, 
The wardens of the sacred place. 
And when, at last, the loud Amen 
Fell from aloft, how quickly then, 



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The seats came down witli heavy rattle, 

Like musketry in fiercest battle. 

And farther off, and higher yet, 

The singers and the players sat. 

Oh, what a deluge of sweet sound ! 

Northfield came flpng swiftly round ; 

The New Jerusalem came down 

On slippery catgut on the town ; 

To old St. Martin's air so light. 

The shepherds watched their flocks by night, 

And all our hearts were tuned within 

To Amos Cutler's violin. 

How those old tunes caU up the past, 

And memories throng both thick and fast ; 

Old Majesty in sad complaints, 

And wailing China for dead saints. 

And Lenox, Duke Street, and the rest 

That to the sei-vice added zest. 

But songs and songsters now are dead ; 

Those Sabbath days have long since fled ; 

The strings are broken, mute the tongue. 

That then God's praises sweetly simg." 

In 1850, a small reed organ was procured. In its best 
days it could a little more than fill with sound the roomy- 
case in which it was enclosed. It was tenderly borne with 
for several years after its natural powers had much abated. 
For some time the question of a better instrument was being 
considered, and about three hundred dollars was raised for 
that purpose. In 1870, the effort was renewed with much 
earnestness. An organization, with Josiah Stratton for Pres- 
ident, and Anson A. Platts for Secretary, was formed, and 
frequent meetings were held. 

This effort was efficiently aided by Rev. Dennis Powers, 
the acting pastor, who ever took a lively interest in all 
matters of progress and laudable enterprise. To him and 



272 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

to his judicious and untiring efforts the society is much 
indebted, in the procurement of an elegant organ, and also 
in the improvements made at this time in the church edifice. 
Under these favoring auspices a sum of money was soon 
pledged, which encouraged the members of the organization 
to contract for a superior pipe organ. The instrument is 
from the manufactory of Mr. George Stevens, of Cambridge, 
and was placed in position in the autumn of 1871. It 
contains fifteen hundred pipes, and is of excellent tone. 
The cost was about $2,500. For labor in the collections, 
and for generous subscriptions, both by residents of this 
town and others from abroad, many are deserving especial 
commendation. To A. S. Coffin, N. A. Hale, S. J. Hardi- 
son. Deacon Jeremiah Norcross, James B. Robbing^, and 
Charles E. Stickney, who assumed the pecuniary respon- 
sibility until the last of the money could be raised, the 
enterprise is much indebted. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

Home Instruction. — The First Appropriation for Schools. — Five School 
Districts. — Early Instructors. — Wages of Teachers. — A New Era. 
Text Books. — Organization of Districts. — Boundaries Defined. — 
Prudential Committees. — Supervision. — Private Schools. — Exhi- 
bitions. — Names of School Committees. 

The earliest settlers resided in this town twenty years 
before there were any public schools ; yet the youth who 
advanced to manhood at the close of this period were not 
uneducated. The parents were people of intelligence, 
often of considerable culture, and personally attended to 
the education of their own children; and there were as 
many schools in town as there were families. The faithful 
instruction of parents to their children at the fireside must 
have been a pleasing feature of their home experience. 
Their school-books could not have been numerous, and 
probably their exchanges of readers less frequent than at 
present. Here in the wilderness these primitive instructors 
enjoyed an entire freedom from the importunities of book 
agents, and pupils conned their lessons from well-worn 
pages, and often from borrowed volumes. 

Children, with their love of companionship, may have 
assembled at the house of some hospitable neighbor, whose 
ability to instruct would soon be recognized, and command 



274 niSTOEY OF rindge. 

remuneration; and private schools may have sprung from 
these informal gatherings. 

Whatever may have been the system of instruction, the 
results are unmistakable. None were suffered to grow up 
in ignorance, and the many evidences of culture, made 
known in the lives of those whose only schooling was 
received at this time, are the substance of our knowledge 
of the education of that period. 

William Russell, an infant when his parents removed 
to Rindge, was twenty years of age when the first public 
schools were instituted ; yet he was among the earliest of 
grammar-school teachers. Many instances of this character, 
too numerous and apparent to escape observation, might be 
cited. The " Association Test " was signed by all the cit- 
izens of this town that were not in the army. Their 
names are written in fair characters, in some instances with 
great elegance. Those who examine the original paper will 
find but one signature not plainly written ; but long before 
the name of Deliverance Wilson is made out, the practiced 
eye will discover that the illegibility arose from an unsteady 
nerve, rather than inexperience in the use of the pen. 
Among those in the army who did not here present a 
specimen of their handwriting, I know of but one who 
could not write his name. Asa Wilkins' middle name 
began with X, to which some friend would write "his 
mark." The wife of Joel Russell wrote her name in the 
same brief manner. Previous to the close of the century, 
no others have been found who could not write their 
names. 

It is clearly evident that the education of the youth was 
not neglected through a failure of public support. There 
is no record of public schools previous to 1771, when eleven 
pounds was appropriated for this purpose ; and the same 



SCHOOLS. 275 

year Nathaniel Russell was paid five pounds and twelve 
shillings "for keeping his school for the town," which 
sustains the tradition that he had previously maintained a 
school without assistance from the public treasury. The 
school was at his dwelling-house, on the farm now owned 
by William E. Robbins. This certainly was not a central 
point; but in those days the advantages enjoyed by the 
people were not altogether " convenient and handy to the 
meeting-house, " like the entertainment provided for the 
council when Dr. Payson was ordained. Within a year 
from this time schools were taught in the southeast part, 
probably in the house of Oliver Stevens, at the house of 
Abel Platts, in the northwest part, where Joshua Fletcher 
now resides, and at Daniel Rand's, in the southwest part of 
the town. Previous to the Revolution, schools were also 
assembled at the residence of Francis Towne, Nathaniel 
Thomas, and in a building belonging to James Carlton, on 
the farm now owned by Albert Adams, and he received two 
dollars for rent, which was paid out of the school money. 
Since the first sum was voted in the year 1771, there has 
been an annual appropriation for the schools, and one term 
or more has been enjoyed by each district in the town. At 
the meeting at which the first appropriation for schools was 
made, a new town clerk was chosen, who served one year. 
During the short term of his official career he made an 
intelligible record, but his style of spelling was simple, 
frequently ornate, and gave unmistakable proof of great 
inventive genius. In this particular he labored with 
great assiduity to demonstrate that the appropriation for 
schools had not been prematurely made. His efforts were 
successful. A perusal of the record for the year will 
suggest the remark of Christopher Sly, " 'Tis a very excel- 
lent piece of work; would 'twere done." 



276 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

The first action of tlie town in behalf of education is 
recorded in these words : " Voted to Base eleven Pounds 
Lawful money for the ues of the School, Also Mr. Nathl. 
Russell, Mr. Joseph Plats, Mr. Nathl. Page, and Mr. Olover 
Gould to Bee a Committee to suply the Town with a School 
the Insuing year and to be Cept in the Sever! Parts of the 
Town as may be for the Advantedge of said Town." 

This committee, which continued in office several years, 
established five schools in the different parts of the town, 
which was the origin of the first school districts. These 
soon became known as the Centre, Northeast, Southeast, 
Southwest, and Northwest Districts; but their boundaries 
were not clearly defined, and it was many years before there 
were any legal school districts. 

There was an article in the warrant for a town-meeting 
in 1772, " To see if the town will build a school house this 
year." The subject was postponed, and very soon the 
burdens of the war prevented any further efforts in this 
direction, and schools continued to be assembled in dwelling- 
houses at convenient points. It was not many years, how- 
ever, before several neighborhoods built school-houses for 
their convenience without assistance from the town, but no 
record of the building of these first school-houses can be 
found. 

Probably Nathaniel Russell was the first public school- 
teacher ; within a year from the first mention of him as a 
teacher, Isaac Russell, from Littleton, was also employed, 
and taught several terms in as many districts. William 
Russell, son of Joel and cousin of Nathaniel Russell, was 
soon added to the faculty, and was employed for several 
terms in the Centre and Northwest Districts. In 1774, 
Jacob Fitch taught nine weeks. He was the crippled son 
of John Fitch, to whom reference was made in another 



SCHOOLS. 277 

chapter. Dr. John Townsend, a resident physician, was 
employed for one term, at least, in 1773, and during the 
next succeeding years his professional rival, Dr. William 
Swan, taught very many terms. He seemed to have a 
preference, or the people for him, in the Southeast, where 
he resided, and in the Southwest Districts. Edward Jewett 
was very often employed, and taught in aU the districts, 
but mainly in the Centre and Northeast Districts. He 
resided in the latter district. In 1774, female teachers were 
paid, and perhaps, in some instances, for schools taught the 
previous year. First upon this list are the names of Mrs. 
Jonathan Stanley, Martha Hovey, Eunice Thomas, and Mrs. 
John Demary. Mrs. Demary brought to the school-room 
more than a usual experience in the training of youth, 
having ten children of her own, and two grandchildren. 
She enjoyed no vacation between terms. Mrs. James 
Carlton and Mrs. Ephraim Hunt were employed previous 
to the close of 1774 ; and the next year, in addition to 
some of the names already mentioned, a daughter of 
Jonathan Sawtell taught two terms in the Southeast 
District. The money was paid to Mr. Sawtell, as the 
wages of his daughter for keeping school. It was probably 
Mary, afterwards the wife of Abijah Page. Her son, 
Joseph Page, nearly ninety years of age, resides in Rindge. 
A few years later, Meriah, a younger sister of Mary, and 
subsequently the wife of Tliomas Wetherbee, Jr., was 
employed many terms. Mrs. Sarah Chaplin, Mrs. Gray, 
probably the widow of John Gray, Mrs. Sarah Wood, the 
wife of James Wood, of Boxford, and subsequently of 
Rindge, are also found upon the list of early instructors. 
The wages paid at this time was about ten shillings per 
week for male, and two to three shillings for female teachers. 
The usual price paid for board, in addition to these sums, 
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278 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

was four shillings for the former, and two shillings per 
week for the latter. The schools taught by the male 
teachers were styled the grammar school, and about one- 
half of the school money was appropriated for its use. 
Frequently a male teacher was employed for several months, 
and sent from place to place, until each district had received 
its proportion of this class of instruction. The amount 
of money raised for the support of schools was increased 
from year to year with the growth of the town; and, in 
acknowledgment of their importance and success, in 1775 
twenty pounds, in 1783 eighty pounds, in 1795 one hundred 
pounds were raised for this purpose. 

As yet there had been but five districts ; when and in 
what manner the number was increased does not appear 
upon the records. Whenever any portion of the town 
asked leave to join other districts, or to expend their pro- 
portion of the school money in their own neighborhood, 
the request was always granted. In 1789, it was voted to 
choose as many for school committee as there were districts. 
At this time eight were chosen, and two years later there 
was a committee of ten, which is all the information that 
can be gained of the number of schools at this date. It 
is plain that the town took little action concerning the 
boundaries of districts, and assumed no arbitrary control 
in these affairs, but permitted the several neighborhoods 
to arrange themselves into districts or societies, as inclina- 
tion and convenience prompted. Each district had the 
benefit of their own school-tax. The division was based 
upon the wealth, and not the number, of scholars in each 
district, and for many years the committee collected the 
school-tax in their respective districts. It was not until 
near the close of the century that the present system of 
collection was adopted. When the first school-houses were 



SCHOOLS. 279 

built is quite uncertain. In 1794, the town voted to build 
tbem where they were needed, and to excuse those districts 
from the tax for this purpose that had already built school- 
houses. At this date, it would be expected that some had 
been built ; but this is the first record of the fact, and is 
important so far as it represents that the first school-houses 
were built by the communities, and not by the town. The 
amount of school money to be raised was determined by 
the town, but these votes were only the united voice of 
the districts. The tax was assessed by the selectmen, who 
could proportion more accurately and justly the amount 
each individual should pay. Beyond this slender assistance, 
the schools were not the growth of public support, nor the 
creation of public legislation, but were spontaneous in the 
several communities, to meet the demands of each. They 
clearly sprang from the people, and in advance of those 
statutes, which, with wise forethought, required each town 
to make certain provision for schools. These requirements 
have almost invariably been exceeded. The districts or 
societies built the houses, and secured the teachers, and 
cheerfully paid their proportion of the expense, that their 
children might enjoy advantages which had been denied to 
themselves. While the agent for each district was chosen 
by the town, his official duty was confined to the district 
in which he resided, and no town record of the proceedings 
was had. During one year no committee was chosen, and 
occasionally a member of the committe would resign. In 
these cases, by vote of the town, the duty was performed 
by the selectmen. The transactions then became a matter 
of record, and the names of several teachers are preserved 
with the receipts ; but the names of very many of the early 
teachers are lost beyond recovery. Some of those who 
taught between 1780 and 1800 are Susannah Rand, wife of 



280 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

Col. Daniel Rand ; Sarah Rand, wife of Capt. Solomon 
Rand; Sarah Towne, daughter of Dea. Francis Towne, 
afterwards the wife of Simeon Whitcomb ; Esther Ames ; 
Esther Cutter, afterwards Mrs. John Carlton ; Persis Hardy, 
afterwards the wife of Rev. Reuben Brown ; Sarah Payson, 
afterwards the wife of William Barker, and mother of Hon. 
George P. Barker; Rebecca Buswell, daughter of John 
Buswell, and afterwards the wife of Asa Platts ; Mrs. 
Tabitha Hunt, wife of Ephraim Hunt ; Mrs. Phebe Peirce, 
wife of Abraham Peirce ; Meriah Sawtell ; Phebe Gray ; 
Esther Adams, daughter of Israel Adams ; Levi Rugg ; 
Enoch Wood ; Col. Josiah Wilder ; William Sherwin ; 
Nathaniel Ingalls ; Dea. Edward Jewett ; Lieut. Benjamin 
Foster ; Ensign Richard Kimball ; Eliphalet Wood ; Oliver 
Adams ; Dr. Elijah Norcross ; and Gardner Kellogg. 

The commencement of the present century is the begin- 
ning of a new era in the cause of popular education. The 
efforts of the past had taken root for a more vigorous 
growth, and many happy changes occurred within a few 
years. In most cases, to learn to read, write, and spell, 
with some knowledge of the rules of arithmetic, was all 
that had been attempted. The text-books in use previous 
to 1800 were not numerous, and of a most primitive char- 
acter. Dilworth's and Perry's Spelling-Book, and Pike's 
Arithmetic would cut a sorry figure in the school-room, at 
the present time. Late in the past century, Webster's 
Reader found its way into the school-room, as well as a 
small abridgement of Morse's Geography, which gave the 
briefest description of the earth's surface, and contained 
many startling facts. Alexander's Grammar was in the 
hands of only the most advanced and ambitious pupils. 
In any mention of the books of the period, the New 
England Primer must not be omitted. This volume of 



SCHOOLS. 281 

diminutive size, filled with wholesome truths, was found 
at every fireside, and was received in the school-room as a 
reading-book and safe counsellor. Every Saturday, and 
sometimes more frequently, the entire school was required 
to "say the catechism," as found in this little volume. 
These exercises, and the truths inculcated, are not forgotten 
by the aged among us, but are shining brightly in their 
waning years. To them education, in an intellectual sense, 
was simply the measure of mental force, furnishing facili- 
ties to action, while these moral . instructions were seized 
upon to direct and be the guiding principle of their lives. 
Until the present century the boundaries of the districts 
had not been defined. The former arrangement was tem- 
porary, and subject to all the changes incident to sudden 
likes and dislikes of the people, who were at liberty to sever 
existing connections, and join other districts, whenever and 
as often as any caprice or supposed interest prompted. In 
1804, the first steps were taken to give the districts a 
permanent character. Individuals were the first to move in 
this direction, by asking the town for authority to become 
permanently associated in organized districts. The consent 
of the town was immediately granted, and with a very wise 
provision, which required these voluntary societies to pre- 
sent the town clerk with a description of each distri«t, 
which was to be recorded. While they were at full liberty 
to arrange the boundaries of each district without restraint, 
all subsequent change was subject to the action of the town. 
The inhabitants immediately consented to this proposition, 
and the town was soon districted. 

The FmsT District comprised the central village, and 
extended from the Common a mile or more, in all directions. 
On the Jaffrey road was included, as at present, the farms 



282 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

now owned by Deacon Norcross and C. E. Stickney ; on 
the north it included the MuUiken place, near the residence 
of M. W. Hale, and the bounds in this direction remain 
unchanged to the present time ; towards the east were 
included all the residences at the Corner, the farms of 
David and John Barker, now owned by Deacon Bancroft and 
Stephen Hale, and extended on the old turnpike to near the 
present Corner school-house; on the south it included the 
farms now of Martin L. Goddard, of Henry E. Burritt, 
and of Thomas and Charles G. Buswell ; and on the west 
the Moors farm, the Stratton farm, and considerable territory 
at present in the district. The present school-house was 
built, at this time, on land borrowed of the town for that 
purpose for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, 
and bids fair to survive the lease. The first school-house in 
this district was also on the Common, and was situated west of 
the meeting-house, not far from the residence of A. S. Coffin, 
Esq. When the present house was built it was sold, and 
still forms a part of the dwelling-house of Lovell Whitney. 

The Second District was in the southwest part of the 
town, and, in addition to the area of District Number Ten 
as now constituted, it included the farms of John Lovejoy, 
unoccupied at present, of Ezekiel Demary, now of James 
Damon, and of Abiel Holt, now of Charles H. Danforth. 
The first school-house was situated a few rods north of the 
present house. The second house was built in 1829. In 
1859 it was thoroughly remodelled, and moved a few rods 
south of its former location. 

The Third District included lots three to twelve in 
the first range, three to eleven in the second, four to eleven 
in the third, four to eight in the fourth, and seven in the 
fifth. This was a large district. With the exception of a 



SCHOOLS. 283 

few farms on New Ipswich line, which then, as now, were a 
distinct organization, it comprised the southeast part of 
the town, or the district now known as Number Eight, 
Converse ville, Hubbard Hill, and the farms of Gilman P. 
Wellington and George Wilson. The school-house was 
situated about one-fourth mile south from the residence of 
Lyman Bennett, near Monomonock Lake. 

The FouBTH District was situated south and west of 
Pool Pond, and was a portion of the present Blakeville 
district, with several farms now included in the Tarbell 
district. The school-house was situated north of the resi- 
dence of Joshua Fletcher, near the Munroe farm. This 
and the Ninth District, whose school-houses were in close 
proximity, seldom maintained schools at the same time ; 
and each school, when in session, freely received pupils 
from the other district. 

The Fifth District comprised lot nine in the seventh 
range, seven to eleven in the eighth range, and six to eleven 
in the ninth and tenth ranges. This district, now known 
as Number Two, also includes lots twelve in the eighth, 
ninth, and tenth ranges, and lots eight and ten in the 
seventh range, beside a more recent addition from Number 
One. The first school-house in this district was occupied 
until it was burned, with little loss, in May, 1842. An- 
other was burned in December, 1859. The present house 
was then built, and, unless destroyed by fire, will conven- 
iently accommodate the district for several years. The 
location of the first school-house was about twenty rods 
west from the site of the second and of the present building. 

The Sixth District was substantially the same as the 
present Number Seven. Lots one to three in the fourth 



284 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

range have been taken from it, and added to the East 
Rindge district, but it has been compensated by the addi- 
tion of the south half of lots three to six in the seventh 
range. This territory being pasture and wood land, the 
changes did not affect the population of the district. A 
portion of Number One was more recently added. The 
first school-house, built about 1795, was situated a short 
distance west from the residence of Wm. M. Huntee. The 
present house was built in 1833, and has been well pre- 
served. 

The Seventh Distkict comprised lots three to seven 
in the seventh range, one to six in the eighth range, and 
one to five in the ninth and tenth ranges. Its southwest 
limit was the farm of Dea. Jewett, now of Ivers H. Brooks, 
and was more recently known as Number One. A few 
years since this district, like Poland, was partitioned, and 
divided among the surrounding kingdoms. The records, 
tradition, and the numerous sites of former dwellings, all 
testify that this was once a populous district. The only 
school-house built in this part of the town still remains, but 
since the dissolution of the district has not been used. 

The Eighth Distkict was in the northwest corner of 
the town, and included lots nineteen to twenty-two in the 
eighth and ninth ranges, and eighteen to twenty-two in 
the tenth range. At this time it contained fifteen farms, 
and as many families. The school-house was near the site 
of the old Methodist meeting-house. 

The Ninth District was neither large nor populous. 
At the date of its organization there were only seven 
families within its limits. It comprised lots twelve to 
seventeen on the Jaffrey line, and lots twelve to the middle 
of fifteen in the eighth and ninth ranges. Its southern 



SCHOOLS. 285 

boundary included the farms of Deacon Blake and Dr. 
Stephen Jewett, now of Samuel Martin and Dr. C. E. 
Ware. The school-house was near the outlet of Pool Pond, 
a short distance on the old road to Jaffrey Centre. In 
1848, this district was united with the fourth district, and 
they have been known since then as Number Three. The 
present school-house was built soon after the union of the 
two districts. 

The Tenth District comprised lots fourteen to eighteen 
on the Massachusetts line, fourteen to seventeen in the 
second range, and fourteen and fifteen in the third. The 
school-house was nearly opposite the residence of James 
Wood, now of B. F. Danforth. It received, in 1848, 
substantial additions from the centre and southwest districts, 
including the farms of Thomas and C. G. Buswell, W. C. 
Brigham, the Moors, Stratton, and Lovejoy farms, and the 
farms of Charles H. Danforth and James Damon. The 
present school-house was built in 1850. 

The Eleventh District was in the southeast part of 

the town, and associated with families in New Ipswich. 

For several years before its organization, Lieut. Isaac 

Wood, who lived where his grandsons John and Jonas 

Wood now reside, James Reed, Ebenezer Muzzy, Aaron 

Brooks, and Stephen Brooks, were permitted to expend 

their school-tax in their own neighborhood. At this time 

they organized a district, and, in connection with families 

in New Ipswich, their successors have maintained a school 

until the present time. The school-house, an example of 

exact justice, is divided equally by the town line ; but the 

pupils from Rindge or New Ipswich occupy either portion, 

and allow no geographical prejudices to interrupt their 

progress. 

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286 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

The organization of the Tarbell and the Corner Districts 
will be hereafter noticed. They were subsequently formed 
from other districts. The entire town was included in the 
limits of the eleven districts already described, and with 
these boundaries the schools were successfully conducted 
for nearly twenty years. The districts were not organized 
in the order here given. These are the numbers by which 
they were known. They were numbered on the basis of 
the amount of school-tax paid by each at the time of their 
organization. These numbers, at a glance, will indicate the 
comparative wealth of each district at that time. Not until 
a recent date was any portion of the school money distrib- 
uted among the districts on the basis of the number of 
scholars. Each district then received the amount of school- 
tax paid by that district. This method was accepted, 
perhaps in the belief that it was just and honorable. But 
partially ignoring the fact that the public schools were 
established for the equal benefit of all, it extended public 
privileges to the rich, which, in a measure, were denied to 
the poor. The childless tax-payer was required, as now, to 
pay his proportion to educate the children of others, and 
there can be no good reason why his tax should be employed 
for the exclusive benefit of a section. 

The following table represents the amount of school 
money assigned to, and the comparative wealth of, each 
district, for a term of years. The right hand column shows 
the amount of money appropriated for schools for each 
year. The comparative wealth of the same areas at the 
present time suggests many lessons. The growth of several 
districts has been almost equalled by the depreciation of 
others. The districts near the borders of the town have 
sustained considerable loss, while the reverse is generally 
true of the others. 













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287 




1 


2 


3 


4 


5 


6 


7 


8 


9 


10 


11 


Total. 


1805 


90.42 


57.46 


51.01 


47.94 


40.15 


29.52 


28.02 


23.84 


21.99 


18.01 


9.45 


418.31 


1806 


86.09 


56.51 


50.22 


42.93 


39.20 


22.41 


29.43 


16.19 


29.40 


23.77 


7.99 


404.14 


1808 


91.29 


58.42 


48.48 


47.07 


37.40 


31.04 


32.83 


24.98 


24.08 


20.12 


9.91 


425.62 


1810 


94.04 


50.87 


44.67 


42.03 


38.50 


27.78 


27.33 


23.39 


24.83 


16.88 


9.68 


400.00 


1812 


91.72 


51.04 


47.51 


40.44 


38.99 


27.16 


29.46 


25.38 


25.22 


17.40 


9.47 


403.79 


1814 


105.40 


58.20 


47.08 


39.33 


41.48 


27.89 


26.83 


26.66 


29.28 


17.51 


10.26 


429.92 


1816 


104.04 


.56.25 


50.35 


37.39 


43.81 


32.00 


28.30 


28.13 


30.59 


15.27 


11.08 


437.17 


1818 


119.85 


51.90 


51.44 


43.76 


43.30 


31.88 


26.14 


27.83 


30.29 


13.04 


8.94 


449.33 


1820 


131.12 


71.18 


63.01 


54.63 


52.59 


38.57 


35.40 


34.11 


30.06 


19.86 


13.14 


543.67 



The Twelfth District was not organized until 1821, 
when portions of the fourth and eighth districts were set off 
for this purpose. The citizens of the new district were 
Eliphaz Allen, Nathan Underwood, Peter Howe, Samuel 
Tarbell, Thomas Tarbell, Isaac Learned, John Richards, Jr., 
Josiah Peirce, Nahum Peirce, and Nathan Derby, Jr. The 
school-house near Monomonock Lake, in the old third 
district, was burned in the winter of 1824-5. This event 
immediately led to some changes in the district boundaries 
in that vicinity. 

The Thirteenth, or Cornee, District was then or- 
ganized, and was formed from the first or centre, and 
the third districts. It extended west on the turnpike, to 
include the farm of Stephen Emory, recently deceased ; and 
east to include the farm of Thaddeus Richards, now of 
Stephen Hale ; and in the third district it included Con- 
verseville and the farm of Capt. Wellington, now of his 
son Gilman P. Wellington ; while the Jones farm and the 
farms on Hubbard Hill were added to the centre district. 
The new school-house in the third district was built at the 
foot of the hill, west of the dwelling-house of Abraham J. 
Converse, which in 1849 was burned, when the present 
house was built in a more central location. The school- 
house in the Corner District was built at the foot of the 
hill, about forty rods east of Mr. Cutter's wheelwright 
shop. The present house, still farther east, was built in 
1858, and is excelled by none in town. 



288 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

In 1848, the town was new districted, and the former 
boundaries considerably disturbed, and some of the inhabit- 
ants also. The numbers of the districts were also changed. 
The first became the fifth ; the second the tenth ; the tliird 
the eighth; the fourth and ninth were united and styled 
the third ; the fifth became the second ; the sixth the 
seventh ; the seventh the first ; the eighth the twelfth ; the 
tenth the ninth ; the twelfth the fourth ; the thirteenth the 
sixth ; while the eleventh retained its former number. This 
explanation is not very euphonic, but it briefly expresses a 
fact which should not be omitted in an account of the 
school districts. In 1869, District Number One became 
extinct. The extreme northeast portion and a part of 
Sharon formed a union district. During the same year 
District Number Twelve, which was lessened in area in 
1848, was annexed to Numbers Three and Four. This 
leaves a present number of nine districts, besides portions 
of the former districts Number One and Number Eleven, 
which are joined with sections of other towns. 

Within twenty-five years, eight new school-houses have 
been built, which will compare favorably with those in a 
majority of rural towns. Of the remaining houses, the 
poorest is in the centre district, whose inhabitants are 
abundantly able to have a more convenient and comfortable 
house. It could not be fully described without the use 
of many depreciating adjectives. It is hoped that the 
apparent veneration of the district for this ancient structure 
will soon yield to the increasing demands for a more suitable 
building. The annual aj)propriation for the support of 
schools has been constantly increasing for many years. 
About fourteen hundred dollars is now raised by a tax 
upon the inhabitants, and, in addition, an average of about 
one hundred and twenty-five dollars is received from the 



SCHOOLS. 289 

two sources of literary fund, which is considerably in excess 
of the average of other towns in the State. 

Space will not admit of a continuation of the list of 
teachers. Only those who taught early in the period are 
here noticed. When nineteen years of age, and while a 
student at college, Edward Payson taught the centre school, 
and a few years later his brother Phillips was employed 
several terms. 

Gates Rand, Liberty Rand, Simon Davis, Abel Shedd, - 
'Josiah Shedd, Eliphalet Sawtell, Thomas Ingalls, Greene 
Towne, Warham Rand, Jonathan Sawtell, Amos Keyes, 
Rev. Joseph Brown, Hubbard Moors, Warham R. Platts, 
Samuel Steele, are still remembered as teachers of that 
period. Some of them were teachers many years. Jonathan 
Sawtell was fond of stating that he had stood in the desk 
five and twenty terms. Perhaps Simon Davis and Amos. 
Keyes were as constantly employed, and later, Jason B. 
Perry taught many terms, and was associated with some of 
these in their later labors in the school-room. The summer 
schools were very frequently committed to the care of Polly 
Bowers, who died unmarried at an advanced age ; Catherine 
Johnson, afterwards the wife of John Demary, Jr. ; Mary 
Colburn, afterwards Mrs. Talmon Jennings ; Polly Kimball, 
later Mrs. Joshua Converse ; Hannah Adams ; Hepsibah 
Cutler, later Mrs. John Townsend ; Polly Davis ; Naomi 
Adams, wife of Isaac Spofford ; Maria Hunt, afterwards the 
wife of Rev. Joseph Brown ; Matilda Rand, later the wife 
of Timothy Bancroft ; Sophia Sawyer, the missionary ; 
Fanny Demary, daughter of Ezeldel Demary; Abigail 
Stearns, later Mrs. Chauncey Perry ; and very many others, 
which space will not admit. 

The town continued to choose a prudential committee of 
one for each district until 1809, when Edward Jewett, Esq., 



290 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

introduced the following motion, which was adopted : " That 
the inhabitants of each school district in the town meet in 
their respective districts, on the last Tuesday of March, at 
three o'clock, P.M., and choose a moderator and clerk for 
their district. Also to choose an agent for their own 
district to provide teachers for their respective districts. 
That each moderator and clerk certify in writing to the 
selectmen the person chosen. That the selectmen certify 
to said agent the proportion of school money for his partic- 
ular district. That said agents seasonably provide such 
teachers for their respective districts as are qualified, as the 
law directs." The remainder of this vote provided that 
the selectmen should pay the teachers out of the school 
money, on orders given by the prudential committees. This 
plan was followed five years, when the former method was 
resumed. No reason for its abandonment is apparent, unless 
it was presumed that a choice by the districts would not 
be sustained by the existing laws of the State. With the 
exception of two other years, the town annually chose the 
prudential committees, until a plan very similar to the one 
introduced twenty years earlier by Mr. Jewett became the 
law of the State, and since 1830, under the provisions of 
this statute, the districts have continued to elect their pru- 
dential committees, who are qualified to draw the school 
money from the town treasury for their respective districts, 
instead of paying the teachers by an order, as was the 
practice under the plan of Mr. Jewett. 

The question of supervision of the schools, for the first 
time, was favorably entertained by the town in March, 1810. 
The following report of a committee, consisting of Gates 
Rand, David Barker, and Jonathan Ingalls, chosen to make 
some recommendation on that subject, was then presented : 
" In our opinion, it will be expedient to choose a committee 



SCHOOLS. 291 

of three persons to examine the schools, and that no agent 
for any district shall set up any Master, who has never 
taught school before, until he has been examined by said 
committee, and received their approbation. And that the 
agent for said district shall notify said committee of the 
time when it will be most agreeable to his district to have 
the school examined, and that each district shall choose one 
or more persons to meet with said committee." This report 
was made the same day the committee was chosen, which 
gave them little time for its preparation. Yet it is pre- 
sumed that its brevity is more particularly the result of 
good judgment on the part of its authors, who expressed 
their opinions in very proper terms, and, with a rare display 
of good sense, withheld all needless comment. The report 
was adopted, and a committee chosen. Rev. Seth Payson, 
Col. Josiah Wilder, and Thomas Ingalls, constituted the 
first superintending school committee in this town ; and 
during the years immediately following, Simon Davis, 
William Sherwin, Samuel L. Wilder, Gates Rand, and 
Amos Keyes, were also chosen. The committee was vari- 
ously selected from the eight persons just named, until the 
year 1820, when the town, for the succeeding seven years, 
either neglected to choose any one, or else chose one from 
each district to superintend his respective school. In 1827, 
a more select number was chosen, and either by an election, 
or appointment by the selectmen, a committee, generally of 
three, has been annually chosen, until the present system 
of electing one each year, to serve three years, was adopted 
a few years since. At this date, Rev. Mr. Burnham was 
chosen, who continued faithfully to serve the town in this 
capacity, almost without interruption, for more than thirty 
years. He at once evinced a lively interest in the schools 
of this town, and the cause of popular education is much 



292 HISTOBT OF RINDGE. 

indebted to his wise counsels and faithful labors in its 
behalf. The first written report of the school committee 
was for the year 1828, and was drafted by Mr. Burnham. 
Since then an annual report has been made without inter- 
ruption, which, for the past twenty-five years, has been 
printed at the expense of the town. 

In addition to the public schools, sustained by the town, 
a private school, supported by tuition, has been enjoyed for 
about three months in the year, during a considerable 
portion of the time, for the past sixty years. These terms 
generally have been well attended, and the exhibition given 
by the students at the close of the term has been a prom- 
inent feature of these enterprises. In these exhibitions, 
George P. Barker began to exercise his wonderful power 
over an audience, and in these juvenile efforts, while 
declaiming the words of another, a prophecy of his rare 
oratorical powers was proclaimed by the tears he called 
from the eyes of many unused to weep. 

In those palmy days of the town, when almost every 
conceivable topic was a fit subject for legislation, when the 
meeting-house, the length of intermission between the serv- 
ices on the Sabbath, the salary of the minister, the exclusion 
of dogs from the doors of the sanctuary, were fruitful 
themes for public discussion and decision, the students were 
obliged to secure the consent of the town before they were 
permitted to hold their exhibitions in the meeting-house. 
Nearly seventy years ago, when such a request was made, 
the town, with an air of great prudence, voted that " the 
young people have liberty to hold a public exhibition in 
the meeting-house, provided the pieces to be exhibited be 
first presented for the inspection of Rev. Mr. Payson and 
the selectmen." Thus, with the approval of the minister 
and the town officials, the students were instructed to speak 



SCHOOLS. 293 

the speech trippingly on the tongue, or to announce to their 
friends that they came not here to talk. For the hundredth 
time, the old Peruvian was discovered among the palm- 
trees, and Cffisar was buried with little praise. With great 
boldness, they condemned and noted Lucius Pella, or 
sounded a prophetic warning in the ears of Lochiel, with 
an assurance that it must be so, for Plato reasoned well. 
Again was Cromwell charged to throw away ambition, 
while the younger orators continued to harrow the sympa- 
thies of their hearers with their appeals for pity for the 
sorrows of the poor old man, whose name and residence 
have never been disclosed. 

In many instances the committee of supervision has 
been appointed by the selectmen instead of being elected 
by the town. For several years the record of appointment 
has not been discovered. The following list presents the 
date of the first election, and, as far as has been ascertained, 
gives the number of years each individual named has served 
upon the school committee : Rev. Seth Payson, 1810, (2) ; 
Josiah Wilder, 1810, (3) ; Thomas Ingalls, 1810, (7) ; Simon 
Davis, 1811, (7) ; William Sherwin, 1811, (5) ; Samuel L. 
Wilder, 1811, (5); Gates Rand, 1812, (4); Amos Keyes, 
1813, (5) ; Rev. A. W. Burnham, 1827, and almost continu- 
ously until 1857 ; Benjamin Ward, Esq., 1827, (1) ; Jason 
B. Perry, 1827, (6 or more) ; Dr. A. D. Shurtleff, 1829, (2); 
S. B. Sherwin, 1829, (9) ; Dr. Nathaniel Kingsbury, 1833, 
(2) ; Dr. E. D. Abell, 1843, (5 or more) ; Dr. Josiah Abbott, 
1845, (10 or more) ; W. C. Brigham, 1847, (6 or more) ; 
David Stowe, 1854, (6 or more) ; Rev. A. M. Osgood, 1853, 
(1); Rev. Silas Cummings, 1857, (1); Rev. C. H. Chase, 
1858, (1) ; George W. Todd, Jr., 1858, (1) ; James B. Perry, 
1862, (1) ; Amos J. Blake, 1862, (2) ; Ezra S. Stearns, 1863, 
(2); George A. Whitney, 1864, (1). For several years, 
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294 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

from 1865, only one person was chosen. Ezra S. Stearns, 
1865, (1); Rev. Henry Chandler, 1866, (2); George A. 
Whitney, 1868, (2) ; W. C. Brigham, 1870, (1) ; Eev. A. L. 
Kendall, 1871, (1) ; A. S. Coffin, 1872, (1). Since 1872, a 
board of education has been elected for the term of three 
years, and has included A. S. Coffin, (2), Rev. William H. 
Stuart, (1), Anson A. Platts, (1), Joseph F. Wetherbee, (1). 



CHAPTER XIV. 

MILLS AND MANUFACTUBE8. 

Inconveniences Experienced by the Early Settlers. — The First Saw- 
MiU. — Grist-MiU. — Hopkinson's MiU. — Robbins' MiU. — TarbeU 
Mill. — Platts' Mill. — Asa Cole. — Tanneries. — Shoes. — Clothes- 
pins. — Nest Boxes. — Pails. — Clothiers. — Bobbins and Spools. — 
Miscellaneous. 

To CONQUER a wilderness, and surround themselves with 
the necessities of life, was the mission of the early settlers ; 
and this required the exercise of labor and endurance. For 
several years the grain was carried to the older towns to be 
ground, and the lumber used in the first dwellings was 
transported over the rudest highways from the mills in 
other places. In midwinter the journey was not infre- 
quently made upon snow-shoes, and a bushel of corn or of 
rye was borne upon the shoulders of the sturdy father, that 
his family might be supplied with their homely fare. The 
boards that were used for the doors and interior of the first 
log-houses were brought from the mill in Townsend, and 
later from New Ipswich. These inconveniences, and the 
numerous water-courses in the settlement, were constantly 
inviting them to construct mills of their own; and, when 
once the measure was proposed, few enterprises were 
conducted with as much success and as little delay. 



296 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

The proposition to build a saw-mill in this town was 
first made at a meeting of the proprietors, held at Groton, in 
February, 1759, when a committee was chosen " to look out 
a convenient place for a saw-mill." In September of the 
same year, Lieut. Samuel Reed, of Lunenburg, Joseph 
Platts, and Jonathan Parker, of Monadnock Number One, 
were instructed to " employ a proper experienced mill- 
wright to go to said Number One and look out y^ best 
mill place." At the same time it was agreed to sell so 
much of the three mill lots as might be needed to encourage 
some person to build a saw-mill on the selected site. The 
proprietors did not desire to own, or wholly to control, the 
mill, but proposed to make this gratuity as an encourage- 
ment to any one who Avould build, and agree to saw lumber 
for the settlers at reasonable prices. The records express a 
determination that there should be no delay, and, unlike the 
approach to many other enterprises, there were no postpone- 
ments or motions of reconsideration. In this particular 
their votes are in marked contrast with those concerning 
the meeting-house, since no fear of Indian hostilities is 
mentioned in this connection. 

On the twenty-fourth of the following month, Abel 
Platts, of Number One, Lieut. Samuel Reed, and Capt. 
Jacob Gould, of Lunenburg, were chosen to build the mill, 
with authority " to contract with an experienced workman, 
and to conduct the whole affair at y" expense of the Pro- 
prietors, and that the undertaker give bond for y*' true 
performance of y® work." At this meeting it was decided 
to build the mill upon the twelfth lot in the third range. 
In 1760, the records indicate that the mill lots had been 
sold, but no mention is made of the purchasers, or to whom 
a part or the whole of the proceeds was paid for building 
the mill. It is reasonably certain that it was completed 



MILLS AND MANUFACTUBES. 297 

during the year. The mill was built by Abijah Smith, of 
Leominster, afterwards a resident of New Ipswich. He 
also resided for a few years in Winchendon, but was never 
a resident of this town. Henry Coffeen was also employed 
as a carpenter or mill-wright, and twenty-five years later he 
owned a mill in Ac worth, in which he lost his life. Very 
soon, if not immediately, after its completion, the mill passed 
into the possession of Josiah Ingalls, who gave bonds to the 
proprietors of the township that he would saw all the logs 
delivered at the mill by the residents of the township at a 
stated price. This bond was given in consideration of the 
money granted by the proprietors to aid in defraying the 
expense of the building. In this mill was sawed the 
material for the meeting-house, which was built soon after, 
and the name of the owner frequently occurs in connection 
with the expense of boards and other material for this 
purpose. Mr. Ingalls was succeeded by James Philbrick. 

The site of this mill is clearly traceable near the outlet 
of Grassy Pond. It was not an enduring structure, and 
was early referred to as the old mill, for better ones were 
soon after built. The site, once a place of great importance 
in the town, was soon abandoned. It is now many yards 
from any traveled highway, and the fact that there was 
ever a mill in that locality is fast fading from the memory 
of men. As will be noticed elsewhere, the course of this 
stream has been diverted from its original channel. 

As soon as the erection of a saw-mill was made certain, 
the proprietors, with renewed confidence, proceeded to 
consider and act upon the usual preliminary measures 
about building a grist-mill. After the choice of several 
committees, they had proceeded so far as to determine, in 1760, 
that it should be built near the saw-mill. While these meas- 
ures were being discussed, the undertaking was suddenly 



298 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

suspended by the enterprise of Jonathan Hopkinson, who 
had built such a mill without assistance, while the propri- 
etors had been clearing the decks for action. In 1762, he 
solicits their " assistance in repairing his grist-mill." The 
warrant containing this request is preserved, but no record 
of this meeting can be found, and the result is unknown. 

Mr. Hopkinson soon after removed to Jaffrey. The 
location of his mill is not certainly known, but it was 
probably on the site of the present mill of O. D. Converse 
& Son, for a saw-mill and grist-mill under the same roof 
upon this site were sold in 1775 by James Streeter to Jacob 
Fitch. The same year Mr. Fitch sold the mills to his 
brother, Paul Fitch, who sold the property soon after to 
William Farwell. During the ownership of Mr. Farwell, 
the town, in 1779, built an expensive bridge across the 
stream below the mill. 

The mill was afterwards owned by Capt. Benjamin Lap- 
ham and by his brother, Lieut. King Lapham, who conveyed 
the premises, in 1784, to the Kimballs, in whose possession 
they remained until 1845, when they were purchased by 
Joshua Converse, Esq., and have since continued in the 
possession of members of this family. The present owners 
are O. D. Converse & Son. 

For more than one hundred years, a saw-mill and a grist- 
mill have been continued on this site. At present there is 
no other grist-mill in town. 

Previous to 1769, David and William Robbins, who 
resided in the southwest part of the town, built a mill 
just over the line in Winchendon, which is early referred 
to upon the records. The owners supposed the mill was 
within the limits of the town, and were thus taxed for 
several years. A better knowledge of the location of the 
State line revealed the fact that the mill was in Royalston 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 299 

Leg, as it was styled, — a tract of land which, in 1780, was 
joined to Winchendon. 

Previous to the Revolution, Lieut. Samuel Tarbell built 
a mill in the west part of the town, on the stream leading 
from Pearly Pond. 

In 1780, the town voted not " to Build a bridge over the 
stream that [flows] from Lieut. Tarballs mill across the 
Road that leads to Fitzwilliam." This refusal on the part 
of the town to build a bridge arose from the presumption 
that if there was no dam across the stream there would be 
no necessity for a bridge ; and the next year the town 
noticed this encroachment upon their highways in these hot 
words : " That the Selectmen and Surveyors Proceed with 
Tarball according to law." Having summoned to their aid 
the strong arm of the law, and committed the management 
of the affair to fifteen men, it is highly probable that the 
public interests suffered no detriment. 

For several years another saw-mill was in operation on 
the Emerson Pond stream, just as it falls into Monomonock 
Lake. It was owned for several years by Eben Platts. 
These mills were wholly employed in grinding grain, and in 
sawing boards, and other coarse lumber, for the buildings 
erected by the inhabitants. 

Probably there were no other mills until near the close 
of the century, when several new enterprises were inaugu- 
rated, which will be mentioned in topics without an attempt 
to preserve the order of date of each enterprise. 

The stream from Grassy Pond, following its natural 
channel, flowed directly into Long Pond, without taking its 
present circuitous course through Pool Pond, before its 
waters mingle with those of its former receptacle. About 
1800, Asa Cole constructed the canal which is the present 
bed of the stream. Several mill privileges were found 



300 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

upon the stream at West Rindge, which were soon occupied. 
Mr. Cole built a mill where stands the residence of Samuel 
W. Fletcher, which soon after came into the possession of 
William Rugg, who had a grist-mill and some other ma- 
chinery within it. Later, Mr. Rugg removed the grist-mill 
into a new building where the pail-shop now stands. 

The first tannery was erected by Benjamin Bancroft, 
who came from Groton about 1773, and built a house a 
short distance east of the residence of Col. Stearns. His 
vats for tanning were west of his residence. Mr. Bancroft 
sold the property, and removed to Grafton, Vermont, about 
1813. The business was subsequently conducted, for a ' 
short time, by John Demary, son of Ezekiel Demary, 
assisted by the father of his wife — Mr. Nathan Johnson. 
No business has been done at this place for more than fifty 
years, and all traces of the yard are now obliterated. 

There was a tannery on the low ground north of the 
highway, between the residences of Addison Todd and 
Joshua T. Hunt, which was put into operation about 1800, 
and in a few years the business was suspended. It was 
under the management of Wallingford Todd. 

At West Rindge, between the two roads south of the 
residence of Oratio P. Allen, Joseph Crumble had another 
yard. It was established several years before the canal 
conveyed the water from Grassy Pond. Mr. Crumble 
suspended business a few years previous to his death in 
1846. 

Sumner Raymond erected a yard, with convenient build- 
ings, near the brook east of the residence of Charles F. 
Stearns, about 1820. The business was carried on at this 
place by Mr. Raymond until 1839, when Charles Mixer 
bought the main building, and removed it to the yard owned 
by him. 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 301 

About 1798, William Barker purcliased. the site upon 
which the saw-mill of A. S. Coffin now stands, and estab- 
lished a capacious yard. Mr. Barker was the first who 
introduced machinery, and employed water power to assist 
in the various operations connected with the business. In 
the other establishments the motive power for grinding 
bark was a horse, whose hide was generally well tanned 
before the animal died. Mr. Barker sold the establishment 
to Charles Mixer, in 1820, who conducted the business until 
his death, in 1841. He was succeeded by George D. Hap- 
good, who remained in the business at this place until the 
buildings were entirely destroyed by fire, in May, 1855. 
During thirteen years of successful management, Mr. Hap- 
good was in partnership with Amos Knowlton one year, 
with Charles S. Mixer two, and later with William Merriam 
four years. 

In the early history of the town, and even within the 
memory of many living, much of the custom shoe-making 
was done at the home of the families in need of such work. 
Many of the shoe-makers went from house to house, and 
remained at each until their services were no longer 
required. These workmen were generally styled cord- 
wainers, and were numerous, generally having some other 
occupation to employ them when not thus engaged. At 
this time but little of what is styled sale work was found at 
the stores. About forty years ago Amos Cutler and 
Sylvester Wood entered upon the manufacture of kid and 
cloth shoes, which were sold in the market and distributed 
among the retail traders, where they awaited purchasers. 
At times, when the business was promising, twenty-five men 
were employed, besides affording employment to many 
women who bound the shoes. They had two shops. 
One at present is occupied by Abner F. Chadwick, in the 



302 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

manufacture of matrices for casting type ; the other, and 
larger, building, was near by, and nearer the highway. 
They also had a shop in a portion of the house now known 
as the Methodist parsonage. Mr. Wood died 1841, and 
Mr. Cutler formed a partnership with William S. Hum- 
phrey. In 1846, John S. Fenno bought the stock and tools, 
but soon reduced the business to a class of custom work. 
In addition to his general business of tanning, Charles 
Mixer was engaged for several years in the manufacture 
of sale work. 

Clothes-Pests, which for many years were extensively 
manufactured in this town, were first made by Richard 
Kimball. For several years he had no associates in the 
business. His only tools were a knife and a hand-saw. 
With genuine Yankee ingenuity he patiently whittled the 
pins into a desired shape, and made the wedge-shaped 
opening with his saw. The small number made by this 
slow process of manufacture was sold by Mr. Kimball 
during his accustomed travels in this and the neighboring 
states in quest of customers. The increasing demand for 
these useful articles soon induced others to engage in the 
business. Many of the most important manufactures in our 
country have sprung from the most humble beginning. The 
pioneers are worthy of remembrance. Richard Stewart, of 
Winchendon, was the first who employed machinery in the 
manufacture of clothes-pins, and very soon after Aaron 
Sawtell and Servetus Metcalf engaged in the business in 
this town. Their mill was on the stream flowing from 
Pearly Pond, and was more recently owned by Timothy 
Metcalf. The early manufacture of these useful articles, 
compared with later years, was a slow process. The log 
was sawed in proper lengths with a cross-cut saw drawn by 
two men ; the blocks were then split into square pieces of 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 303 

suitable dimensions, which were shaved into uniform size, 
and turned with a gouge and chisel. It is said that twenty 
to twenty-five gross was a day's work for one turner. At 
first the pins were held in a vise, and the opening cut out 
with a hand-saw. In the progress of a few years they were 
sawed into squares and cut into suitable lengths by circular 
saws, were turned in lathes designed and made especially 
for their manufacture, and the opening cut with a saw, 
which gave the desired fashion by means of knives either 
attached to or formed by cutting the saw and turning out 
a sharpened edge. This device was patented by Oratio P. 
Allen, of this town, who received a royalty from those who 
made use of it. 

It is estimated that for several years more of these 
convenient articles were manufactured in Rindge than in 
all other places combined, and many were exported to other 
countries. N. C. Russell, Joshua Converse & Co. — the 
partners were his sons Zebulon and Omar D. Converse, — 
Oratio P. Allen, Timothy Metcalf, Eliakim Russell and 
Jabez Butler, A. S. Sawtell, Henry Russell and Hiram 
Robinson, Asaph W. Goodridge, Dr. Stephen Jewett, and 
Dennis Howe, for several years were engaged in this manu- 
facture. 

But few of these articles have been made in Rindge 
since 1858, and none for the past ten years. 

This enterprise was much facilitated by the lathes for 
turning, already referred to, which were mainly designed 
and constructed by John Emory, an ingenious machinist, 
to whom the manufacturers of many kinds of wooden ware 
were much indebted. 

Several residents of this town were formerly engaged in 

.the manufacture of oval and round spice-boxes, of which 

several sizes were made, admitting one within another ; for 



304 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

this reason they were early styled " nest-boxes." Their con- 
struction was laborious and slow. The rims were split with 
a frow, and shaved to a desired and uniform thickness ; the 
heads were also split and shaved in the same tedious manner, 
and, after they were marked from a pattern, were cut with 
knives in the hands of the workmen into a desired shape. 
These patient toilers had little time to imagine that their 
sons, with the aid of machinery, would make a dozen or a 
score while they were engaged upon a single one. The few 
of these mechanics who are living admit that the modern 
machine-box is more quickly and cheaply made, but insist 
that theirs were more durable and more carefully con- 
structed. 

Daniel Emory, Stephen Emory, Isaac and Addison M. 
Wood, Braddyll Smith, James Bennett, Amos B. Harris, 
Benjamin and J.Warren Stowe, were engaged in this business. 

This class of workmen, perhaps on account of the simi- 
larity of the tools employed, were frequently coopers as 
well as box-makers, and some of them also made wooden 
measures. In this connection mention should be made of 
the drums which were made in two of these shops. During 
the war of 1812, many were sold to the government, which 
were sounded in measuring the march of the troops during 
the campaigns that ensued. The enormous drum, which 
for many years was so accurately and soundly beaten by 
Elbridge Wood on training and muster days, was made by 
Capt. Stephen Emory. But the drummer and the maker 
are dead, the training and the muster days are almost 
forgot, and a new era in the manufacture of this class of 
ware has come and gone. The slow, laborious process of 
hand-labor can never successfully compete with the swifter 
and more accurate evolutions of ingeniously contrived 
machines in cutting and fashioning wood. 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 305 

The introduction of machinery driven by power soon 
put an end to this business. The implements of hand-labor, 
with their smoothly worn handles, are laid aside, and the 
little shops are closed. A few still remain, as monuments 
of the industry and patient toil of our fathers. For a long 
time, we trust, those near the residences of the late Stephen 
Emory and J. A. Gibson, of A. M. Wood and J. F. Hale, 
will remain, to proclaim the example of the uncomplaining 
labor of their former occupants. 

In 1848, Samuel Page, of Winchendon, moved to Rindge, 
and introduced the first power machines for the manufacture 
of nest and bail-boxes. He occupied the mill which stood 
upon the site of E. B. Cutter's wheelwright shop. 

In 1850, he sold his machinery to Reuben Ramsdell, who 
removed it to his mill in East Rindge. Mr. Ramsdell has 
continued the business with success, and has introduced 
many valuable improvements. He has had two mills 
burned, but each time he built larger. In 1870, he sold 
the mill and surrounding property to the Union Box and 
Lumber Company, of which Joel Wellington is the manager 
and principal owner. This company continue the business 
on an extensive scale, making also a large number of boxes 
for fruit and figs. In 1852, Henry Russell, who owned a 
mill about one-fourth of a mile below on the stream, began 
to make the same kind of boxes. Several years later he 
sold out to O. J. and A. S. Raymond, who enlarged the 
mill, and did an extensive business until 1871, when R. 
Ramsdell & Co. purchased the property, and continue the 
business. The other partners of the firm are Zebulon and 
Clovis M. Converse. 

At each of the box manufactories is a saw-mill, in which 
a considerable amount of coarse lumber is annually cut out. 



306 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Steam is also employed by both in connection with water- 
power. 

In 1871, Morton E. Converse commenced the manu- 
facture of a box, alike in material to the nest-box, but either 
of a square or oblong form. The process of turning a 
corner in the rim without breaking the wood, and the 
machine for doing the work originated with him. His 
mill, with the saw-mill connected, are on the same stream, 
and a few rods below the mill of O. D. Converse & Son. 
A mill upon the same site, which was built by William 
Kimball forty years ago, was burned in 1843. The present 
mill was built by Joshua Converse in 1845. 

Pails were first made in town by Dr. Stephen Jewett 
and Dennis Howe. They built a mill for that purpose in 
the west part of the town, on the Pearly Pond stream, 
about forty years ago. This was among the first power 
mills in the country for the manufacture of pails. Although 
not of greater dimensions than some other mills in town, it 
was not styled the mill, or shop, but received no small 
distinction from the designation of "The Pail Factory." 
Mr. Howe soon sold his interest, and was succeeded by 
Levi Howe, Esq., Harvey Platts, and Capt. C. H. Cole, as 
partners of Dr. Jewett. The mill was burned in 1853, and 
was not rebuilt. 

About ten years since, Charles A. and George A. Whit- 
ney bought the mill formerly owned by George E. Smith, at 
West Rindge, and commenced the manufacture of pails. 
Their mill has been burned, but was promptly rebuilt, upon 
an enlarged and commodious plan. A saw-mill has been 
added, and steam is employed to drive their machinery 
whenever the stream fails to afford sufficient power. 

As clearly seen from the formation of the surrounding 
land, the natural outlet of Emerson Pond was at the east 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 307 

end, between the farms of Stephen Hale and Ivers H. 
Brooks. Nearly a century ago, a canal was made through a 
small ridge of land, at the western end of the pond, which 
was reduced to a lower plane than the eastern outlet, and 
which diverted the water from this pond through the Emory 
meadow, and by the mills below. By the original channel, 
the water crossed the highway, about sixty rods east of the 
residence of Stephen Hale, and was emptied into the Converse 
reservoir, about one-fourth of a mile above the Converse 
mills. Although diverted its entire length from its natural 
channel, the stream empties into the Monomonock Lake, 
within a short distance from the mouth of the former brook. 
Many years ago, legal proceedings were had in regard to 
the natural channel of the stream, and the interests of the 
western or present outlet secured the verdict, apparently in 
opposition to the decrees of Nature. 

About the time Mr. Barker established the tan-yard, on 
the Emerson Pond stream, Ebenezer Brown, more famil- 
iarly known, in later years, as Deacon Brown, purchased the 
mills immediately above, and began business as a clothier. 
One of his mills is now occupied by A. S. Cof&n, and the 
other was burned, when the buildings connected with the 
tannery were destroyed. The main part of his business was 
dressing cloth that had been woven in the hand-looms. In 
1822, he was succeeded in the business by his son, Capt. E. 
W. Brown, who did not continue the manufacture of cloth, 
but wholly engaged in wool-carding and cloth-dressing. 
This business was not continued after the death of Mr. 
Brown, which occurred in 1839. In the same building a 
machine for carding rolls, for the few who can spin, has been 
maintained by Mr. Coffin to the present time. 

Dr. Stephen Jewett, senior, owned, for several years, a 
small carding establishment on the West Rindge stream, 



308 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

near Pool Pond. It has not been in operation for many- 
years. 

The mills formerly owned by Mr. Brown were pur- 
chased, about 1840, by Silas Coffin, who immediately 
commenced the manufacture of bobbins and spools. Mr. 
Coffin introduced many valuable improvements in the ma- 
chinery employed in the manufacture of these wares. He 
also built the mill upon the site of the tan-yard. This 
building was occupied by George S. Coffin, for a short time, 
in cleansing wool, a business in which he was extensively 
engaged. Since his removal to Winchendon, in 1864, A. S. 
Coffin has employed the power in driving a saw-mill. The 
latter also succeeded his father in the manufacture of 
bobbins and spools, and has successfully conducted the 
business for the past fifteen or more years. The wares 
manufactured by Mr. Coffin are used wholly by the manu- 
facturers of woolen fabrics, and maintain a reputation 
excelled by none. 

From sixty to eighty years ago, there were several 
hatters' shops in this town. The dwelling-house of the 
late Mary Davis, and one or two other buildings, were 
occupied by Col. William Gardner, in this business. Capt. 
Leonard Wellington was also engaged in the business, and 
had a shop in his dwelling-house, now owned by Dr. Josiah 
Abbott. The sign which was suspended over his door 
proclaiming his occupation, is in the possession of his son, 
Joel Wellington. 

Brushes of many styles were formerly made by Seth 
Whiting. He commenced the manufacture in the building 
connected with the dwelling-house of Miss Millie Walker, 
and subsequently built a large shop on the site of the 
wheelwright shop of E. B. Cutter. He removed from 



MILLS AND MANUFACTURES. 309 

town about 1836, and the business was not continued by- 
other parties. 

O. P. Allen formerly employed several hands in splitting 
palm-leaf, and subsequently owned a saw-mill, in which he 
also manufactured wooden-ware. This mill, situated near 
his residence in West Rindge, was burned in 1867, and has 
not been rebuilt. Moses W. and Hudson D. Hale have 
manufactured a large number of corn-brooms, and a variety 
of wooden-ware at times has been sent to the market from 
this town. Ten years ago, M. E. Converse began the man- 
ufacture of pyroligneous acid, and is still engaged in the 

* 
business. 

At present, in addition to a large amount of coarse lum- 
ber annually cut out at the several manufactories, the chief 
products of the mills are nest-boxes, by Joel Wellington, 
and R. Ramsdell & Co. ; the square box, by M. E. Converse ; 
bobbins and spools, by A. S. Coffin ; pails, by the Whitney 
Brothers; saw-horses, by A. S. Sawtell; a variety of wooden- 
ware, by E. S. Kimball, Elijah Bemis, and Warren Sawtell ; 
and toys, ingeniously fashioned, by Otis P. Butler. 



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CHAPTER XV. 

THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 

Prevailing Sentiment of the People. — Importance of Town Meetings. — 
Resolutions Adopted. — Spontaneous Meetings, — War Committee 
Chosen. — Presentation of a Sword to Capt. Converse. — Sudden 
Death of Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq. — Names and Character of the 
Soldiers. — Record of Sixth Regiment, 1862. — Additional Bounties 
Offered. — Soldiers in the Ninth, Fom-teenth, and Sixteenth Regi- 
ments. — Record, 1863. — Draft. — Regiment of Cavalry. — Substi- 
tutes for Enrolled Men. — Last Quota Filled. — Surgeons Darling, 
Abbott, and Norcross. — Others in the Service. — Payments by the 
War Committee, and for Bounties. — List of Selectmen. — Soldiers' 
Aid Society. — Tablets. 

The general feeling of solicitude and alarm whicli per- 
vaded the loyal North, during the winter and early spring 
of 1861, while several of the Southern States were openly 
declaring for treason, was fully shared by the people of this 
town. Unanimity of sentiment was nowhere more com- 
plete. A determined spirit of loyalty was universally 
manifested, and early found expression in unqualified terms. 
In the retirement of home, upon the streets, in public 
assemblages, and lastly in the town-meetings, the paramount 
question of the hour was the preservation of the union of 
the States. 



THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 311 

In public assemblages of the people, the American Revo- 
lution was inaugurated, and the crowning result of the 
Revolution was the right secured by the people to control 
the government by the means of the pure democracy of 
town-meetings. And when the government was assailed 
by the treason of the South, it was equally significant and 
fitting that the voice of loyalty and patriotism should be 
heard in these primary assemblages. In no other manner 
could the will and popular sentiment of the people be so 
clearly made known. In this town the people secured an 
early opportunity to give such expression of their love for 
the Union, and their determination that it be sustained. 

At a meeting held on the twelfth of March, under an 
article in the warrant inviting the citizens, in the capacity 
of a town, to express their opinions on national affairs, a 
written preamble and resolutions were presented by Col. 
Jason B. Perry. The date of this action, a month previous 
to the great uprising of the North at the attack on Fort 
Sumter, surrounds it with peculiar interest. "Whereas a 
crisis now exists, hitherto unknown in the history of our 
country, we, the citizens of Rindge, in legal town-meeting 
assembled, desire to express and record our sentiments on 
the present condition of national affairs : Therefore, re- 
solved, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, 
of July 4, 1776, ' we hold that all men are created equal, 
and have an inalienable Right to Life, Liberty, and the 
Pursuit of Happiness. We hold that Governments are 
instituted for the Good of the whole People, and not for 
the Benefit of any Clique, Sect, or Party, whatsoever.' We 
believe that the Government of the United States was 
intended by its framers to be perpetual ; that the Consti- 
tution is self-sustaining, when rightly administered, and, to 
use its own words, is the supreme law of the land, anything 



312 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary, 
notwithstanding. We believe that no State of this Union 
has the right to secede therefrom, and set up an independent 
government of its own, any more than the town of Rindge 
has a right to secede from the State of New Hampshire, or 
any individual to cut loose from all society, and act according 
to his own will, independently of all other human beings. 
We therefore still abide by the Constitution and the laws, 
believing that those individuals and States which disregard 
and disobey them will, sooner or later, feel the bitter effects 
of their own rashness, folly, and madness." The record 
proceeds : *' The foregoing Preamble and Resolution, after 
being fully considered, were adopted by a unanimous vote, 
excepting one voice in the negative." 

The one voice in the negative represents the inalienable 
right of a minority, proves a tolerance of opinion, gives 
force to the vote as an unbiased expression of the people, 
and crowns the record with completeness. It is presumed 
that no assemblage of loyal citizens would have objected to 
these sentiments. The record has been cited rather as an 
early expression of the opinions of citizens, who were soon 
to be called upon for the proof of their sincerity. The 
following pages will record the manner in which that proof 
was rendered. It will be attempted only to narrate, in the 
plainest language, the manner in which the town of Rindge 
performed its part during the war. A plain record of 
events will present the patriotism of the inhabitants in the 
clearest possible light. The many self-denying, patriotic 
deeds, the magnitude of the many sacrifices made, and the 
sorrows of the bereaved, are natural deductions from such 
a narrative. 

When the intelligence of the surrender of Fort Sumter 
electrified the entire people of the North, the inhabitants 



THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 313 

of the town of Rindge were prompt to respond; not in 
defiance, not with expressions of hatred, but with unequiv- 
ocal evidence of an unalterable determination that such 
treason should be met with force and arms. On the even- 
ing of Monday, April 14, a spontaneous meeting of the 
citizens filled the Town Hall to overflowing, at an early 
hour. Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., presided. Earnest 
speeches were made by the Chairman, Ebenezer Blake, 
Samuel Henry Stearns, George A. Whitney, Benjamin Hale, 
and others, each expressing the universal sentiment of the 
assembled citizens, that any attempt to sever the union of 
the States was treason, and that the attack which had been 
made upon one of the forts of the general Government 
was treason that should be met at the bayonet's point. It 
was the voice of all the speakers, that the people of this 
town would not fail to perform their duty in the hour of 
danger. To this sentiment there was a most hearty approval 
manifested by all present. 

A town-meeting was promptly called, which gave a more 
deliberate expression of the state of the public mind. This 
meeting was held on the eleventh of May. The records state 
that the following resolution was read, candidly considered, 
and adopted by a unanimous vote : " Resolved, that a civil 
war now exists in this country, and as it is the most solemn 
duty of every citizen to support the Government which 
protects his property, his liberty, and his life, and to go to 
the utmost extent of his means to enable the lawful 
Government effectually to suppress and punish treason, 
insurrection, and rebellion, and sustain the laws, — we, the 
inhabitants of the town of Rindge, in legal town-meeting 
assembled, hereby pledge ourselves to those who have or 
may hereafter enlist into the service of their country, from 
this town, as soldiers, that we will provide them with such 



314 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

necessary arms and clothing as may not be furnished by the 
Government, and that the families of those who have them 
shall be well provided for ; and to carry out the foregoing 
pledge, we will choose a committee of five men, to be 
known as the War Committee, whose duty it shall be to 
borrow from time to time, on the credit of the town, such 
sums of money, not exceeding |3,000, as may be needed 
to carry out said pledge, in the true intent and meaning 
thereof; and to appropriate said money to said purposes, 
according to the best of their ability." 

In accordance with the provisions of this vote, a com- 
mittee of five was chosen, who performed their duties with 
great faithfulness, and fully carried out the foregoing pledge 
of the town. Their labors will be referred to in another 
section of this chapter. 

Previous to this meeting, eight young men, without 
waiting for any promises of assistance from the town, had 
enlisted into the First New Hampshire Regiment, wliich was 
raised for three months. They were honorably discharged 
with their regiment, on the ninth of August. They were : 
George W. Cragin, Henry E. Burritt, Henry E. Ballou, 
Oliver S. White, Albert S." Murphy, Hercules W. Raymond, 
Charles Brown, and Otave Demone. The service which 
they were called upon to perform was not extremely ardu- 
ous, nor were their experiences in any manner remarkable ; 
but as the first to enlist, who were soon to be followed by 
many others of equal courage, they merit especial mention. 

The enlistments of three years' men during the year 
were numerous, and included many who had families 
dependent upon them for suj^port. These they confidently 
left to the generous care of the town, and joined the grand 
army, hastening to the scene of activities. Several of the 



THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 315 

men in the First Regiment immediately reenlisted, from 
this and other towns. 

In the first New Hampshire Battery were Horace C. 
Bennett, Oscar I. Converse, George W. Cragin, and Andrew 
S. Ballon. They were mustered into service for three years, 
September 26, 1861, and remained in service until the expi- 
ration of the term of enlistment, except Oscar I. Converse, 
who was discharged, on account of disability contracted in 
the service. May 26, 1863. George W. Cragin reenlisted, 
December 26, 1863, and remained in the service until the 
close of the war. The battery was continuously with the 
army in Virginia and in Maryland, and rendered good 
service, participating in many battles, and sharing the 
hardships of several campaigns. 

The Sixth Regiment was raised in the autumn of this 
year, and contained thirty-six men from this town, thirty- 
four of whom were in Company K, which was recruited 
from this vicinity. Ebenezer H. Converse, who had ren- 
dered active and efficient service in raising a company, 
and under whose leadership the volunteers were promptly 
enrolled, was commissioned captain of the company in 
which this town was so fully and honorably represented. 
He accompanied the regiment to the seat of war, and 
continued in command of his company until his resignation, 
which occurred in April following. 

A few days before the regiment left the State, a large 
number of the citizens of Rindge were assembled in the 
Town Hall, to witness the presentation of a sword to Capt. 
Converse. On the eve of the departure of so many citizens 
of the town, and in the midst of many solicitous prayers 
for their personal safety, the occasion was memorable. 
Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., who was present with words of 
unqualified patriotism whenever his townsmen were assem- 



316 



HISTOBY OF EINDGE. 



bled to discuss the grave issues of the times, while presiding 
at this meeting suddenly expired in his chair. The event 
cast an additional shadow over the sadness of the hour. 
These volunteers joined the regiment at Keene, Novem- 
ber 28, 1861. By anticipating other events, considerable 
repetition will be avoided by giving some account of their 
service in this connection. 



Ambrose Butler. 



Henry E. Burritt. 
Morton E. Converse. 



Cyrus J. Clapp. 
George M. Cram. 

Augustus A. Chamberlain. 
Henry H. Davis. 
John A. Durant. 

Christopher C. Demary. 

James Fitz. 
Charles F. Gibson. 



Promoted sergeant; wounded at 
Petersburg, June 17, 1864, and 
discharged on account of disabil- 
ity, Dec. 17, 1864. 

Deserted. 

Promoted sergeant, June, 1863, and 
detailed as commissary of the 
Ambulance Corps. Mustered out 
at end of three years. 

Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
1862. 

Wounded at Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862. 
Discharged on account of wounds, 
Dec. 1, 1862. Gunshot wound in 
the face. 

Discharged for disability, June 18, 
1862. 

Discharged for disabihty, March 24, 
1863. 

Discharged for disability, April 1, 
1863. Reenhsted into Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Jan. 1, 1864. 

Received a gunshot wound in the 
hand, at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 
13, 1862. Discharged on account 
of wounds, March 17, 1863. 

Reenlisted for the war, Dec. 30, 1863. 
Mustered out with the regiment, 
July 17, 1865. 

Mustered out at the end of three 
years. 



THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 



317 



Paul Greenleaf. 

John Hecker. 
Erastus D. Hall. 
John W. Hastings. 
Joshua T. Hunt. 
Jairus W. Hodge. 
George S. Kimball. 
Howard Rand. 
William H. Rugg. 
John I. Reynolds. 
James E. Richardson. 



Justin S. Richardson. 



Henry H. Sherwin. 



Accidentally wounded. Discharged 
on account of wounds, Sept. 26, 
1864. 

Mustered out at the end of three 
years. 

Discharged for disability, June 16, 
1863. 

Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
1862. 

Discharged for disability, Oct. 25, 
1862. 

Discharged for disability, Jan. 29, 
1863. 

Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
Jan. 17, 1862. 

Promoted to sergeant. Killed at An- 
tietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
Jan. 20, 1862. 

Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 
1862. 

Reenlisted, Jan. 4, 1864, for the war. 
Promoted to first sergeant. Re- 
ceived a gunshot wound in the 
face at the battle of Spottsylvania 
Court House, May 12, 1864. Trans- 
ferred, . on account of wounds, to 
Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 20, 
1865, and mustered out, July 15, 
1865. 

Reenlisted for the war, Jan. 4, 1864. 
Taken prisoner at Poplar Grove, 
Va., Oct. 1, 1864. Soon after re- 
leased, promoted to corporal, June 
1, 1865; sergeant, July 1, 1865. 
Mustered out, July 17, 1865. 

Discharged for disability, April 10, 
1862. 



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HISTORY OF BIND GE. 



Nathan Smitli. 



Walter W. Smith. 



Willard Simonds. 
Edward P. Stratton. 
David Stowe. 
Josep Shaffee. 

Thomas R Todd. 
George A. Whitney. 

Thomas S. Whitney. 
William L. Whitney. 
Leonard P. Wellington. 



Reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Taken pris- 
oner at Poj^lar Grove, Va., Sept, 30, 
1864, and died within the rebel 
lines, at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 7, 
1865. 

Reenlisted, Jan. 4, 1864. Taken pris- 
oner, May 6, 1864. It is supposed 
that he was exchanged, and that he 
was lost at sea, on the voyage to 
the Union lines. 

Deserted at Newbern, N. C, July 21, 
1862. 

Died of disease at Annapolis, Md., 
Jan. 13, 1862. 

Discharged for disability, Sept. 27, 
1862. 

(Generally spelled Chaffee on Rindge 
records.) Reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. 
Promoted to corporal. Killed near 
Petersburg, Va., July 21, 1864. 

ReenHsted Jan. 4, 1864. Died of 
wounds received near Bethesda 
Church, Va., June 3, 1864. 

Received a gunshot wound in the hip, 
at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. 
Discharged, on account pf wounds, 
Oct. 31, 1862. 

Wounded May 6, 1864. Mustered 
out at end of three years. 

Discharged for disability, Dec. 26, 
1862. 

Discharged for disability, Feb. 23, 
1863. 



Two others were members of Company E, in the same 
regiment: Almon F. Nutting was wounded at Bull Run, 
Virginia, August 29, 1862, and discharged on account of 
the wounds received January 21, 1863 ; and James W. 
Russell, who reenlisted for the war, February 11, 1864, and 
was mustered out with his regiment July 17, 1865. 



THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 319 

These men enlisted from lofty motives, rather than for 
bounties, and at a time when their country needed precisely 
such service as they cheerfully and heroically rendered. 
The foregoing record of death and of wounds most elo- 
quently proclaims their valor. They left the State on the 
twenty-fifth of December, a day in the Christian calendar 
crowned with memories of peace and brotherhood, rather 
than of the stern realities of war. Soon after their arrival 
at Washington, their regiment was assigned to Burnside's 
expedition, and on the ninth of January embarked for 
Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Meanwhile there had been 
considerable sickness among them, and three of their number 
were left at Annapolis, where they died soon after. Before 
their return from North Carolina, their regiment was several 
times engaged in action, and Camden was early inscribed 
upon their colors. In July, 1862, they were ordered to 
scenes of greater activity and danger, and with deplorable 
loss they shared the fortunes of the memorable battle- 
ground of Bull Run, three of their number being killed, 
and several severely wounded. Three days later, they 
more successfully met the enemy, at Chantilly, and soon 
after were ordered to the defence of Washington. They 
were at South Mountain, and again their ranks were 
depleted at Antietam. The campaign in Virginia and 
Maryland proved the qualities of the regiment, and the 
men from Rindge won equal honors with their comrades. 
The record of the military service of these men will be 
continued in a subsequent portion of this chapter. 

The year of 1861 was one of disappointment and 
disaster. The reverses in the field, however, only served 
to awaken renewed zeal, and to provoke a firmer determi- 
nation in the minds of the people that the rebellion should 
be suppressed, and that order and law should again be 



320 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

supreme. The town, having sent more than its proportion 
of men to the war, was now at liberty to fulfill its pledge to 
support the families of the soldiers. Near the close of the 
year, the citizens again assembled in legal meeting. Having 
heard the report of the war committee, they accepted of all 
that had been done, and instructed the committee to proceed 
in the further relief of the families of the volunteers. The 
number who had enlisted from this town into New Hamp- 
shire regiments, during the year, was forty-eight, and that 
number was credited to the town on a subsequent adjust- 
ment of the quota. In addition, several had enlisted in 
regiments raised in other States, and Samuel Henry Stearns, 
in September, had e,ntered the Sixth United States Cavalry 
for three years. He was with his regiment, participating in 
many battles, until in an engagement with the enemy, a few 
days after the battle of Gettysburg, he was wounded and 
made prisoner. He remained within the rebel lines until 
the thirtieth of August, when he was exchanged. Soon 
after, he was detailed as general clerk in the hospital at 
Annapolis, where he remained until the expiration of the 
term of enlistment. A journal kept by him while in a rebel 
prison, is a most thrilling story of hunger and suffering. 
A few others from this town experienced the same inhuman 
treatment while in the hands of the enemy. 

The number of men from which additional recruits were 
to be raised had been greatly reduced during the eventful 
year already passed ; the price of wages materially increased ; 
and the reverses in the field, no doubt, had some influence 
on the minds of the people. Whatever may have been the 
prevailing cause, it was soon evident that volunteers to fill 
renewed calls for men were not so promptly at hand. As 
in other towns, the policy of paying bounties was now 
proposed. In August of this year the town voted to give 



THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 



521 



each volunteer for three years, who should count on the 
town's quota, the sum of one hundred dollars, in addition 
to the State bounty, and one hundred and fifty dollars, 
including the State bounty, if any was thus paid, to each 
volunteer for nine months. The quota of the town was 
soon filled, and perhaps if no bounty had been offered 
there would have been no lack of volunteers. In either 
event no regret has ever been expressed that the town 
was permitted to make this poor return to the men who 
offered their services, and in many instances gave their lives, 
in the defence of an imperiled nation. 

The Ninth New Hampshire Regiment was recruited for 
three years, in the summer of this year.. The names of nine 
from Rindge were entered upon the rolls. They were in 
Company I, and were mustered on the fifteenth of August. 



George J. Allen. 
Charles B. Brooks. 
Samuel W. Fletcher. 

William A. Kemp. 

George F. Gilmore. 
George Stearns. 

Julius Stratton. 
Charles W. Symonds. 

Marshall P. Wood. 



Wounded severely, June 2, 1864, and 

subsequently discharged. 
Discharged for disabihty. May 21, 

1863. 
Promoted sergeant. Accidentally 

wounded in camp. Discharged 

on account of wounds, Jan. 1, 

1863. 
Died of disease, at Camp Nelson, Ky., 

Feb. 29, 1864. 
Mustered out at end of three years. 

Promoted corpoi'al. Died of disease, 
at West Philadelphia Hospital, Dec. 
24, 1862. 

Died of disease, at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
Aug. 11, 1863. 

Wounded at Petersburg, Va., July 
30, 1864. Taken prisoner, and, 
after exchange, was mustered out 
at expiration of term of ser\ice. 

Mustered out at end of three years. 



322 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

There were three from this town in the Fourteenth New 
Hampshire Regiment who were mustered for three years, 
on the twenty-third of September. Of these, Henry A. 
Smith died at Poolsville, Maryland, January 7, 1863, and 
his brother Charles M. Smith, January 12, 1863. The 
remaining soldier in this regiment was Flavel L. Tolman. 
From first sergeant he was promoted to second lieutenant, 
March, 1863 ; to first lieutenant in October following ; 
to captain in January, 1864; and to major in December 
of the same year, and was discharged with his regiment, 
July 26, 1865. His promotion was rapid, but not unmerited. 

In the Sixteenth, a nine months' regiment, were James 
B. Perry and Marion W. Converse. They enlisted October 
23. Their regiment was ordered to New Orleans, where 
the men suffered very much from diseases incident to the 
climate. Marion W. Converse was promoted to corporal, 
and died June 4, 1863. James B. Perry was promoted to 
first sergeant, suffered considerably from sickness, and was 
mustered out with his regiment, August 20, 1863. 

Those in the Ninth Regiment, previously named, were 
early called into action. They arrived at Arlington Heights 
on the twenty-eighth of August, and with little opportunity 
for drill and discipline they gallantly met the enemy at 
South Mountain, on the fourteenth of September, and at 
Antietam a few days later. On both of these occasions 
they acquitted themselves with credit, and their coolness 
and steadiness under fire was like that of veterans. Much 
of the time, during the remainder of the war, they were in 
the same brigade with the Sixth Regiment. Together they 
shared the fall campaign in Virginia, and the disastrous 
fortunes of the battle of Fredericksburg. 

In the spring of 1863, those that remained — thirteen in 
the Sixth, and six in the Ninth — accompanied their regi- 



THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 323 

ments to Kentucky, and in June they joined the army, 
under General Grant, in the operations against Vicksburg. 
In this vicinity, they were in several engagements, and 
endured, uncomplainingly, the heat of the climate, and, at 
times, the malaria of the locality in which they were sta- 
tioned. In August, they proceeded to Tennessee and 
Kentucky, to close the arduous campaigns and toilsome 
marches of the year. Seldom have any soldiers performed 
greater service in the same length of time. In the spring 
of 1864, their regiments were transferred to the army in 
Virginia. Their decimated number participated in the battle 
of the Wilderness, and in the severe service which imme- 
diately followed. In November, the term of enlistment 
of the men in the Sixth expired. At this time, of thirty- 
six who joined the regiment only eight remained, four of 
whom had reenlisted for the war, and remained in service, 
while four returned to their homes. There were seven 
reenlistments, but previous to this date two had been killed, 
and one was a prisoner within the rebel lines, where he 
soon after died. The names of the persons in these classes 
can be found in the individual account of each man from 
Rindge in this regiment, which has already been given. 
In the Ninth, but two from this town were left in the ranks. 
It will be seen that, in these regiments, of forty-five men, 
four had been honorably discharged for other than physical 
causes, two had deserted, and but six remained in the 
service, and of these, one was transferred soon after to the 
Veteran Reserve Corps, on account of wounds previously 
received. A sad story of wounds, of sickness, and of death, 
has been their history. This little remnant, all that was 
spared from so many stalwart forms, together shared the 
fortunes of the siege of Richmond and the subsequent 
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324 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

a speedy return to their families, they were permitted to 
behold the final overthrow of the rebellion. 

The quota for 1863 was not so promptly filled, and a 
draft was resorted to. This peremptory method of filling 
quotas had thus far been avoided. There were very few 
towns whose quota was filled at this time. The draft was 
general throughout the State, and this town proved to be no 
exception. Fifteen were thus selected and held for service, 
although others were drawn who were discharged upon an 
examination. Each of the drafted men held for service 
furnished a substitute, except one, who, under a provision of 
the laws, paid three hundred dollars as commutation. The 
town, however, during the year, voted to pay three hundred 
dollars to each volunteer, or to each man who furnished a 
substitute, and thus the drafted men suffered little, if any, 
pecuniary loss. The names of the men who furnished 
substitutes are as follows: — 

Clovis M. Converse. Willard G. Jones. 

Conrad R. Converse. Prucius W. Manley. 

Eben B. Cutter. Augustus F. Symonds. 

Henry S. Drury. Albert H. Thomas. 

William A. Hale. J. Warren Wilder. 

Lyman Hall. John A. White. 

David L. Hubbard. Henry C. Whitcomb. 

( 
James B. Robbins paid commutation. A few months 

later, Lyman Hale was drafted, and furnished a substitute. 

None of these substitutes were from Rindge, and their 

names are omitted. 

Still the devouring vortex of war was unsatiated, and 

the cry for men to fill the decimated ranks was continued. 

In July, 1864, Oscar I. Converse was commissioned second 

lieutenant, and was assigned to Troop G, in the First New 

Hampshire Cavalry. In the same regiment were four 

soldiers from Rindge : Elmer F. Rice, enlisted in March, 



THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 325 

and died at Camp Stoneman, May 16, 1864; Darwin A. 
Smith, enlisted in April, was made prisoner at Ream's 
Station, June 22, and, after exchange, died from the effects 
of prison fare, at Annapolis, Maryland, September 18, 1864 ; 
John L. Webster, and Sargent A. Webster, enlisted in 
March, and were mustered out, July 15, 1865. The regi- 
ment served in Maryland and Virginia, and won an enviable 
record. Lieut. Converse was promoted first lieutenant, 
June 10, 1865, and mustered out with the regiment. In 
February following, he was commissioned second lieutenant 
in the regular army, being one of the five appointments to 
the army, upon its reorganization, accredited to New Hamp- 
shire. He was assigned to the Fourteenth United States 
Infantry, and in May was promoted to first lieutenant. 
While upon service in Arizona, he was severely wounded, 
in an engagement with the Indians, and for meritorious 
conduct on the occasion was breveted captain. October 19, 
1868, he was retired from active service, on account of 
wounds received in action. 

Reuben A. Buzzell, who had been in the service previous 
to his removal to Rindge, enlisted in August of this year 
into the Veteran Reserve Corps. The six volunteers last 
named received from the town a bounty of three hundred 
doUars each. 

During the autumn, and in January, 1865, the town also 
furnished twenty-four substitutes for enrolled men, and 
twelve hired recruits. To each of these a town bounty, 
ranging from three hundred dollars to seven hundred and 
twenty-five dollars, was paid. The names of these soldiers 
are omitted, for the reason that none of them were citizens 
of Rindge, or in any other manner associated with the 
history of the town. To say that they were elevated to 

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326 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

the average standard of "bounty jumpers," that haunted 
recruiting oiBfices during the last year of the war, leaves no 
possibility of derogation. With little exception, the town 
has no pride in their military career. 

In March, 1865, the last quota of the town was filled, by 
the enlistment of George W. Lawrence and William H. 
Parsons. They were assigned to the Eighteenth Regiment, 
and were mustered out, with a portion of their regiment, 
July 29, 1865. To these a bounty of one thousand dollars 
was paid. At this time towns were paying extravagant 
bounties to volunteers. In some instances fifteen hundred 
dollars were paid to men who fortunately arrived at the 
seat of war in season to return, as a kind of citizen escort 
to the war-worn veterans. 

Three surgeons from this town were in the service. 
Dr. J. Homer Darling, for a few years a resident physi- 
cian of Rindge, was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 
Fifty-first Massachusetts Regiment, and was mustered into 
the service November 2, 1862. He served in that capacity 
in Virginia and in North Carolina, until the summer of 
1863, when he joined the Army of the Potomac, where 
he remained until his regiment was mustered out, at 
the expiration of term of service, in July of this year. 
Of this regiment, Dr. George B. Jewett, a native of 
Rindge, was surgeon. While in the service, Dr. Darling 
was present at the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, and Golds- 
borough. Soon after his return from the army, he was 
tendered an appointment of assistant-surgeon in the navy. 
The appointment was accepted, December 3, 1863. He 
was immediately ordered to the United States steamer 
" Clyde," then cruising in the Gulf of Mexico. After 
fifteen months' service he was transferred, at his request, 
to the United States bark " Pursuit," and was honorably 



THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 327 

discharged, with the thanks of the Navy Department, in 
December, 1865. 

Dr. Josiah Abbot, for more than twenty years a physi- 
cian in this town, was appointed, October 24, 1864, assistant- 
surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Heavy 
Artillery, then stationed at Smithfield, Kentucky. In this 
capacity he served, being much of the time on detached 
duty, until the following spring. In April, he was j)ro- 
moted to surgeon of the 119th United States Colored 
Troops, stationed at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. He immedi- 
ately joined his regiment, where he remained, witnessing 
much of sickness and disease, until honorably discharged, 
on resignation, in September, 1865. 

Dr. George J. Norcross, who had but recently received his 
diploma, in 1865 was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 99th 
United States Colored Troops. He immediately joined his 
regiment, at Tallahassee, Florida. In November, he volun- 
tarily went to the town of Marianna, to visit an officer who 
requested medical attendance. While there he was pros- 
trated with pneumonia, and ended his brief but honorable 
career, December 5, 1865. 

Not a few of the young men of this town were absent 
at the time the first calls for soldiers were issued. Without 
returning to their homes, in many instances they promptly 
enlisted into the service from the place of their temporary 
abode. The information has not been secured to insure 
a complete list, or to furnish particulars, of the service 
performed. Of these, George W. Bradish and Amos S. 
Metcalf were killed; Jonas W. Sawtell, William A. With- 
ington, and Daniel W. Allen died of disease ; and Charles 
I. Chadwick, Amaziah Sawtell, George H. Sherwin, Daniel 
H. Lovejoy, Hubbard M. Lovejoy, Ivers E. Pollard, Osborne 
A. Whitney, John H. Moors, Alvin Gardner, Mortimer 



328 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

M. Stowe, and John H. Harwood, were also in the service. 
From the first, the town was prompt in making liberal 
appropriations for bounties, and for the relief of families. 
The people at no time grumbled over the sacrifice which 
was made, and all were united in an earnest effort that men 
and means might not be withheld, and that the war be 
prosecuted to a successful issue. The war committee, 
chosen in May, 1861, consisted of Jason B. Perry, Reuben 
Ramsdell, Alison Lake, John P. Symonds, and James B. 
Robbins. They paid to the families of volunteers above 
four thousand dollars, and the sum of six hundred dollars 
to several persons discharged from the service on account 
of disability. In the end, the State reimbursed the town 
for a considerable portion of this amount, but the system 
was inaugurated, and a large sum was paid, before the 
State made any proposition to assume the payments made 
by the town. After two years of service, Mr. Ramsdell 
designed; Mr. Symonds died in December, 1863, and Mr. 
Lake in November, 1864. The final report of the committed 
was made to the town, by Col. Perry and Mr. Robbins, in 
.March, 1866. 

The town paid more than f 30,000 for bounties, beside 
the increased incidental expenses of the period, and upwards 
of $1,000, disbursed by the war committee, which was not 
assumed by the State. The selectmen, during this impor- 
tant period in the town's history, were : — 

Martin L. Goddard, '61. Jason B. Perry, '63, '64, '65. 

Benjamin Hale, '61, '62. Joseph S. Wetherbee, '63, '64. 

Zachariah F. Whitney, '61, '62, '63. Ezekiel Cudworth, '64, '65. 

Rodney A. Hubbard, '62. Josiah Stratton, '65. 

It is regretted that the space which remained for this 
chapter has forbidden a more extended account of the 
volunteers, and of the patriotic action of the town ; and if 



THE WAR OF THE BEBELLION. 329 

little is said of generous acts and patriotic words of the 
citizens wlio remained at home, the limits of this chapter 
must plead excuse. There remains one class of patient 
toilers whose untiring efforts conferred lasting honor upon 
themselves. The contributions to the great cause by the 
ladies of Rindge cannot properly be overlooked. A 
Soldiers' Aid Society was promptly organized, in May, 
1861, and continued in active operation during the war. 
The officers were chosen annually, and, in many instances, 
were reelected. They were : Mrs. S. W. Brown, Miss 
Cordelia Daggett, and Mrs. George S. Coffin, Presidents; 
Miss Cordelia Daggett, Miss Carrie M. Burnham, and Mrs. 
Warren W. Emory, Vice-Presidents; Miss E. Augusta 
Wilder, Miss H. A. Walcott, and Miss Sarah R. Hubbard, 
Secretaries and Treasurers ; Mrs. Reuben Ramsdell, Mrs. 
A. S. Coffin, Mrs. Alison Lake, Mrs. W. H. Rugg, Mrs. 
J. B. Breed, Miss H. A. Walcott, Mrs. William Lawrence, 
Mrs. G. W. Stearns, Mrs. F. A. Wilder, Mrs. W. A. Sher- 
win, and Mrs. George S. Kimball, Directors. 

The society held no less than from eighty to one 
hundred sessions, which were devoted to industrious efforts 
in fashioning articles of comfort and of clothing for the 
volunteers. At each of these gatherings much actual labor 
was performed. Nor should we forget the many busy 
hands which were similarly employed in the home circle. 
The fruit of this toil was either sent directly to the soldier, 
or was left with the society, to be forwarded to its desti- 
nation. The intrinsic value of the articles sent by the 
society, was no less than six hundred and fifty dollars; 
but when it is realized that many of the stores of lint, 
of bandages, of comfortable bedding and clothing for the 
wounded and the sick in the hospitals were received at a 
time when the demand was great and the supply limited. 



330 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

the value of these articles was incalculable. These efforts 
were prompted by a true womanly sympathy for suffering 
and love of country, from which the bravest of men could 
read living lessons of faith, devotion, and patriotism. 

At the close of the war, after this thoughtful care for 
the living, an immediate and successful effort was made, by 
the members of this society, to raise money to procure 
some fitting inscription which should perpetuate the 
memory of the dead. At first a monument was proposed, 
but it was finally decided to procure four marble tablets 
containing the names of those from Rindge who died in 
the service. The names of those who were natives and 
had removed from town but a short time previous to the 
war, were also included. For this purpose the Soldiers' 
Aid Society was reorganized, and assumed the name of the 
Ladies' Monument Association. Of the new organization, 
Mrs. W. H. Rugg was President, and Miss Sarah R. Hub- 
bard was Secretary and Treasurer; the Directors were 
Mrs. William Lawrence, Mrs. F. A. Wilder, Mrs. W. A. 
Sherwin, Mrs. N. H. Eastman, and Mrs. M. W. Hale. 

The money raised for this laudable object was mostly 
the proceeds of several levees, which occasioned much labor 
on the part of willing hands. The tablets, which now are 
found in the Town Hall, were procured at an expense of 
three hundred and sixty-two dollars. They were dedicated 
on the twenty-ninth of May, 1869. The address on the 
occasion was delivered by Ezra S. Stearns, and poems were 
furnished by Samuel Burnham and Herbert Ingalls. 

These inscriptions reflect credit upon those who were 
instrumental in their erection, and will be treasured by 
succeeding generations as a solemn trust committed to 
their care. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS, AND A LIST OF 
COLLEGE GRADUATES. 

Edward Payson. — Asa Rand. — Marshall P. Wilder. — Ezekiel Jewett. 
George P. Barker. — Amasa Norcross. — Ira Russell. — Samuel 
BurrLham. — Albert S. Ingalls. — Lake Coffeen. — James Milliken. 
James Walker. — Isaac Kimball. — Silas Wilder. — Charles Walker. 
Charles Shedd. — WiUiam C.Richards. — George Shedd. — John P. 
Perry. — Joseph Brownlee Brown. — Charles W. Kimball. — Howard 
Rand. — Frank H. Hardison. — Albert F. Norcross. 

Rev. Edwakd Payson, D.D., son of Rev. Dr. Seth and 
Grata (Payson) Payson, was born in Rindge, July 25, 1783. 
He received his preparatory education in the public schools, 
at the academy in New Ipswich, and under the efficient 
tuition of his parents. Entering Harvard University in 
sophomore year, he graduated in the class of 1803. In the 
winter of junior year he taught a term of eleven weeks, in 
the schools of this town. At other times, during his 
student life, he was a favorite teacher in the neighboring 
town of Winchendon. " Marvin's History " preserves the 
testimony of Dr. "Whiton, in these words : " The first winter 
of this century — that of 1800-1 — an excellent school was 
taught at the Centre, by a son of Rev. Dr. Payson, of 
Rindge — Edward Payson, then a member of Cambridge 
College ; afterwards the distinguished Rev. Dr. Payson, of 



332 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

Portland, Maine, a name known and honored on both sides 
the Atlantic. I think his school gave a new impulse to 
educational interests." 

It is a most difficult task to write with the certainty that 
nothing not already known to the reader can be communi- 
cated. Few names, if any, are as familiar in this country, 
and in Christian circles abroad, as that of Edward Payson. 

The outlines of his life, the fervency of his piety, the 
weight of his character, and the eloquence of his lips, are 
familiar to all ; his memoirs have been extensively read, and 
tradition has frequently rehearsed the story of his life. 

Upon the completion of his collegiate course at Harvard, 
with the most complimentary recommendations from mem- 
bers of the faculty of that institution, he went to Portland, 
Maine, and took charge of an academy recently founded in 
that place. Here he remained for three years, having 
meanwhile connected himself with the church in Rindge ; 
the entry of his admission is in the handwriting of his 
father, under date of September 1, 1805. In August, 1806, 
he resigned his charge at Portland, and returned to Rindge 
for the purpose of pursuing the study of theology, under 
the direction of his father. He was licensed to preach 
May 20, 1807, and on the following Sabbath preached his 
first sermon, in Marlborough, New Hampshire, where he 
continued in the ministry about three months. Late in 
August, he proceeded to Portland, which was destined to 
be the scene of his remarkable career. He was received 
in a most flattering manner, and numerous overtures were 
made to him. He finally accepted a call from the Second 
Church, in Portland, and was ordained as colleague to Rev. 
E. Kellogg, December 16, 1807. The sermon was preached 
by his venerable father, from the text: "Lay hands sud- 
denly on no man ; neither be partaker of other men's sins." 



EDWARD PATSON. 333 

The discourse was printed. Four years later, Mr. Kellogg 
was dismissed, and he continued the sole pastor of the 
church until his death, October 22, 1827. The record of 
these twenty years is carefully preserved, in a Memoir, by 
Rev. Asa Cummings, D.D., and in a volume of Reminis- 
cences, more recently published. He received the degree of 
Doctor of Divinity, from Bowdoin College, 1821. During 
his life, the following discourses were printed : A Discourse 
before the Bible Society of Maine, 1814; A Thanksgiving 
Sermon, 1820 ; An Address to Seamen, 1821 ; A Sermon 
before the Marine Bible Society of Boston, 1824 ; A Sermon 
in behalf of the American Education Society, published in 
the National Preacher after his death, but prepared for 
publication by himself. Since his death, a large number of 
his sermons have been published, and his collected writings 
appear in the second and third volumes, compiled by Dr. 
Cummings. 

Dr. Payson is represented, by those who remember his 
personal appearance, to have been of medium height, of 
compact form, and fair proportions. In these particulars 
he resembled his father in a striking manner. His hair was 
black, as were his eyes, which were of singular fullness, 
and somewhat retired under a prominent forehead. His 
expression was placid and benignant, melting into looks 
of extreme kindness. In silence, his countenance was 
thoughtful and serious, but in conversation it was enlivened 
by the most vivid flashes of keen intelligence and emotion. 
In the expression of his eyes, there is said to have been a 
most singular eloquence, placid and downcast when at rest, 
but keen and scrutinizing when fixed upon any object, and 
when engaged in conversation, particularly when speaking 
to the multitude, they became the mirror of his deepest 
emotion, melting in pity, suifused with tears, or glowing 
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334 HISTOET OF BINBGE. 

with tlie fire of his fervent nature, they continually appealed 
to the hearts of men, even while his tongue was directing 
and convincing the intellect. 

His style of preaching was as simple as his nature, but 
effective and earnest, and marked by the power of his 
appeals and entreaty. So impassioned, so earnest, and so 
solemn was his manner, so anxious and solicitous his coun- 
tenance, the little child, who understood not the weight of 
his words, nor comprehended the solemn duties enjoined, 
was lost in wonder that his hearers did not perform some 
incomprehensible act for which the eloquent preacher was 
so earnestly pleading. It would be extremely difficult to 
define the character of his eloquence, but it is safe to 
pronounce him among the greatest and most eloquent 
pulpit orators this country has produced. Simplicity was 
so blended with the profound, earnestness with tenderness, 
fervency with mildness, and all clothed in such matchless 
imagery, that none listened unmoved, and all keenly felt 
the power of rebuke, clothed in language of affection and 
entreaty, melting into love and tenderness. 

Rev. Asa Rand, son of Col. Daniel and Susannah 
(Hemenway) Rand, was born in Rindge, August 6, 1783, 
and was only a few days younger than Rev. Dr. Edward 
Payson. Labor upon the extensive farm of his father, and 
diligent study whenever opportunity was presented, gave 
full exercise to his physical and mental powers, until he 
entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated, 1806. 
Having prepared for the ministry, he was ordained over 
the Congregational Church in Gorham, Me., in 1808 or 9. 
He married for his first wife a sister of Edward Payson, a 
lady of unfailing piety and superior mental endowments, 
and between Mr. Payson and himself there existed the 
most indissoluble friendship. It has been said, by a member 



MARSHALL P. WILDER. 335 

of Mr. Payson's congregation, that he exchanged with Mr. 
Rand more frequently than with any other clergyman, " and 
he gave us on these occasions finely written, strongly indoc- 
trinated, choice sermons." 

In 1822, on account of failing health, he resigned his 
charge in Gorham, and removed to Boston, where he 
engaged in eflBcient editorial labor of a denominational 
character. From 1835 to 1855, he preached in several 
places, as acting pastor and stated supply, and, soon after 
retiring from active labor, ripe in years, and enjoying the 
retrospect of a prolonged and useful life, he removed to 
Ashburnham, where he passed the remainder of his earthly 
life. He died, August 27, 1871, at the venerable age of 
eighty-eight. In his disposition he was cheerful and social, 
in manner dignified but not austere. He was a ready writer, 
and all his composition is marked with careful thought and 
logical arrangement. In theology, he belonged to the old 
school ; but his conservative tendency preserved him from 
extreme views and opinions. Though gifted with less 
imagination than many, he presented his argument with 
ability. His mental faculties were strong and well 
balanced, and developed by liberal study. He was char- 
acterized by substantial attainments and well matured 
opinions, rather than by brilliancy of qualities and fervency 
of manner, and as a preacher, if he did not captivate his 
hearers by vi^dd play of the imagination, or remarkable 
exhibition of eloquence, he secured their favorable attention 
and regard by his wisdom and force of argument. 

Hon. Marshall Pinckney Wildee, son of Samuel L. 
(Esq.) and Anna (Sherwin) Wilder, was born in Rindge, 
September 22, 1798. Having been a pupil in the public 
schools of this town, at twelve years of age he entered the 
Academy at New Ipswich, of which Oliver Swain Taylor 



336 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

was then preceptor. He pursued his studies at this insti- 
tution, and under the tuition of Rev. Joseph Brown, until, 
at an early age, he was prepared to enter upon a collegiate 
course of study, which, whatever may have been his youth- 
ful plans, he voluntarily relinquished for a more active life 
than could be enjoyed in a professional career. At the age 
of sixteen, his father gave him the choice to qualify himself 
for a farmer or merchant, or to fit for college. He chose 
the first, having had from his youth a love for the cultiva- 
tion of the soil. In his student life, he was healthful and 
athletic, and possessed no ordinary measure of life and 
activity, — ready at all times to fully enjoy the sports and 
pastimes of youth, but always restrained from any excess 
by a fine sense of honor and the proprieties of life. In 
the treatment of his associates, his kindness and generous 
sympathies were as conspicuous as they have subsequently 
appeared in his intercourse with his fellow-men, or in 
philanthropic efforts for his race. The business of his 
father having increased largely, Marshall was required to 
enter the store, and, upon reaching his majority, he became 
a partner in the firm of S. L. Wilder & Son, and, in 1821, 
was appointed postmaster, which position he held until his 
removal from this town. 

In military affairs, he always evinced a lively interest, 
and was, at the age of twenty-one, commissioned as adjutant 
of the Twelfth Regiment of New Hampshire militia. His 
efforts in the organization and equipment of the Rindge 
Light Infantry were conspicuous. • This, however, was not 
effected without strenuous opposition on the part of several 
men of influence who encouraged a continuance of the old 
companies of militia. Of this company, which enjoyed 
no small measure of celebrity, and in which the citizens 
of the town manifested considerable pride, Mr. Wilder 



MABSHALL P. WILDER. 337 

was the first commander. In 1823, he was made lieuten- 
ant-colonel, and in 1824 was commissioned colonel of the 
Twelfth Regiment. Of commanding personal appearance, 
perfectly familiar with the military tactics then employed, 
prompt and efficient in command, Col. Wilder enjoyed 
unbounded personal popularity, and was in the line of 
rapid promotion, which was only prevented by his removal 
from the State. Since his removal to Boston, he has 
been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
Company, the oldest military organization in this country, 
having been chartered in 1638, which company he com- 
manded in 1857. Leaving his native town at the age of 
twenty-seven. Col. Wilder has left upon the minds of his 
cotemporaries the impress of mature manhood. His influ- 
ence was great, but he was never an unwise or unsafe 
counsellor ; and if he had found no other fields of achieve- 
ment, he would be gratefully and honorably remembered by 
the townsmen with whom he was early associated. During 
his residence in this town, he was cotemporary with Col. 
Ezekiel Jewett, brother of his first wife, who is a few years 
his senior, an associate of the Calhouns, and at the time of 
his removal Hon. George P. Barker was a student at 
college, while Edward Payson, D.D., and Rev. Asa Rand, 
scarce belonged to an earlier generation. Few towns can 
present a more brilliant constellation of intellect, virtue, 
scholarly attainment, and philanthropy. 

In 1825, Mr. Wilder, seeking a wider field of labor and 
usefulness, removed to Boston, and engaged in the whole- 
sale West India goods trade, under the firm of Wilder & 
Payson, his partner being Henry Payson, Esq., a son of 
Rev. Dr. Payson, of this town. The same business was 
subsequently pursued under the firm of Wilder & Smith, 
until, in 1837, he became a partner in the commission 



338 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

house of Parker, Blanchard & Wilder — at present known 
as Parker, Wilder & Co., — of which he is the senior 
member, who conduct an extensive commission business, 
for the sale of domestic fabrics, in Boston, and have a 
branch house in New York. In business, Mr. Wilder has 
been successful, never failing to meet his obligations, nor 
to maintain an honorable reputation. 

In affairs of a monetary character, he has filled many- 
positions of trust and responsibility. He was an original 
director in the Hamilton Bank and in the National Insur- 
ance Company, both which positions he has held for forty 
years. For twenty-six years, he has been a director in the 
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, and several 
other similar institutions are indebted to his direction and 
counsels. 

But in other fields of effort the services of Col. Wilder 
are even more conspicuous. Of himself he says, in one of 
his admirable addresses : " Endowed from my youth with a 
love for rural life and rural taste, I have but obeyed the 
instincts of my nature in devoting such time, ability, and 
means as I could command to the cultivation of the earth." 
With these proclivities, united with talent and an indom- 
itable perseverance, in his favorite pursuits he has accom- 
plished an incalculable labor. He has devoted much time 
to the theoretical and practical study of agriculture and 
horticulture, and has spared no effort in instilling into the 
public mind a knowledge and love of the same pursuits. 
In the formation of societies for these purposes, and in 
the careful cultivation of his own grounds at Dorchester, 
in the extensive importation of trees and plants, by 
his numerous addresses and fruitful example, he has done 
much for the benefit and encouragement of the tiller of 
the soil. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER. 339 

Col. Wilder was early associated with the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, and in 1840 was chosen its president, 
which office he resigned after an efficient service of eight 
years. To the wise forethought and judicious counsels of 
Mr. Wilder, the Society is indebted in a most unmistakable 
manner, and many of the measures which have been 
successfully carried into execution, and upon which the 
flattering prosperity of the Society is based, originated 
with him. To his influence the Society is largely indebted 
for that amicable settlement with the Mount Auburn Cem- 
etery Corporation, from which a large income has already 
been received, and by which a perpetual revenue is to 
accrue to its funds. As a memorial of his services, the 
Society has placed in its halls a life-like portrait and a fine 
marble bust. His name stood at the head of the circular 
which resulted in the organization of the American Con- 
gress of Fruit Growers, at present styled the American 
Pomological Society, a national institution. He was chosen 
its president, which position he still occupies. Under his 
direction, the Society has held biennial sessions in different 
parts of the Union, at which he has made appropriate 
addresses. These are published with the proceedings of the 
Society. For twenty successive years, he was president 
of the Norfolk Agricultural Society. This organization is 
one of the first of its character in this country. Col. 
Wilder delivered the address at its inauguration, in 1848, 
and was honored by the presence of Daniel Webster, 
Edward Everett, Josiah Quincy, Horace Mann, Charles 
Francis Adams, Robert C. Winthrop, and others equally 
respected in the various walks of life. It was here that he 
advocated the importance of agricultural education, which 
culminated in the establishment of the Massachusetts, and 
aided much the other agricultural colleges of our Union. 



340 mSTOBY OF RINDGE. 

He has been a leader in all movements on the part of 
the State to promote the interests of agriculture, and was 
chairman of the Massachusetts Central Board of Agriculture 
until the Board became a department of State. 

Col. Wilder was mainly instrumental in the organization 
of the United States Agricultural Society. In 1852, he 
was chosen the first president, and during his official service 
of six years the society held exhibitions in Massachusetts, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky. His 
addresses and speeches on these occasions are published in 
the transactions of the Society. 

Concerning his labors and scholarly acquirements in 
horticultural matters, a recent number of the London 
G-ardeners' Chronicle pronounces him "one of the most 
distinguished of transatlantic horticulturists, and one who, 
by his zeal, industry, and determination, has not only 
conferred lasting benefits on his native country, but has, 
by his careful experiments in hybridization and fruit culture, 
laid the horticulturists of all nations under heavy obliga- 
tions to him. The name and reputation of Marshall P. 
Wilder are as highly esteemed in Great Britain as they are 
in America." 

In January, 1868, Col. Wilder was solicited to accept the 
office of president of the New England Historic-Genealogical 
Society, vacated by the death of Gov. John A. Andrew. 
He was unanimously elected, and still holds the office. His 
untiring efforts in securing funds, and in the erection of the 
society's convenient and handsome building, on Somerset 
Street, have demonstrated the wisdom of the choice. 

In 1839, he represented the town of Dorchester in the 
Legislature ; ten years later he was a member of Gov. 
Briggs' Council ; the following year he was elected to the 





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MARSHALL P. WILDER. 341 

Senate, and of this body he was chosen president; and 
when the " Constitutional Union Party " was formed, at 
"Washington, in 1860, he was the member selected for New 
England. 

In 1867, Mr. Wilder visited Europe, and was one of the 
United States Commissioners at the Paris Exposition, where 
he was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Horti- 
culture and the Cultivation and Products of the Vine. In 
1869, with a select party of horticulturists, for the purpose 
of learning its agricultural resources, he made a tour at the 
South ; and for the same purpose, in 1871, he visited Cali- 
fornia and the Pacific Coast. The result of his observation 
has been given to the public in several comprehensive 
addresses. Although advanced in years, the energy and 
ability which has secured these manifold results is un- 
dimmed. In addition to the many honors and services 
named, he is the senior member of the State Board of 
Agriculture, senior trustee of the Massachusetts Agricult- 
ural College, a member of the Executive Committee of 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and of the Gov- 
ernment of the Institute of Technology, of which he has 
been vice-president for many years, and chairman of the 
Society of Arts. Among his many qualifications for use- 
fulness, his executive ability is prominent, both in the 
accomplishment of herculean tasks, and in the presidency 
over deliberate assemblies. Mr. Wilder was vice-president 
at the famous festival in Boston, in 1844, when fifteen 
hundred sons of New Hampshire were present, and Mr. 
Webster presided ; and on their second festival, November, 
1853, Mr. Wilder was president, and delivered one of his 
most eloquent and touching speeches. Few gentlemen have 
been so frequently called upon, and on such varied occa- 
sions, to preside over conventions and societies, and very 
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342 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

few have acquitted themselves so happily, " whether dignity 
of presence, amenity of address, fluency of speech, or dis- 
patch of business, be taken into consideration." " Boston 
Past and Present," an elegant folio volume recently pub- 
lished, contains a carefully prepared sketch of Mr. Wilder, 
which closes with the following merited tribute : " Mr. 
Wilder has excelled in all that he undertook, because he 
knew the measure of his own abilities. His plans and 
experiments appertaining to the grand object of his pur- 
suits — the cultivation of fields, fruit, and flowers — were 
matured with deep thought, and executed with zeal, 
resulting from a clear, practical head. Look at the pros- 
pective of a long and vigorous life consecrated to the 
public, in which every step he advanced became a fulcrum 
on which to start some greater and higher movement. 
From the stand-point of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society, he originated the American Pomological Society ; 
then the Norfolk Agricultural Society; then the State 
Board of Agriculture, the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College, and the United States Agricultural Society. As 
the zealous patron and promoter of the noblest of all 
sciences, his name will fill a luminous page in the history 
of himian progress and improvement, — a page which will 
suffer no deterioration by the lapse of years, and which 
will have its interpreter on every hillside, and in every 
valley, where rural taste and refinement are found. Well 
did Gov. Bullock, on a late public occasion, allude to Mr. 
Wilder as ' one who has applied the results of a well-earned 
commercial fortune so liberally that in every household, 
and at every fireside in America, where the golden fruit of 
summer and autumn gladdens the sideboard or the hearth- 
stone, his name, his generosity, and his labors, are known 
and honored.' " 



EZEKIEL JEWETT. 343 

Col. Ezektel Jewett, son of Dr. Stephen and Nancy 
(Colburn) Jewett, was born in Rindge, October 16, 1791. 
He fitted for college in the schools of this town and in 
Jaffrey, and upon being encouraged to pursue a collegiate 
course of study, on condition that he followed the profession 
of his father, he promptly chose to abandon the plan alto- 
gether, rather than be placed under such restriction. It 
was apparently outside his plans for life to settle down in 
the quiet routine of professional labor. The war of 1812 
soon presented an opportunity for the exercise of his ambi- 
tion and youthful energies. Having been an officer in the 
militia, in which he participated with enthusiasm, in the 
spring of 1812, he was appointed ensign in the Eleventh 
Infantry, then commanded by Col. Isaac Clark, but consol- 
idated the following year with the Twenty-first Regiment, 
under the more efficient command of Col. Smith, and, soon 
after, of Col. Ripley. After an engagement of a few weeks 
in the recruiting service, he joined his regiment in July, 
and continued in active service until the close of the war, 
without an absence, from any cause, of a single day. 
Sharing the fortunes of his regiment, he was early inured 
to the hardships of a most severe service, which character- 
ized the campaigns that ensued. In 1814, he was in Scott's 
Brigade, and participated in the battles of Chippewa and 
Lundy's Lane, and in the siege of Fort Erie. 

At the close of the war, the love of adventure invited 
him to new fields of exploit and danger. Espousing the 
cause of Gen. Carera, the Chilian leader of a revolt against 
the oppressive dominion of Spain, he accompanied him to 
South America, and, after a long and tedious voyage, landed 
at Buenos Ayres, where he served two months as Major of 
the " Director's Guard " ; and subsequently, with only three , 
companions, he crossed the country to Chili, over the rudest 



344 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

highway, which had been built by the Aborigines, previous 
to the advent of the Spaniards. The first nine hundred 
miles, with relays of horses, was performed in eleven and 
one-half days ; but this celerity was equaled by the slow 
and perilous journey across the Andes. One who has heard 
the thrilling story of this exploit from the lips of the gallant 
and intrepid adventurer, has kindly written an account of 
the daring feat. " When arrived at Mendoza, he was told 
that to cross the mountains at that season would be impos- 
sible ; but he was determined at least to make an attempt. 
Starting upon mules, they slowly proceeded within four 
miles of the summit, when there came a snow-storm, which 
continued four days. They were sheltered, during that 
time, in an ancient stone building, erected by the Indians 
many years before for that purpose. Snow fell to the depth 
of four feet, and they were obliged to continue their journey 
on foot. In the afternoon they reached the base of the 
summit, or within a half mile of the height of elevation, 
which was thirteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. 
About sunset they fortunately reached another building, 
but the intense cold compelled them to continue exercise 
within the house, to keep from freezing. The following 
day, their descent, by sliding and tumbling through the 
snow, was rapidly performed. About noon they arrived 
at a place where cattle were driven for pasture, and there 
obtained provision and mules for the remainder of the 
journey. After an experience of many vicissitudes, occu- 
pying eleven days, a few hours past midnight they reached 
a village at the foot of the mountain, as much to the surprise 
of the inhabitants as if they had fallen from the sky. The 
most dangerous point was at the rincon, or corner, where the 
road was cut into a mountain of conglomerate, four hundred 
feet above, and nearly perpendicular to, the river. The 



EZEKIEL JEWETT. 345 

action of the frost had filled the roadway, until it became 
an angle of thirty or forty degrees. Parties were sent out 
each spring to clear it; but at that season it was in its 
worst state. His men, being devout Catholics, slid off their 
mules, and repeated their prayers ; again mounting, they 
passed over in safety. He followed, but with feelings more 
intense than those experienced on many fields of battle. 
Giving loose rein to his mule, he turned his face towards 
the mountain. The animal slowly proceeded, trembling at 
every cautious step, like a leaf in the wind. The passage 
occupied perhaps ten minutes, but it seemed an hour ; and 
he has frequently said he was truly grateful when he was 
safely over." 

Arriving in Chili, Col. Jewett served with distinction in 
the cavalry until the successful close of the war, when he 
sailed, by way of Cape Horn, for Rio Janeiro, where he 
remained two months, but not in idleness. He soon procured 
guides, and started for the diamond mines in the interior. 
Proceeding about three hundred miles, his chief man, or 
guide, fell over a precipice, and was instantly killed, which 
compelled him to abandon the enterprise; but he still 
vividly remembers the beautiful and grand scenery of that 
tropical country. In 1818, Col. Jewett returned to Rindge, 
and, soon after, he married Elizabeth Arnold, of West- 
moreland, N. H., a lady of many attractions and unusual 
loveliness of character, who was his cheerful companion 
in the journey of life for forty-four years, remaining ever 
constant in her sympathies, and an unfailing helper in the 
noble pursuits which have characterized his life of scientific 
labor and usefulness. Mr. Jewett remained in this town, 
residing upon the farm formerly of his father, until 1823, 
when he removed to Sacket's Harbor, New York, and, three 
years later, to Fort Niagara, of which he remained in 



346 BISTORT OF RINDGE. 

charge during seventeen years. While at tliis place, he 
devoted much time to the study of the natural sciences, — 
a field of investigation and research in which he has won 
great renown. In 1843, he removed to Lockport, and 
devoted his undivided time to the study of geology, trav- 
eling meanwhile in nearly every State in the Union, in tours 
of collection and investigation. After a residence of four 
years in Utica, he was appointed, in 1856, to the sole charge 
of the Department of Natural History, at Albany, a posi- 
tion which he filled, with great credit to himself and 
incalculable benefit to science, for nearly ten years. Soon 
after the death of his wife, a loss which so changed hia 
aspirations that he no longer desired to remain where her 
companionship had given zest to his favorite pursuits, he 
found a home in the family of his daughter, at Utica. 
Here he became interested in a collection of shells in the 
possession of his daughter, who is an intelligent and pro- 
ficient student of the science of conchology. With him, 
the purpose once formed, the deed was certain of accom- 
plishment. He at once made two journeys to the Pacific, 
and spent four winters upon the Gulf of Mexico, collecting 
an incredible number and variety of shells, which were a 
most valuable acquisition to the science of conchology. 
By numerous exchanges with students in this and other 
countries, he has now a collection of twelve thousand 
species, named, and many others known to the savants of 
the science. During these many years of scientific explora- 
tion and study, he has enjoyed a friendly correspondence 
and acquaintance with Agassiz, De Vernueil, and other 
distinguished scientists. 

Col. Jewett is tall, and of a commanding personal 
appearance. His features are regular and attractive, and 
his manner dignified and courteous. The daring adventures 




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GEOEGE P. BABKEB. 347 

of his youth attest his courage as fully as his varied attain- 
ments assert his ability. Unbent with years, and unwearied 
with prolonged study and labor, he still pursues his favorite 
pursuits with all the zeal of youth. His enthusiasm and 
activity, his well-preserved physical and mental powers, are 
remarkable, which he ascribes to his out-door life and busy 
interest in studies, so free from the excitement and corrod- 
ing care inseparable from professional and business careers. 

George Payson Barker was born in Rindge, October 
25, 1807. He was the youngest of the four children of 
William and Sarah (Payson) Barker, and the only one who 
lived beyond the age of youth. He is well remembered by 
many in this town as a bold and restless boy, who gave 
early indications of the rare genius and qualities of mind 
and of heart for which he was eminently distinguished in 
his subsequent career. Foremost in study, he maintained 
an equal supremacy in the pastimes and hilarities of youth. 
Popularity was his birthright, and he early won the honors 
of the school-room and the play-ground. Having pursued 
a preparatory course of study in the public schools, and 
under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Seth Payson, a cousin of his 
mother, he entered Amherst College a few months before 
he was sixteen years of age, and immediately won consid- 
erable distinction as a student. He left Amherst before 
the completion of the prescribed course of study, and, 
entering Union College in 1826, he graduated with honor 
the following year, in the class with Hon. Preston King, and 
several other men of note. While at this institution, he 
was often engaged in trying cases in the minor courts in 
the surrounding towns. In these early efforts, the genius 
of this remarkable man, his fluency of speech, his bold 
yet polished address, were unmistakably asserted. Upon 
leaving college, he entered his name as a student of law, 



348 mSTOBY OF rindge. 

in the office of Stephen G. Austin, Esq., of Buffalo, New 
York. While a student, he was frequently found in the 
minor courts, and on many occasions was opposed to Millard 
Fillmore, who was a few years his senior. He was admitted 
to the bar in 1830, and rapidly rose to the foremost rank 
in his profession. 

With a tall, commanding form, a bold, firm countenance, 
and an eye in which burned the deepest fervency, he united 
the most polished manners, a melodious voice of rare com- 
pass and flexibility, and a wonderful command of language. 
In attack or defence, in irony or impassioned pleading, in 
fiery denunciation or in fervid entreaty, he was master of 
the manner or the argument which was most effectual in 
securing the verdict of a jury or the approval of a general 
audience. As a lawyer he was well read and attentive to 
the interests of his clients, and as an advocate he found few 
equals and no superiors. 

The qualities of Mr. Barker eminently fitted him for 
political service. Popular with the masses, and respected 
by all for superior ability, his record is one of brilliant 
achievements and accumulating honors. He early enrolled 
himself with the Democratic party, which was then, in his 
vicinity, in an apparently hopeless minority. When twenty- 
four years of age, and about a year after his admission to 
the bar, he was nominated by his party for the assembly, 
and received fourteen hundred and fifty-nine votes, which 
was considerably more than the strength of his party, but 
insufficient to insure his election. In the autumn of 1835, 
he was elected to that body by more than one thousand 
majority, while his party was in a minority, and his asso- 
ciates on the same ticket were defeated. In the halls of 
legislation, his lofty genius did not forsake him. He was 
at once recognized as an able legislator, and a ready 



GEOBGE P. BARKER. 349 

debater. Abounding in thought, clear, courteous, and at 
times vehement in expression, there was an irresistible 
force, both in the matter and the manner of his speeches, 
that won the admiration and respect of his associates. 

In 1834, Mr. Barker was nominated by his party for 
Congress. Although he received a more generous support 
than the other candidates on the same ticket, the majority 
against his party, in the district, was not overcome. Two 
years later, he was again put in nomination, but declined. 

When thirty-one years of age, he accepted a commission 
of captain in the militia. As in other pursuits, he entered 
upon his military career with a characteristic enthusiasm, 
and in less than two years he rose to the rank of brigadier- 
general, having held, in this short time, all the intermediate 
commissions. 

In 1842, Gen. Barker was elected, by the Legislature, 
Attorney-General of the State of New York. At the close 
of his term of three years, he declined a reelection. The 
manner in which he performed the duties of this important 
trust, is given in Bryan's " Life of Barker," as follows : " It 
is conceded that he exhibited, in a preeminent degree, those 
qualities for which he was noted. In many important trials 
he acquitted himself with distinguished credit, and some of 
his forensic efforts are acknowledged to have been among 
the noblest emanations from the American bar. He was 
brought into competition with men of the highest legal 
attainments, but on all occasions he sustained himself with 
honor. His intellect seemed to brighten by the contests, and 
each encounter added to his fame." The following passage 
from a funeral sermon, preached by Rev. John C. Lord, 
D.D., will be approvingly received : " A young man, called 
from the western and comparatively obscure and neglected 
portion of this great commonwealth, to take the official 
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350 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

place of chief among the old lawyers at the capital who 
were giants in their profession, Gen. Barker so discharged 
the duties of his office, and so won the esteem and affection 
of the bar, the legislature, and the people, that his reelection 
at the close of his term was only prevented by his positive 
declinature." 

" Gen. Barker was distinguished by a commanding person 
and a most winning and courteous manner. In personal 
popularity, he was without a rival in this part of the State. 
He had a hand and heart open as day to melting charity. 
There were none so poor or so lowly as to be denied his 
attention, or refused his sympathy. He was a ready and 
eloquent speaker, who felt, and made others feel, what he 
said. He had an instant command of his resources, yet was 
none the less a well-read lawyer, and an able and judicious 
counselor." 

Hon. Amasa Noeckoss, son of Daniel and Polly 
(Jones) Norcross, was born in Rindge, January 26, 1824. 
At twenty years of age he commenced the study of law, 
in the office of Torrey & Wood, Esqs., of Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts. Upon his admission to the bar, he opened 
a law-office in that place, in September, 1847. In his 
profession, Mr. Norcross has been industrious and suc- 
cessful. His cases are always well prepared, and ably 
conducted. In presenting evidence, in calling truth from 
a reluctant, or in crossing and confounding a prevaricating, 
witness, he has few superiors. His business is large, and 
includes many important cases. He was a member of the 
House of Representatives for the years 1858, 1859, and 
1862, and of the Senate in 1874, and was honored with an 
appointment upon several important committees, including 
that of the Codification and Revision of the Statutes, of 
which Hon. Caleb Gushing and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler 




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AMASA NOBCROSS. 351 

were members ; of Probate and Chancery, of wbicli Hon. 
John A. Andrew was a member; and of the Judiciary. 
"While a senator, he was Chairman of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and of the Committee on Federal Relations. 

In August, 1862, Mr. Norcross was appointed assessor of 
Internal Revenue for the Ninth District of Massachusetts, 
comprising twenty-two towns. This position, involving 
great labor and responsibility, he held during ten years, 
discharging its onerous duties to the acceptance of the 
government and of the people. Upon the adoption of a 
city charter, by the town of Fitchburg, he was elected 
Mayor of the new city, and reelected for the succeeding 
year. In the organization of a new form of government, 
in the completion of several public improvements, in the 
management of the financial affairs, and in presenting new 
measures to meet new demands, the executive abilities of 
Mr. Norcross were conspicuous. As a director of the 
Rollstone National Bank, of the Fitchburg Fire Insurance 
Company, of the Worcester North Savings Institution, and 
of several institutions of learning, he has proved a safe 
counsellor and a judicious manager. 

De. Iea Russell, son of Eliakim and Sarah (Converse) 
Russell, was born in Rindge, November 9, 1814, and gradu- 
ated at Dartmouth College, 1841. His education was 
emphatically the result of his own industry and persever- 
ance. He studied medicine, under the direction of Dr. 
Dixi Crosby, of Hanover, New Hampshire, with Dr. Abell, 
of Rindge, and Dr. Godding, of Winchendon. While 
attending lectures, at the University of New York, he 
received an appointment of district physician, and was 
connected, for several months, with one of the city hospi- 
tals. Receiving his degree, in 1M4, he immediately formed 
a partnership with Dr. Godding, his former instructor. He 



352 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

continued in active practice, in Winchendon, about nine 
years, when he removed to Natick, Massachusetts. In 
1861, Dr. Russell relinquished a lucrative practice, and 
accepted an appointment of surgeon of the Eleventh 
Massachusetts Regiment. A few months later, he was 
promoted to brigade-surgeon, and assigned to Gen Grover's 
Brigade, in Hooker's Division. He remained with this 
brigade until the summer of 1862, when he repaired to 
Baltimore, and organized the Stuart Mansion Hospital, 
subsequently known as the Jarvis Hospital, of which he 
continued the surgeon in charge, until the following 
November. After a brief charge of the Lawson Hospital, 
in St. Louis, he was appointed medical director of the 
Army of the Frontier, then under the command of Gen. 
Curtis. The following spring finds him again at St. Louis, 
in charge of the post hospital at Benton Barracks, one of 
the largest hospitals in the West. Later, Dr. Russell was 
upon the staff of Gen. Thomas, and while in Tennessee he 
organized the Wilson Hospital, at Nashville, of which he 
remained in charge until the close of the war, receiving, 
meanwhile, the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel, for long 
and meritorious service. Subsequently for a year or more 
he was engaged in the preparation of many valuable 
contributions to the "Medical and Surgical History of the 
War," for which his prolonged and varied experience in 
the army furnished ample material. At the close of these 
labors he returned to Winchendon, and in partnership with 
his son. Dr. Fred W. Russell, is engaged in an extensive 
regular and consulting practice. Constantly familiar with 
the innovations of his profession and the progress of the 
schools, he belongs to the foremost rank of progressive 
practitioners. • 



SAMUEL BURN HAM. 353 

Samuel Burnham, son of Rev. Dr. Amos W. and 
Tirzah K. Burnham, was born in Rindge, February 21, 
1833. He attended the public schools of this town, and 
subsequently pursued a preparatory course of study, under 
the tuition of his father, and at the academies in Frances- 
town and New Ipswich. He entered Williams College, 
class of 1855, and was there attacked by disease, before he 
had completed a full course of study. Although he was 
absent during a part of junior and all of senior year, the 
college promptly recognized his ability and his continued 
acquirements, by enrolling his name among those of his 
class as a full graduate of that institution. After leaving 
college, he spent a winter in the South in search of health, 
and returned to his home somewhat improved, yet still an 
invalid in all except freshness of thought, and a joyous, 
sparkling wit. He then filled a brief engagement in 
teaching, and removed to Boston, in 1857, to engage in 
literary pursuits. At this time, his active, busy life began. 
Frequent were the pauses from physical prostration, yet 
with uncomplaining industry and cheerfulness he pursued 
his tasks. During a portion of the last few years of his 
life his strength, in a measure, was renewed. It was, 
however, of short continuance. He soon experienced a 
severe sickness, from which he died, June 22, 1873. 

Mr. Burnham labored in several fields of literature, and 
in each he displayed a sound judgment, a mind acute and 
well stored, which found expression in a style remarkably 
vigorous and versatile. While he wrote, at all times, with 
great candor and sincerity, and never employed words or 
phrases for dramatic effect, he was eminently a popular 
writer, one whose productions were widely read and atten- 
tively received. He was never dull and prosy ; everything 
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354 HISTOEY OF EINBGE. 

often illuminated with the brightest flashes of humor. 
Few men, dying at the age of forty years, have left as 
many enduring monuments in fields so varied. Among his 
earlier labors was the preparation, from the author's papers, 
of the "History of East Boston." He also wrote the 
sketches of Gov. Andrew and Charles Sumner, in Headley's 
"Massachusetts in the War." He devoted considerable 
time and labor to the supervision of the publication of 
the speeches of Charles Sumner, the author confiding in 
him unusual trust and confidence. At the time of his 
death, he was engaged upon a " History of the Old South 
Church, Boston," a labor in which he was deeply interested, 
and in which his sympathy for New England principles 
and religion found full exercise. But his voluminous con- 
tributions to the daily and weekly papers, and to the 
magazines, constituted his chief employment. He was a 
frequent contributor to the Boston Journal^ Boston Adver- 
tiser^ Springfield Republican^ Christian Union, and other 
papers, writing, meanwhile, many articles for the maga- 
zines. For two years he was connected editorially with 
the Congregationalist, and for several years preceding his 
death, he was editor and one of the proprietors of the 
Congregational Quarterly. In the midst of these labors 
he frequently delivered poems at college commencements, 
and read many interesting papers before historical and 
kindred societies. In the efficient performance of his life- 
work, under physical weakness that would have palsied the 
hand of many of a less buoyant temperament, he was 
supported by a nature abounding in activity and hope, yet 
restrained and guided by a high sense of duty and Christian 
principle. 

Albert Sheewin Ingalls, a son of Thomas and Sophia 
(Shurtleff ) Ingalls, was born in Rindge, December 29, 1830, 



ALBERT S. INGALLS. 355 

and was one of the many natives of this town who 
surrendered their lives in the cause of their country. 
Having enjoyed liberal educational advantages, at Appleton 
Academy, in New Ipswich, and at Dartmouth College, for 
several years he was a popular teacher in high schools 
and academies, at Wayland, Westminster, and Dedham, 
Massachusetts, continually cherishing the intention of 
entering upon the practice of law whenever his circum- 
stances would permit. He read for his profession in the 
offices of Hon. Charles R. Train, of Framingham, Massa- 
chusetts, of Wood & Bailey, and of Norcross & Snow, of 
Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Upon his admission to the bar, 
he commenced the practice of law, in partnership with 
Hon. J. W. Mansur, of Fitchburg. In 1859, he removed to 
West Cambridge, now Arlington, Massachusetts, where he 
was successfully engaged in professional labors, until he 
entered the army. 

Shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion, he raised a 
company of volunteers for the Federal service. Those 
were days in which many persons believed that the war 
was to be a short one. When this company was ready to 
march, the quota of soldiers required from Massachusetts 
was full. Should the company disband, or wait in tedious 
uncertainty the possibility for further requisition for troops ? 
The spirit of this young officer, at once persistent yet 
impetuous, could not easily tolerate either alternative. He 
promptly offered the services of himself and company to 
the State of New York. They were readily accepted, and 
with two other companies from Massachusetts, were mus- 
tered into the Fortieth Regiment of New York Volunteers, 
at that time known as the Mozart Regiment, which soon 
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356 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

Soon after the battle of Williamsburg, in "which he bore 
a gallant part, eliciting for his heroism and soldierly bearing 
the warmest approbation of his superiors in command, he 
was promoted to major of the regiment. During five of the 
seven days of the fighting before Richmond, in the summer 
of 1862, he was in the hottest of the engagements, receiving 
a wound, on the evening of June 30, which rendered neces- 
sary the amputation of a leg. He was removed to Annap- 
olis, Maryland, and for several weeks his recovery was 
confidently expected, by his physicians and friends. His 
sufferings were extreme, but were borne with a brave and 
cheerful spirit, which was a part of his character. He died 
August 11, 1862. 

A newspaper of the time contained the following account 
of the burial of Major Ingalls : " His remains were brought 
to West Cambridge, where they were received by the town 
authorities, citizens, and Masonic brothers, with every dem- 
onstration of respect and affection, the places of business 
being closed, and the flags at half-mast. Major Ingalls had 
many warm and true friends in his adopted home, and pre- 
vious to his death he had received the following expression 
of the esteem in which he was held : — 
" ' iTo Major Albert S. Ingalls, in hospital in Annapolis, Md. : 

"'We, the inhabitants of West Cambridge, in town- 
meeting assembled, having been pained to hear of the mis- 
fortune which has befallen you in the loss of your Kmb in 
the field of battle before Richmond, defending our dearest 
rights, tender to you our kindest sympathies, with the hope 
that your life may be spared, and that you may live to 
finish what your patriotic zeal so well begun. It gives us 
pleasure to assure you that all reports attest to your lofty 
courage and daring before the enemy. For your self- 



ALBERT S. INGALLS. 357 

sacrificing zeal in our country's cause, you are entitled to 
our gratitude, and the gratitude of future generations. 

" ' Resolved^ That the foregoing order be placed upon the 
records of the town, and a copy of the same be sent to the 
person therein named. 

'"Adopted July 22, 1862.' 

" His remains were conveyed from West Cambridge to 
Fitchburg, and from thence to the residence of his aged 
parents in Rindge, where his funeral took place, conducted 
by Rev. Dr. Burnham, of Rindge, and Rev. Mr. Bigelow, of 
Medfield, Massachusetts. A number of his friends from 
Fitchburg attended the services, among them Hon. Amasa 
Norcross, and Hon. J. W. Mansur, both of whom, in affect- 
ing and heartfelt words, expressed their esteem for the 
deceased, and their pride in his noble conduct as a gentle- 
man and an officer." 

Major Ingalls was above the average stature of men. 
With a commanding and dignified bearing, he united 
unusual grace and urbanity of manner. In his frank and 
expressive countenance, beaming with frequent flashes of 
mirth, was seen the assurance of unfailing kindness, and his 
eye, peculiarly bright and attractive, was lighted with the 
steadfast warmth of a generous and genial heart. Pos- 
sessing a mind quick in its perceptions, keenly sensitive in 
its appreciation of what was best in literature, art, and 
oratory, and a nature surcharged with hope and courage, 
his future was warmly tinted with the glow of promise. To 
what eminence he would have risen if his earthly life had 
continued, is a question which will scarcely occur to those 
who were familiar with him, since they will find a greater 
satisfaction in the contemplation of the noble traits of the 
man as they knew him. 
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358 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Lake Coffeen, son of John and Susannah (Goldsmith) 
Coffeen, born in Rindge. Dartmouth College, 1785. On 
leaving college he taught several years in Cavendish, 
Vermont, and was licensed to preach July 29, 1806, but it 
is not known that he ever preached. He subsequently 
removed to Rushford, New York, and became a farmer, and 
later removed to Pike, in the same State, where he died, 
1816. 

Joseph Milliken, son of Lieut. Joseph Milliken, or 
Mulliken, of Rindge. Dartmouth College, 1802. He was 
principal of the New Ipswich Appleton Academy, 1803-7, 
and subsequently studied medicine, receiving the degree 
of M.D., 1817. He died September 9, 1818, aged forty- 
four years. 

Edwakd Payson. Harvard University, 1803. See 
page 331. 

James Waekee, son of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Whit- 
more) Walker, born in Rindge, March 10, 1784. Dartmouth 
College, 1804. He studied law, practicing his profession 
first in Francestown, but early removed to Peterborough, 
New Hampshire, where he resided, and continued the 
practice of his profession until his death, December 31, 
1854. He was an eminent lawyer, and a man of talent and 
integrity. 

Asa Rand, Dartmouth College, 1806. See page 334. 

Isaac Kimball, son of Aquilla and Anna Kimball, born 
in Rindge, November 30, 1783. Brown University, 1817. 
Mr. Kimball belonged to the Baptist denomination, and 
began to preach while pursuing his preparatory studies. 
After leaving college, where he had graduated with honor, 
he taught a little more than a year at Middleborough, and 
was ordained over the Baptist Church, in Marblehead, 
Massachusetts, March 10, 1819. The succeeding year he 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. 359 

asked and received a dismissal, and was engaged in 
missionary work during the remainder of his life. He died 
in New Haven, June 4, 1829. He was an earnest, zealous 
preacher, and was peculiarly fitted, both by natural ability 
and training, for the diversified and constantly changing 
duties of his calling. 

Silas Wilder, son of Silas and Abigail (Page) Wilder, 
was born in Rindge, August 10, 1788. Dartmouth College, 
1818. He studied divinity with Rev. Z. S. Barstow, D.D., 
of Keene, and was ordained pastor of the Congregational 
Church, at Lewis, New York, in February, 1825 ; was dis- 
missed from this charge in 1829, and preached for a few 
years as stated supply in several parishes. Subsequently 
he removed to Herkimer, New York, and there lived a 
farmer until his death, October 19, 1865. 

Chaeles Walkee, son of Capt. Joshua and Mary 
(Whitmore) Walker, born in Rindge, November 21, 1795. 
Dartmouth College, 1823. Mr. Walker graduated at 
Andover Theological Seminary, 1826, and was ordained 
over the Congregational Church in New Ipswich, February 
28, 1827. His former pastor. Rev. A. W. Burnham, was a 
member of the council. He was dismissed, at his request, 
in 1835, and was settled at Windsor, Connecticut, March 
9, 1836, and the succeeding year at Medfield, Massachusetts, 
and dismissed in 1838, and immediately after was again 
settled at Wells, Maine, and dismissed May 16, 1844. The 
winter succeeding he spent in Italy, and subsequently 
cultivated a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, where he died, 
October 23, 1847. Rev. Samuel Lee, his successor at New 
Ipswich, in a valuable discourse, delivered at the centennial 
celebration of the church in New Ipswich, says: "Mr. 
Walker was a man of fair talents, a good writer, and a 
faithful and impressive preacher. He was for the best of 



360 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

reasons greatly beloved by many in New Ipswicli ; and in 
return he gave his heart's love to this people." 

Charles Shedd, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca 
(Adams) Shedd, born in Rindge, October 21, 1802. Dart- 
mouth College, 1826. He was instructor eight years, in 
the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hampshire. 
In 1834, he removed to New Ipswich, and became principal 
of the Appleton Academy, in that place. In this position 
he was deservedly successful and popular. After seven 
years' labor in this place he removed to Campton, New 
Hampshire, and in February, 1842, he was ordained pastor 
of the Congregational Church there, and remained fifteen 
years. Subsequently he removed to Minnesota. 

Geoege Payson Baekee. Union College, 1827. See 
page 347. 

William C. Richaeds, son of Thaddeus and Dorothy 
(Coolidge) Richards, born in Newton, Massachusetts, June 
2, 1809. Brown University, 1837. "Mr. Richards' parents 
resided several years in this town, and his father died here, 
March 30, 1829. He was ordained over the Second Baptist 
Church, at Grafton, Massachusetts, June 16, 1841, and has 
subsequently been settled over churches in Lynn aijd 
Newton. He is a man of ability, and enjoys the esteem of 
his brethren in the ministry, and of the people with whom 
he has labored. 

Geoege Shedd, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca 
(Adams) Shedd, born in Rindge, May 13, 1810. Dart- 
mouth College, 1839. Studied medicine at Dayton and 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and settled as a physician, at Denmark, 
Iowa, where he continues to reside, enjoying, in an eminent 
degree, the respect and confidence of the entire community. 

Ira Russell. Dartmouth College, 1841. See page 351. 



COLLEGE GRADUATES. 361 

John Philander Perry, son of Chauncey and Abigail 
(Stearns) Perry, born in Rindge, February 23, 1819. Dart- 
mouth College, 1842. He studied divinity with Rev. Samuel 
Lee, of New Ipswich, and with Dr. Burnham, of Rindge. 
After preaching a short time at Surry, New Hampshire, and 
at Ludlow, Vermont, he embraced the Swedenborgian faith, 
and was ordained a minister of that denomination, at 
Boston, May 9, 1852, and settled in the ministry, at Yar- 
mouth Port, Massachusetts. At the present time he is 
residing at New Ipswich. His brothers, Albert and Isaac 
Stearns Perry, now deceased, were ministers. Two other 
brothers, Chauncey and Timothy Perry, are successful 
lawyers, in Brooklyn, New York. The younger brothers 
were born in New Ipswich. Their aged father, above 
fourscore years of age, having assisted his five sons to a 
liberal education, can review with proud satisfaction their 
honorable career. 

Joseph Browistlee Brown, son of Rev. Joseph and 
Maria (Hunt) Brown, was born in Charleston, South 
Carolina, October 4, 1824. Dartmouth College, 1845. The 
father of Mr. Brown died when he was nine years of age, 
and he came to Rindge, to reside with his maternal uncle, 
Jason B. Perry, Esq., who was his guardian. He read law 
with Benjamin D. Silliman, Esq., of New York, and entered 
upon the practice of his profession in that city. Subse- 
quently he removed to Newburgh, New York, where he still 
resides. As a lawyer he has been successful, and as a 
contributor to the press he has won many admiring friends. 
Many of his contributions are models of diction, evincing 
culture and refinement of taste. 

Samuel Burnham. Williams College, 1855. See 
page 353. 



362 HISTORY OF BINDGE. 

Charles William Kimball, son of William and Ruthy 
(Shedd) Kimball, born in Rindge, June 20, 1821. Entered 
Dartmouth College, class of 1845. Leaving the institution 
previous to graduation, on account of failing eyesight, he 
was a successful teacher in Ohio for many years. He was a 
gentleman of culture, and endowed with a lofty character. 
He died December 18, 1870. 

Howard Rand, son of Daniel T. and Julia Ann 
(Jewett) Rand, born December 8, 1839, entered Dartmouth 
College, class of 1864. He was a young man of strong 
traits of character, and superior ability. During the first 
year of the war, with flattering prospects before him, he 
forsook those pursuits to which he was ardently attached, 
and entered the service of his country. He commanded his 
company, in the absence of the commissioned officers, from 
the date of the second battle of Bull Run until his death, at 
the battle of Antietam. In the former bloody engagement, 
the color-bearers being killed, he bravely gathered up the 
State colors, amid a shower of bullets, and bore them from 
the field; an act of heroism witnessed with the warmest 
approbation by many of his comrades. 

Jacob Hamcltok Faeear, son of Abel F. and Emeline 
(Rice) Farrar, born July 21, 1849, graduated at Harvard 
University, class of 1874. 

Feank Heebeet Haedison, son of Samuel J. and 
Louisa (Hastings) Hardison, born September 3, 1849, is a 
student at Dartmouth College, class of 1876. 

Albeet Feancis Noeceoss, son of Deacon Jeremiah 
and Mary (Pillsbury) Norcross, born April 11, 1853, is a 
a student at Dartmouth College, class of 1878. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

PETSICIANS, LAWYERS, AND MERCHANTS. 

Drs. Morse, Palmer, Prescott, Townsend, Hartshorn, Whitney, Jewett, 
Shurtleff, Abell, Abbott, Seyffarth, Darling, Symonds, Heard, Wat- 
son. — Noah R. Cook, and Benjamin Ward, Esqs. — Hale, Parker, 
the Wilders, Sherwin, Ingalls, Breed, Adams, Howe, Hale, Jennings, 
Raymond, Sawtell, Stearns, Fletcher, Emory. 

De. David Morse, son of Dr. Parker Morse, of Wood- 
stock, Connecticut, removed to Rindge, 1768, and remained 
in this town, in the practice of his profession, five or six 
years, and then removed to Exeter, New York. His son 
Samuel, perhaps born in Rindge, removed from Exeter to 
Mississippi, where he became a judge in the courts of that 
State. 

Dr. Asher Palmer was in practice in this town 
several years. He came two or three years later than 
Dr. Morse, and was cotemporary with him. Dr. Palmer 
married, 1774, a daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, and subse- 
quently removed to Connecticut, where he died not many 
years after. 

Dr. Jonas Prescott, son of John and Mary (White) 
Prescott, was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, December 
6, 1754. He came to Rindge, 1776, and remained about 



364 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

five years, when he removed to Keene, New Hampshire, and 
very soon after to Templeton, Massachusetts, where he died, 
after a successful practice of many years. He was in this 
town during the sickly seasons of 1776 and 1777, which 
witnessed the death of many children. In 1778, he received 
the appointment of surgeon of the regiment, under com- 
mand of Col. Enoch Hale, raised for the defence of Rhode 
Island, and was with the regiment while in the field. 

DPw John Townsend had been briefly located in San- 
down, South Hampton, Hopkinton, and New Ipswich, New 
Hampshire, before he came to Rindge. He settled in this 
town during the year 1770, and consequently was cotempo- 
rary with Drs. Morse, Palmer, and Prescott. He remained 
in regular and quite successful practice, until about 1790, 
when for unknown causes he suddenly removed without his 
family to parts unknown. His son, John Townsend, is well 
remembered by many of the older inhabitants of this town. 

Dr. Ebenezek Hartshorn was from Athol, Massachu- 
setts. He came to Rindge about 1780, and resided on the 
farm owned by the late Capt. Stephen Emory. Dr. Harts- 
horn was about forty years of age at the time of his 
removal to this town. He died in November, 1811, having 
retired from practice several years previous to his death. 

Dr. Isaiah Whitney, son of Isaiah Whitney, was born 
in Harvard, Massachusetts, December 13, 1765. He studied 
medicine with Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, Massachu- 
setts, whose daughter he married. In 1790, he removed to 
Rindge, and resided for several years in a house which stood 
upon the site of the residence of A. A. Fowle. A few 
years later he removed to the house, now of D. S. Walker, 
and there resided until his death, November 30, 1839. Dr. 
Whitney, as a citizen, was much respected, and was 
regarded as a skillful and conscientious physician. During 



PHYSICIANS. 365 

the later years of a long and useful life he was partially 
incapacitated by deafness, and retired from active practice. 

Db,. Stephen Jewett, born October 21, 1764, was a 
native of this town. He did not pursue a regular course of 
professional study, but with good natural abilities, and no 
ordinary degree of common sense, which schools cannot 
bestow, he early acquired a lucrative practice. His fame in 
the cure of both chronic and acute diseases was not limited 
to the locality in which he resided, and he was frequently 
called upon to make professional visits in Boston, and other 
New England cities and towns. His son, Dr. Stephen 
Jewett, Jr., was not a practitioner, but for many years was 
engaged in the manufacture and sale of Dr. Jewett's propri- 
etary medicines, which for a long time had great celebrity. 

De. Thomas Jewett, a brother of Dr. Stephen Jewett, 
was born February 28, 1771. He pursued his professional 
studies at Hanover, receiving his degree about 1798. He 
was in practice one or two years, in Carlisle, Massachusetts, 
and returned to Rindge in 1801, and resided for several 
years upon the Enos Blake place, in West Rindge. Subse- 
quently he purchased and removed to the farm upon the 
east side of the highway, and about one-half mile north of 
the centre of the town, which is still known as the " Dr. 
Thomas Jewett place," where he passed the remainder of 
his years. As a physician. Dr. Jewett was eminently 
successful, and arrived at no inconsiderable eminence in 
his profession. In the treatment of a malignant fever, 
which prevailed with startling fatality throughout a large 
portion of New England, in 1811 and 1812, and which was 
generally called the spotted fever, his success was exceeded 
by few, if any, physicians in this vicinity. Dr. Jewett was 
exceedingly fond of his farm, and, during the later years of 
his life, he retired from the practice of his profession, and 
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366 ■ HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

directed his attention to agricultural pursuits. As a citizen, 
he was held in high esteem. Possessing a sound judgment, 
a clear and discriminating mind, his opinions invariably 
commanded respect. In religious opinions, for many years, 
he was unsettled, and at times skeptical, but subsequently 
acknowledged a change in his views, and united with the 
Congregational Church, of which he continued a consistent 
member until his death. The tract written by Dr. Burn- 
ham, " The Infidel Reclaimed," relates to the religious 
experience of Dr. Jewett. He died April 24, 1840. 

Dr. Asahel D. Shurtleff was born in Chesterfield, 
New Hampshire, September 8, 1789. Having acquired a 
thorough English education, at the academy in his native 
town, he pursued his professional studies in the office of 
Dr. Adams, of Keene. Dr. Shurtleff removed to Rindge 
upon the completion of his study in 1818, where he was 
brought into competition with men of experience in the 
profession, Drs. Whitney and Jewett being at this time in 
active practice. He gradually grew in favor with the 
people, and increased his business from year to year. He 
held several positions of trust in town affairs, but for such 
service he found little leisure. His years were devoted to 
his profession in an eminent degree. He was a skillful 
physician, and a man of unexceptionable character. He 
died, much lamented, and in the midst of an honored and 
useful career, November 8, 1843. 

Dr. Nathajstiel Kingsbiiry was born in Rindge, June 
28, 1798. He entered Middlebury College 1816. The 
following year he left this institution, and entered Harvard 
University, where he remained two years. After teaching 
in Georgia and in Massachusetts a few years, he attended 
medical lectures, at Hanover, and at Brunswick, Maine, 
where he received his degree, in 1829. He practiced med- 



FHYSICIANS. 367 

icine, in Rindge, from 1831 until 1834, when he removed 
to Temple. Dr. Kingsbury represented that town in the 
Legislature, 1840, 1841, and was a member of the State 
Senate, 1846. The following tribute to this eminent physi- 
cian is from the " History of Temple " : " Dr. Kingsbury is 
a man of superior ability, great acquirements, and much 
experience. He is one of the ablest physicians that this 
section of the country has ever produced. As a counsellor 
he has ever been esteemed by those of the profession who 
can appreciate the higher elements of medicine." 

Dr. Erasmus Daewust Abell was born in Lempster, 
New Hampshire, January 26, 1817. He received his name in 
honor of a celebrated English medical writer, and a kinsman 
of the well-known anthropologist, Darwin. His father, Dr. 
Truman Abell was a successful physician of the old school, 
and for half a century the author of the well-known 
Farmer's Almanac bearing his name. Dr. Abell early 
resolved to follow the profession of his honored father, 
and having enjoyed superior educational advantages, at the 
academy and under private tuition, he pursued his profes- 
sional studies in the office of his father, and also with a 
maternal uncle, Robert Lane, M.D., of Sutton, New Hamp- 
shire. He attended lectures at the Vermont Medical 
College, in Woodstock, Vermont, and at Dartmouth Medical 
College, in Hanover, receiving his diploma from the latter 
institution in 1838. In 1840, Dr. Abell removed to Rindge, 
and immediately entered upon the practice of his profes- 
sion. Genial in manner, skillful and eminently successful 
in practice, upright and honorable in character, he soon 
won a popularity which increased with the years of his 
residence in this town. The sick received unfailing and 
sympathizing attention, and trusted him with the most 
implicit confidence ; and his practice, in the families of a 



368 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

large number of warm personal friends, was extensive and 
remunerative. His labors for several years in the super- 
vision of schools were of much value. While he was 
prompt in recognizing excellence, his keen criticism and 
correction of fault, in terms never mistaken by his auditors, 
were presented with such genuine kindness that no offence 
was left to combat the happiest results. The long rides, 
which he was called upon to perform, often extending into 
the surrounding towns, led him to seek a more populous 
location, in which he could find employment within a 
smaller circuit. In 1852^ he sold his homestead to Dr. 
D. W. Jones, and after spending considerable time in the 
lecture-rooms and hospitals in the city of New York, he 
located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, where he still enjoys an 
extensive practice. 

De. Josiah Abbott was born in Framingham, Massa- 
chusetts, May 22, 1811. He graduated at Yale College, 
1835, and pursued his professional studies, under the in- 
struction of Professors Knight and Beers, of New Haven, 
attending medical lectures meanwhile in that city. Sub- 
sequently he attended lectures at the Fairfield (New 
York) Medical College, where he received his degree, 
January 23, 1840. Dr. Abbott removed to Rindge in the 
autumn of 1843, during the illness of Dr. Shurtleff, and 
resumed his practice. He was a cautious, attentive physi- 
cian, and continued in practice until 1864, when he was 
appointed surgeon in the army. Since his return from this 
service, Dr. Abbott has continued his residence in this 
town, but has not resumed the practice of his profession. 
He has faithfully served many years on the board of school 
committee, and represented the town in the Legislature, in 
1860 and 1861. 



PHYSICIANS. 369 

Dr. Daniel Wayland Jokes was born in Ashbumham, 
Massacbusetts, January 14, 1829. Having enjoyed a liberal 
course of academical and professional tuition, and been for a 
time a student in the office of Ira Russell, M.D., he received 
his degree at the university in the city of New York, in 
March, 1852, and came to this town in the summer of the 
same year. He was well received, and from the first was 
the recipient of no small measure of patronage. In 1855, he 
sold his residence and removed from town. He now resides 
in Newton, Massachusetts, in the enjoyment of a lucrative 
practice. 

Dr. Edmund Seyffarth was a native of Germany. 
He was born in Altenburg, in the kingdom of Saxony, 
1827. His parents early designed him for the study of 
the law, and he was sent to the celebrated University of 
Leipsic, to pursue his professional studies. Acquiring an 
early dislike for this profession, at his earnest request he 
was transferred from the university to the medical school at 
Vienna, where he entered upon the study of medicine, a 
profession to which he ever after remained enthusiastically 
attached. At this university, then as now the first medical 
school in Europe, he graduated with honors, and prac- 
ticed four years in the hospitals in that city. During his 
student life. Dr. Seyffarth was warmly in sympathy with 
the Hungarian revolt, and, in common with the friends of 
freedom throughout the globe, earnestly hoped for the 
success of the patriot, Kossuth. The entertainment of such 
sentiments was the cause of his residence in the United 
States. The story of his life, in those days of excitement 
and persecution, is devoid of neither incident nor interest. 
Leaving his native land, he became a surgeon upon a 
Russian man-of-war, bound for Alaska. After visiting the 
Russian possessions upon this continent, the vessel cruised 



370 HISTORY OF EINBGE. 

for a season in the Sea of Okhotsk, and while there he was 
called lo an American vessel, to attend the late Capt. 
Charles H. Cole, of this town. In 1853, Dr. Seyffarth 
came to Rindge, where he remained in the successful 
practice of his profession about three years. After a short 
residence at the West, he removed to Lawrence, Massachu- 
setts. He was surgeon in the army from 1862 until 1865. 
Returning from this service, he resumed the practice of his 
profession in Lawrence. He died July 21, 1874. Dr. 
Seyffarth acquired an eminent position in his profession. 
With rare skill, and the unfailing fruits of liberal study, he 
united a quick perception, and a rapid, unerring judgment. 
Wherever he has resided, he will be long remembered by 
those who learned to understand him as a person of superior 
talent, warmed into activity by an impulsive and generous 
nature. 

De. Sophia S. Syivionds was born in Rindge, August 
4, 1831. Miss Symonds belongs to the Eclectic School of 
Medicine. She pursued her professional studies at the 
Ladies' Medical Academy, and the New England Medical 
College, in Boston, and at the Worcester Medical Institute, 
where she received the degree of M.D. in 1862. Soon after 
she entered upon the practice of her profession in this town, 
and for seven years enjoj^ed an extensive practice. In 1869 
she removed to Winchendon, and became professionally 
associated with Dr. R. W. Geddes, but continues to visit 
many families in this town, whose confidence and esteem 
has never been withheld. 

Dk. J. Homer Darling was born in Cambridge, Ver- 
mont, July 25, 1838. He removed to Rindge in the summer 
of 1860, and remained until the autumn of 1862, when he 
was appointed assistant surgeon in the army. Upon his 
return from this service, he located in Keene, where he 



PHYSICIANS. 371 

remains in the successful practice of his profession. He 
was well received, and would have secured a permanent 
and lucrative practice in this town, if the inducements 
presented by a more populous locality had permitted him to 
remain. Dr. Darling pursued his professional study in the 
office of Dr. P. D. Bradford, a professor in Castleton, Ver- 
mont, Medical College, where he attended lectures, and 
graduated June 15, 1859. 

Dr. JoEDsr Heard was a native of Maine, and born 
about 1810. He received his degree from Dartmouth 
Medical College, and after practicing his profession in 
Acworth and Hopkinton, in this State, in Leominster and 
Townsend, in Massachusetts, he removed to Rindge, in 
1866, and remained about six years. It is probable that Dr. 
Heard was deficient in neither skill nor natural ability ; but 
his cynical manners and current conversation repelled the 
respect of the community. 

Dr. Henry A. Watson was born in Worcester, Ver- 
mont, June 21, 1849. He commenced the study of medicine 
in the office of Dr. Benjamin F. Eaton, of Hartford, Ver- 
mont, and attended two terms of lectures at Hanover, and 
as many at Burlington, where he received his degree, July, 
1874. Immediately after the completion of his professional 
studies. Dr. Watson located in this town, and has entered 
upon the practice of his profession under favorable auspices. 

The name of Dr. William Swan is found in the early 
records, but he was not a physician in regular practice. It 
appears that he was more inclined to boast of the wonderful 
cures he was able to perform than were the people to test 
experimentally the truth of his assertions. 

Dr. Samuel Steele is mentioned upon the records, but 
his ambition was fully gratified in the honors of a successful 
farrier. The absence of literature among his patients will 



372 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

account for any deficiency in the record evidence of 
his skill. 

Dr. Elijah Norcross, a native of this town, during a 
residence abroad had secured the title, but the state of his 
health did not permit him to practice after his return to 
Rindge. 

Several natives of this town have acquired considerable 
distinction in the practice of law, but the number of resident 
lawyers has been very small. 

Noah R. Cook, Esq., a son of Noah Cook, a lawyer of 
Keene, and a brother of Josiah Parsons Cook, an eminent 
lawyer of Boston, came to Rindge about 1816, and remained 
six or seven years. He returned to Keene, and recently 
died in that town, at an advanced age. 

Benjamin Ward, Esq., a grandson of General Ward of 
Revolutionary fame, was born in Phillipston, Massachu- 
setts, January 25, 1793. He entered Harvard University, 
but on account of failing health he did not complete the 
prescribed course of study. Mr. Ward read law with an 
uncle, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and removed to 
Rindge in 1822. He was a man of talent, and an accom- 
plished scholar. If his physical strength had been com- 
mensurate with his ability and attainments, he would have 
been foremost in his profession. He died February 19, 
1828, and is remembered with much respect and esteem. 

Merchants and Stores. — There were about four hundred 
inhabitants in town when Col. Nathan Hale first opened a 
store in Rindge. In 1772, the town conveyed to him about 
an acre of common land, lying between the two roads north 
of the meeting-house. It is not certain that any building 
was erected on the premises previous to the present store, 
but in connection with a record of the stores of Rindge this 
site is historic ground. 



MERCHANTS AND STORES. 373 

At an early date, Col. Hale had. a store near the Dr. 
Whitney house, now owned by D. S. Walker, on the west 
side of the highway, and south of the Common. Soon 
after he entered the army, Jonathan Parker, Jr., purchased 
a house which stood near the residence of Miss Sarah 
Shurtleff. There was only a lane between this house and 
the store of Col. Hale. Mr. Parker was in trade several 
years, and probably occupied the building in which Col. 
Hale had conducted business. During the progress of the 
war, when every person's conduct was closely scrutinized, 
certain charges and proceedings against Mr. Parker called 
forth the following letter from Col. Enoch Hale : — 

RiNDGE, April 26, 1777. 
Worthy Sir, — Due submission to your honor, I just inform that 
Jonathan Parker, Jun'r Esq. desires to know from whence any suspicion 
arose of his being Enimical to his Country. Being apprehended, &c., 
which I could not answer, as I know not who had complained. But am 
able to inform thus much — that he hath done and continues to do his 
proportion in carrying on the war, and as to his passing bad money, I 
have not heard any Person charge him with it, since the time of some 
small altered Bills that was turned upon his hands, that your Honor may 
Remember was brought against him; Although he has traded largely 
since that time, I believe more than one hundred lawfid Per month. 
But if it shall be thought he ought to appear at any future Time for 
any further Examination I will be answerable for his appearance, if 
such bail may be admitted. 

From your most obedient Humble Servant, 

ENOCH HALE. 

Hon. Meshech Weare, Esq. 

Mr. Parker was born in Groton, April 19, 1744. In 
company with his parents, he removed to Rindge previous 
to the incorporation of the town. He was a useful and 
active citizen. His penmanship was remarkable for beauty 
and plainness, and his signature was invariably traced in 

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374 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

fair, bold characters. His name upon the "Association 
Test " recalls to mind that of John Hancock subscribed to 
the Declaration of Independence, and is perhaps equally 
significant of courage. But one enjoyed a national reputa- 
tion, while the other was only a " Village Hampden." 

Moses Whitistey was in trade in this town during the 
year 1772. As will appear, he had an extensive trade. 
He may have been a better salesman than collector, or his 
customers may have had more inclination to buy than 
ability to pay. In either event, he was bankrupt at the 
close of the year. It is probable that he soon removed, as 
his name is not subsequently found upon the records. His 
accounts were left with Nathaniel Russell, Esq., for settle- 
ment. A well-filled journal was left in his possession, which 
is carefully preserved by a grandson, Mr. Henry Russell, of 
this town, who properly regards it a valuable fragment of 
the history of the town. In these mercantile transactions 
of a single year, an account was kept with above one 
hundred residents of Rindge, twenty-five of Jaffrey, and 
several of Peterborough, Winchendon, and Ashburnham. 
These ancient accounts, besides affording much valuable 
information of the names of the residents of the town, are 
a most truthful history of the wants and customs of the 
times. They include a much greater variety of articles 
than are generally admitted in approved homilies of the 
economy and plain-living of our fathers. After the aristoc- 
racy are distinguished from their neighbors by a more fre- 
quent charge for West India rum, instead of the cheaper New 
England distillation, and all the accounts are thus reduced 
one-half, many articles of finery will next attract attention ; 
gilt buttons, sleeve buttons, gilt beads, waxed beads, glass 
beads, crewel, lace, taffeta, silk ferret, and satin ribbon, are 
named about as often as the more substantial g-oods" sold 



MERCHANTS AND STORES. 



375 



under the name of ticklenburg, baize, buckram, ratteen, cotton, 
and linen checks, shalloon, and Barcelona ; while pomatum, 
moose-skin breeches, double-twist gimlets, striped Hollands, 
snuff-boxes, cat-gut horsewhips, iron hand-saws, tow-cloth, 
shoe-buckles, and curling-irons, form a most bewildering 
variety of articles of luxury and of utility. A portion of the 
charges contained in one account selected at random will 
present considerable information of the prices of that period : 



£ 



I lb. chocolate, is., 4d., 1 5 lbs. fish, 3^-. 4</., .... 

I Gal. molasses delivered to his son, 

I " rum, 

I pr. moose-skin breeches, 

1-4 lb. powder, 6d., i lb. shot, 6d., 

1 qt. brandy, 2s., 1-2 doz. cups and saucers, yd., . . 
1 5 panes of glass, 6 by 8, at 3^., 

5 yds. serge at 5^-. 4</., 

2 1-2 doz. buttons, 2s. 6d., hank twist, 8d., needles, id., 

6 pump nails, 

2 1-4 lbs. log wood, yd., i lb. I'ed wood, 3^., . . . 

I Bu. Salt, 4s. gd., 5 lbs. sugar, 3^-., 

I Double twist Gimlet, 4^., i Iron Hand saw, 4^^. 8d., 
1-4 yd. Buckram, ^d., i yd. Ticklingburg, is. 4.d., 

I pr. worsted Hose, 

I Blew and White Tea pott, 

I lb. butter, 6c/., i lb. beeswax, is. 2d., 

I Bu. wheat, 6s., i Bu. Corn, 3^-. ^.d., 

1 yd. shalloon, 2s., i yd. quality, 2d., 

2 yds. Ell wide Persian, at 8s. 8d., 



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The store at the north end of the Common was built by 
Col. William Gardner, about 1790. Capt. Philip Thomas 
was employed as master carpenter to conduct the work. 

Col. Josiah Wilder removed to this town in 1794, and 
soon commenced trade in the new building. Five or six 
years later, his brother, Samuel L. Wilder, formerly his 
clerk, became a partner in the business. Col. Wilder died 
in 1812, and in 1820 Mr. Wilder formed a partnership with 



376 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

his son, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. The latter removed to 
Boston, 1825, and soon after Mr. Wilder retired from the 
business, and was succeeded by Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., 
and Josiah Wilder. The firm of Sherwin & Wilder was 
dissolved, by the death of the latter, in 1853, and Mr. 
Sherwin continued in trade until his death, in 1861. 
During this period, the proprietors had a large country 
trade, which extended considerably into the surrounding 
towns. For nearly seventy years there were no sudden 
changes in the firm. The building is one of the landmarks 
in the town, around which the aged and middle-aged often 
linger. The proprietors were men of influence, and enjoyed, 
in an eminent degree, the confidence and esteem of the 
entire community. Here were found some of the habitual 
frequenters of public resort ; here, in stormy weather and 
on winter evenings, were assembled the farmers and other 
citizens from all portions of the town; here were dis- 
cussed, in a masterly manner, the weather, the crops, and 
other topics of current conversation, while often the intelli- 
gence of the proprietors joining in the conversation would 
lead to more profitable trains of thought, or perhaps a 
pleasing story, aptly told by Mr. Sherwin, would provoke a 
laugh, and brighten their dreams after they had sought their 
several homes. Could some of the former visitors at this 
store return again to earth, the first object of their search 
would be a seat on the old " settle " by the fire-place. This 
famous seat, with its high back, was found more recently 
near the stove, but its former occupants were gone, and the 
memory of the many scenes of hilarity, to which it had been 
a silent witness, was buried with them. If the old store 
can be imagined as a substance of life and reason, it cer- 
tainly was Federal and Whig in politics, and its influence 
can be read in unmistakable lines, even to the present time. 



MERCHANTS AND STORES. 377 

Col. Josiah Wilder came to Rindge when about 
twenty-four years of age. He at once won the esteem of 
his townsmen, and, despite his age, secured no ordinary 
influence in the community. In military affairs he took a 
lively interest, and early rose to the command of the regi- 
ment. He served the town as clerk for seven years, and the 
plainness of the penmanship, and the perspicuity of the 
record, will long make known his faithful service. Col. 
Wilder represented the town in the Legislature nine years 
previous to, and including, 1810. In 1811, he was a member 
of the State Senate. Having retired from active business 
and removed to the farm, now of Abraham J. Converse, on 
account of feeble health, the same cause led him to decline 
a reelection to the Senate. He died in the midst of an 
honorable career, April 27, 1812. In the discussions of 
public measures in the town-meetings, or in the halls of 
legislation, and in less public conference with his fellow- 
men, his well balanced mind and matured opinions were as 
conspicuous as the sincerity in which all his thoughts and 
opinions found expression. Few men, dying at the age of 
forty-two, have become more thoroughly identil&ed in town 
history. 

Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., at the age of sixteen years, 
removed to Rindge, where, as a merchant and farmer, he 
resided through a prolonged and useful life, enjoying the 
esteem and confidence of his townsmen in an eminent 
degree. He succeeded his brother as Town Clerk, and 
transcribed the records of the town, for seventeen years, in 
fair characters and well chosen language. He was the 
Representative from this town in. the Legislature thirteen 
years, and a Justice of the Peace from 1816 until his death, 
a period of forty-seven years. Few are met in the town's 
history to whose judgment and counsels more deference has 



378 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

been paid. While yet a young man, lie enjoyed the friend- 
ship and confidence of Dr. Payson, and his name at all 
times has been associated with good men and good works. 
For many years he was a consistent member of the Congre- 
gational Church, and was one of the original members of 
the society. Many of the provisions of the Constitution of 
this society were proposed by him, with reasons which led 
to their adoption. The memory of his counsels, and the 
great interest he continued at all times to feel for the 
prosperity of this organization, will continue to brighten its 
annals. Mr. Wilder is remembered by the present genera- 
tion with a prompt acknowledgment of his unbending and 
unfailing adherence to the line of Christian duty. He died 
April 7, 1863. 

JosiAH Wilder, son of Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., entered 
the store at an early age. He was attentive to business, 
seeking neither public honors nor the praises of men. His 
strict integrity and painstaking kindness deservedly won the 
favorable opinion of his numerous acquaintances. He died 
April 27, 1853, being the same month of the year and the 
same day of the month as the date of the death of his 
uncle. Col. Josiah Wilder. 

Stephen B. Sherwin, Esq., was born in the north part 
of the town. While yet a young man, he removed to the 
centre of the town, and became associated with Mr. Wilder 
in trade. Affable and urbane in manner, he won an early 
popularity which during his life did not forsake him. Of a 
generous nature, free from all assumption of superiority, he 
was continually surrounded by many unfailing friends. He 
was a member of the School Committee for several years. 
Town Clerk for a longer period, and member of the Legis- 
lature for the years 1844, 1845, and 1846. In 1856, he 
represented the American party of the State, in a National 



MERCHANTS AND STORES. 379 

Convention, held in Philadelphia. Mr, Sherwin was ex- 
tremely fond of music, and his efficient leadership of the 
choir will be long and pleasantly remembered. As men- 
tioned in another chapter, he died very suddenly, December 
14, 1861. 

Thomas Ikgalls, Esq., was engaged in trade, for a few 
years, in the building adjacent to the dwelling-house of Miss 
Milly Walker, subsequently for a short time in partnership 
with Joel Raymond and with Eliphalet Sawtell, and for 
many years at the " Ingalls Store," where the sign-board 
bearing only the word " Store " announced at once the 
business carried on within, and the simplicity of the 
taste of the occupant. 

Mr. Ingalls was a man of implicit integrity, and earnestly 
forwarded all laudable public measures with untiring effort 
and the weight of his character. Few, indeed, have pos- 
sessed, and more promptly exercised, a keener perception of 
right and wrong, or were readier to commend the one and 
condemn the other. His services were often solicited by his 
townsmen. He was a member of the first board of school 
committee chosen in this town, and subsequently served 
several years in this capacity, and also in the board of 
selectmen. In 1832 and 1833, he represented the town in 
the Legislature. For twenty-six years he was chosen to 
transcribe the public records, and was the Town Clerk at 
the time of his death. The penmanship of Mr. Ingalls was 
plain and graceful, and the clearness of statement, accuracy, 
and method displayed on the numerous pages of the reg- 
isters by him transcribed, were the result of an habitual 
sincerity and conscientiousness in the discharge of any trust 
confided in him. For many years he was a Justice of the 
Peace, and none in this vicinity was more frequently called 
upon to act in this capacity. 



380 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

Mr. Ingalls possessed more talent and refinement than 
many, the lines of whose lives have been turned in wider 
circles. Of a dignified yet courteous manner, he belonged 
to a class denominated "gentlemen of the old school," 
unhappily few of whom remain. He was extremely fond of 
reading. The number of books selected was not numerous, 
but these he read attentively and understandingly. Among 
his friends he united modesty and affection with true self- 
respect and personal independence. In his home life he laid 
aside the cares of the outside world, and with genuine 
tenderness and sympathy became the life and entertain- 
ment of the home circle. He was sensitively appreciative 
of the beautiful, and found delight in many things unseen 
by others. To him there was a constant joy and beauty in 
summer, and contentment and instruction in winter. He 
heard a captivating melody in the first bird-notes of spring, 
and saw an unwonted whiteness in the premonitory snow- 
flakes of autumn. 

Mr. Ingalls died December 27, 1863, and the frequent 
expressions of regret manifested by his townsmen continue to 
bear honorable testimony of his character and his usefulness. 

Deacon Joseph B. Breed was in trade for many years, 
in a store connected with his dwelling, on the west side of 
the Common. He died September 23, 1864. The business 
was continued, for a short time, by his son, George H. 
Breed, after which the store was closed. Without osten- 
tation or display. Deacon Breed conducted his business in 
a manner which secured the confidence of his customers. 
He was prominent in the church, and foremost in many 
good works ; lived on intimate terms with his pastor, and 
had contention with none. 

Arad Adams was in trade a short time, about thirty 
years ago, in a building that stood on the site of the 





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MERCHANTS AND STORES. 381 

residence of Willard G. Jones. After the lapse of a few 
years in the business in this town, he built a small store, 
which has been removed, near the residence of Daniel H. 
Sargent. In 18-55, Mr. Adams closed out and removed to 
Jaffrey, where a good degree of prosperity has attended him. 

Levi Howe, Esq., opened a store in the Dr. Whitney 
house, about seventeen years ago, and continued in trade 
about ten years. Mr. Howe had formerly been a successful 
farmer, and, in connection with others, was engaged in the 
manufacture of pails, in the west part of the town. He 
was a Justice of the Peace, and one of the selectmen for 
many years, and represented the town in the Legislature, 
1842, 1843, 1848, and 1849. In the settlement of many 
estates, and as guardian of the fatherless, he justly secured 
and maintained the confidence of those whose affairs were 
entrusted to his keeping. The counsels and advice of few 
men have been more frequently sought by his neighbors, 
and as a townsman his services were of the highest value. 
He died, very suddenly, August 8, 1869. 

Emerson Hale, for a few years previous to 1808, had a 
store on the south side of the highway, and west of the 
residence of J. A. Stearns. The remainder of his life was 
devoted to farming. 

Talmon Jennings, about forty years ago, had a small 
store, and a limited stock of goods, near the residence of 
Asa and Charles E. Stickney. The building remains, but 
Mr. Jennings has been dead many years. 

Capt. Joel Raymond, Eliphalet and Jabez Sawtell, have 
been in trade in a store in the south part of the hotel 
buildings. It has recently been remodeled, and is now 
occupied by Col. George W. Stearns and C. F. Platts. 
A. M. Lacy, and Josiah Stratton, at the Wilder store, 
Ambrose Butler, in West Rindge, and several persons in a 
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382 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

small store in East Rindge, have each been engaged in trade, 
for a short period of time, within the past ten years. 

At present, the Wilder store and a store in the depot at 
West Rindge are occupied by Samuel W. Fletcher and 
Warren W. Emory, under the name of Fletcher & Emory, 
who have been successful traders for the past six years. 
The merchants of to-day and of the future can find worthy 
examples of character and of integrity in the lives of their 
predecessors. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

MISCELLANEO US. 

Tithing-Men. — Pauperism. — Turnpikes. — Post-Offices. — Railroad. — 
War of 1812. — Centennial Celebration. — Libraries. — Mechanics' 
HaU. — Population. — Mortuary Record. — Longevity. — Representor 
tives to the General Court. — Town Officers. — Justices of the 
Peace. — Measurement of Trees. 

TiTHZNG-MEN were first chosen by the proprietors in 
1766, the year after the meeting-house was completed. 
After the incorporation of the town, such officers were 
annually chosen until 1835, — a much longer period than in 
other towns. The office was regarded as one of distin- 
guished honor, and only men of sedate manners and 
unimpeachable characters were chosen. In addition to 
their duty as meeting-house police, they were expected to 
summarily stop all needless travel upon the highways on 
the Sabbath ; and in the discharge of their duty they were 
sustained by the greater portion of the community. Stocks 
for the confinement of unruly youth on the Lord's day were 
never erected in this town. The question was once pro- 
posed, and the advocates of the measure were patiently 
heard, after which the town placidly voted that the gentle- 
men in favor of their erection have the privilege of building 
stocks, provided they will complete the same at their own 



384 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

expense. This provision brought the enterprise to sudden 
grief; it was setting too high price upon principle, and the 
records contain no further reference to the subject. 

In 1814, several meetings were held in the vicinity, and 
a combination formed by several towns for a more vigorous 
enforcement of the laws regulating the observance of the 
Sabbath. As a result of these proceedings, twelve tithing- 
men were chosen the following year, and many travelers 
and teamsters were stopped upon the road and detained 
until Monday morning. A reaction soon followed, and the 
next year only two were chosen, one of whom resided in the 
extreme southwest corner of the town, and the other as far 
to the northeast. The choice of these men, whose resi- 
dences were so far removed from the main lines of travel, 
was not accidental, and, as was intended, the newly elected 
officers, giving the statutes a liberal construction, molested 
very few of the persons who had been keenly watched by 
their predecessors. 

It may have been that the roguish youth in the congre- 
gation fully occupied the attention of the tithing-men ; or, 
possibly, the office was so intimately associated with dignity 
that no minor duties were imposed upon them. In either 
event, a special police was chosen to keep the dogs from 
following their masters into the meeting-house. The 
measure was duly considered, in 1797, when the town 
chose Levi Mansfield, Edward Jewett, Esq., Capt. Solomon 
Cutler, Col. Daniel Rand, Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, Josiah 
Wilder, William Sherwin, and William Carlton, to keep the 
meeting-house clear of dogs on the Sabbath. This was an 
able committee, composed of the best men in town ; and 
unless there is a hidden humor in the record, which is not 
improbable, the dogs in those days must have been either 
unusually ferocious or numerous. These proceedings also 



PAUPERISM. 385 

suggest the prevailing views of a future state, since our 
fathers here discredited the Indian, — 

" Who thinks, admitted to that equal sky, 
His faithful dog shall bear him company." 

Pauperism in this town has never been of great mag- 
nitude. In another chapter reference was made to the 
preventive measure of warning out. Notwithstanding this 
precaution, in the course of events, there were persons who 
legally claimed and received assistance from the town ; and 
the humanity of the citizens has been prompt in response to 
such demands upon the public treasury. 

A practice existed about the commencement of the 
present century which will attract attention. Whenever an 
aged or infirm person became hopelessly involved in debt, 
and in need of public assistance, at the request of such 
persons, the town, by its selectmen, would assume posses- 
sion of their property, pay the debts, and give the families 
a public support as long as their circumstances required. 
In some instances " the man of debts," after going through 
this form of bankruptcy, would take the oars in his hands 
again, and secure a comfortable home for himself and 
family during the remainder of his life. 

At this date a person was required to petition in writing 
for assistance or support before expense was incurred by the 
town. A number of such written requests, preserved 
among the town files, is a sad story of poverty, discourage- 
ments, and infirmities. 

An incident not wholly disconnected with this subject 
occurred about seventy years ago. For several years, in the 
annual financial reports made to the town, there constantly 
appeared among the assets a note against Mr. B. for $3.33. 
The selectmen were instructed to collect the note, but still 



386 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

it appeared upon the reports, until at length the jaded 
patience of the citizens found expression in a vote of 
instruction to their selectmen : " That the selectmen 
present the note they hold against Mr. B. to him for pay- 
ment, and if he neglect or refuse to pay it, they are directed 
to burn it before his face." The delinquent payer must 
have known what had been the instructions to the select- 
men, and possibly met them at his door with lighted torch. 

In several instances, when children have been found 
destitute, the town has secured for them permanent homes, 
stipulating that they should receive board, clothing, and 
schooling, until they were of legal age to act for them- 
selves. Soon after the close of the Revolution, when the 
currency had an uncertain value, such a contract was made, 
by vote of the town, in these words : " Voted to give Lieut. 
Page Norcross one yoke of oxen, that shall girt six feet, 

young cattle, and well built, for his taking , 

and provided they should be delivered within three months 
from date the said Norcross agreed to take the same in full 
payment for taking and bringing up the said ." 

At this date, the boy referred to was about three years 
of age. The founder of Rome, it is said, was supported for 
a time by a wolf; but this child could more proudly claim 
that he was borne through the years of his vicissitude by a 
pair of oxen, "young and well built." 

For many years, as in other towns, the support of the 
poor was let at vendue to the lowest bidder. While this 
practice presents an air of inhumanity, it does not appear 
that uncomfortable homes for the needy were thus secured. 
Support for this unfortunate class was often provided by the 
town officers, without resort to this agency, and for several 
years subsequently all the poor were supported by one 
person, in accordance with a contract made with the town. 



TURNPIKE. 387 

The town at length purchased a farm, and took possession 
April 1, 1841. The farm was previously owned by David 
Hale, and is situated in the fourth lot, in the sixth range. 
Here, under the direction of a superintendent employed 
by the town, the poor received considerable care. In 1860, 
this farm was sold, and another purchased of Stephen Hale, 
which is situated on Hubbard Hill, and in the eleventh lot, 
in the first range. In 1866, the latter farm was sold, and 
since that date the small number of persons claiming assist- 
ance from the town have been boarded in private families. 

Several of a class of still greater misfortune, who, not 
only poor in this world's goods, have also suffered the loss of 
reason, have been maintained, by the town, at the Asylum 
for the Insane, at Concord; and one mute has enjoyed 
instruction at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, at Hart- 
ford, through the considerate liberality of the town. 

The Restdge Tuekpike was incorporated June 12, 
1807, and extended from the southeast corner of the town 
through Rindge Centre, West Rindge, and Fitzwilliam to 
the centre of Troy, where it met the Branch Turnpike. 
Upon its completion, it diverted considerable travel from 
the Third Turnpike extending through Jaffrey and New 
Ipswich, and from the turnpike extending from Keene 
through Fitzwilliam, Winchendon, and Leominster, to 
Boston. 

Wliile the construction of this road was under consid- 
eration, the town, evidently regarding it as an issue of 
considerable importance, proposed and discussed several 
measures in encouragement of the enterprise. Wisely 
refusing to take any stock in the corporation, the town 
agreed to build and keep in repair a free road of three 
miles, which, constituting a part of the turnpike, should be 
located by the corporation, and extend one and one-half 



388 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

miles each way from the centre of the town. The southeast 
section, extending nearly to Converseville, was built in the 
summer of 1811 ; and the remainder, extending to West 
Rindge, was completed the following year. The construc- 
tion of the road was committed to Col. Daniel Rand, Levi 
Mansfield, and Lieut. David Hale. The death of Col. 
Rand occurred before the completion of the road, and Ezra 
Thomas was selected to fill the vacancy in the committee. 
The construction was awarded to the lowest bidder, as 
appears from the record of a bill paid by the town "for 
rum and sugar for the vendue of the turnpike road." 

The gradual construction of the railroad from Boston to 
Lexington, Concord, Acton, Groton, and Fitchburg, contin- 
ually shortened the distance traversed by the stages, and 
when Winchendon was reached they were removed from' 
this road altogether. A new line of coaches, from Jaffrey, 
through Rindge to Winchendon, owned by J. L. Bolster, 
Aaron Perkins, and later by Mr. Perkins and Rodney A. 
Hubbard, then followed, which were continued until the 
opening of the Monadnock Railroad from Winchendon to 
Peterborough. For the past three years, the railroad, which 
has a station at West Rindge, and the carriages of D. S. 
Walker, amply meet the demand of the travel to and from 
the town. 

Post-offices. — At the time the turnpike was con- 
structed, post-offices were rarely established, except upon 
the line of stages. For this reason several towns in this 
vicinity were earlier favored with postal facilities. Soon 
after the completion of the turnpike, and the staging 
through Rindge which followed, a post-office was easily 
secured. 

Capt. Moses Todd was the first postmaster. The office 
was established and his appointment made April 26, 1815. 



POST-OFFICE. 389 

The post-office was in the hotel which stood upon the site 
of the Beaman house, now of Asia Jones. Capt. Todd was 
succeeded by Noah R. Cook, Esq., April 13, 1819. Mr. 
Cook, at this time, was engaged in the practice of law, and 
boarded with Capt. Joel Raymond. He carried the mail 
in his pockets, and whenever an inquiring citizen found 
him he also found the post-office, and received his mail. 
This arrangement possessed some conveniences, and if his 
pockets were numbered, and a particular one assigned to 
each citizen, after the manner of the boxes for the delivery 
of the mail at the present time, it can be presumed that 
this method of distribution was received with great satis- 
faction. 

September 4, 1821, Marshall P. Wilder was appointed 
successor of Mr. Cook, and the post-office had a fixed 
location in the Wilder store. When Col. Wilder removed 
to Boston, he was succeeded by his father, Samuel L. 
Wilder, Esq., whose appointment was dated April 12, 1825. 
Mr. Wilder soon after retired from business, and Stephen 
B. Sherwin was appointed April 3, 1828. 

The disciples of Andrew Jackson, proclaiming that " to 
the victor belong the spoils," subsequently effected the 
removal of the office from its Whig quarters, and Dr. 
Isaiah Whitney was appointed April 15, 1830, and distrib- 
uted the mails from his residence until his death, after 
which his daughter conducted the office nearly a year ; but 
no successor was named until October 16, 1840, when 
Thomas Whitney received the appointment, and removed 
the post-office into the hotel. 

The succeeding postmasters, date of appointment, and 
location of the post-office, have been as follows : Charles 
E. Plummer, May 22, 1843, hotel. Dr. E. Darwin AbeU, 
March 24, 1849, Dr. Whitney house. Dr. D. Wayland 

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390 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Jones, August 23, 1852, Dr. Whitney house. Willard G. 
Jones, November 4, 1854, his residence. Levi Howe, April 
13, 1861, Dr. Whitney house. Samuel W. Fletcher, March 
18, 1869. Mr. Fletcher, the present incumbent, removed 
the office to the store in the hotel building, occupied at 
the time by Fletcher & Emory. The firm removed their 
business and the office to the Wilder store, in 1872. 

The Blakeville post-office was established, and William 
A. Hale appointed postmaster, December 6, 1861. Ambrose 
Butler succeeded him, February 27, 1866, and Calvin Allen, 
March 28, 1871. The name was changed to West Rindge, 
December 11, 1871. Henry W. Fletcher, the present 
incumbent, was appointed December 19, 1872. 

The East Rindge post-office was established, and Miss 
Cornelia L. Converse, the present incumbent, was appointed 
postmaster, December 19, 1872. 

The War or 1812. — After the peace of 1783, the 
United States and Great Britain each incessantly com- 
plained that the other had violated the stipulations 
contained in the treaty. The complaints, and the excite- 
ment produced in the public mind, were rife during the 
closing years of the past century, until quieted for a time 
by the ratification of the Jay Treaty. In 1794, the prospect 
of war assembled the citizens of this town in legal meeting, 
and called forth the following vote : " Voted to give those 
soldiers who shall enlist nine dollars per month with what 
Congress has offered, if they shall be called into actual 
service, and to pay them five dollars thereof, to each man 
when they march." The war for the time being averted, 
none were called into service, but the causes of complaint 
were continued, and only removed by the war which subse- 
quently followed. The declaration of war was received 
with little enthusiasm by the people of New England, and 



WAR OF 1812. 391 

the sentiment prevalent in the town of Rindge, strongly 
Federal in politics, proved no exception, as appears from 
the record of a town-meeting, held September 8, 1812 : — 

After some introductory observations by different people, on 
the state of om* public concerns, extracts from the speech of Mr. 
Gorman, dehvered in the Senate of the United States, on the 
motion to postpone the consideration of the bill declaring war 
against Great Britain, was read before the town. It was then 
requested by Thomas Jewett, Esqr. [Dr. Jewett], that the presi- 
dent's message to Congress, June 1, 1812, might be read, which 
was complied with, and after being read, considered, and 
discussed, it was motioned to see who would justify the 
government in declaring the present war, and who would not ; 
Avhen the moderator requested those in favor of the procedure 
to take their places west of the broad aisle, and those against 
it on the east side, when it appeared that there were three in 
favor and the whole of the remainder of the inhabitants of the 
town present against the measure of declaring war, except five or 
six in the broad aisle. Voted to choose three delegates to meet 
with others who are or may be appointed to assemble in some 
convenient place in this county, to consult upon the state of our 
pubUc concerns for the preservation of order and the restoration 
of peace. Chose Rev. Dr. Payson, Edward Jewett, Esqr., and 
Samuel L. Wildei", for their delegates. 

In November, 1814, Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., was selected 
to represent the town in a convention assembled at Walpole 
for the choice of a delegate to the famous Hartford Con- 
vention, which met, December 15, 1814 ; and the sentiment 
of the citizens of this town is further disclosed in the fact 
that with the exception of Ezekiel Jewett, whose service 
is mentioned elsewhere, there were no voluntary enlist- 
ments into the service. 



392 



HISTORY OF EINDGE. 



In 1814, a requisition was made by the Governor of 
New Hampshire for nine men for the defence of Ports- 
mouth. A draft was made, and the following receipt, found 
upon the records, preserves the date of their departure : — 

RiNDGE, Septembei- 13, 1814. 
Received of the selectmen of Rindge sixteen dollars in 
advance pay for eight men under my command who are going 
with me to Portsmouth, to-morrow. 

LEONARD WELLINGTON. 

A few days later, another requisition was made by the 
Governor, and nine other soldiers were joined in the blood- 
less defence of Portsmouth. These men marched under the 
command of Sergeant Allen, who gave a receipt similar to 
the one of Lieut. Wellington, dated September 28, 1814. 
The men, and the duration of their service, were as 
follows : — 



Lieutenant Leonard Wellington, 52 days. 

Lawson Walker, 90 " 

John Richards, 90 " 

Leonard Colburn, 90 " 

Stephen H. Fletcher, 48 " 

John Fenno, 43 " 

Amos Fenno, 90 " 

Solomon SawteU, 2d, 50 " 

Harding Derby, 50 *' 

Sergeant Salmon Allen, 60 " 

Harry Greene, 40 " 

Aaron Keyes, 40 " 

Nathan Johnson, Jr., 60 " 

Ephraim Whitcomb, 60 " 

Charles Hodskins, 40 " 

John Rhode, 40 " 

Calvin Hale, 40 " 

Luther Goodridge, 8 " 



Substitute for Joel 
Raymond, 2d. 



^ Lived with Dr. Jewett ; was 
\ from Carlisle, Mass. 



CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 393 

Centennial Celebration. — The action of the town 
in its corporate capacity, in regard to the celebration of the 
one hundredth anniversary of its incorporation, was plain 
and direct, but the records preserve for future years only a 
faint indication of the manner in which the event was 
commemorated. At the annual town-meeting, in March 
of that year, it was unanimously voted that the completion 
of a century in the town's history be appropriately observed, 
and a committee, consisting of Ezra S. Stearns, Jason B. 
Perry, Zebulon Converse, George A. Whitney, Willard 
G. Jones, and James B. Robbins, were chosen, to make 
arrangements for the celebration. At a subsequent meet- 
ing, the sum of three hundred dollars was voted, and 
placed at the disposal of the committee. During the spring 
and summer, the committee held frequent sessions, in 
maturing measures which should lead to an appropriate 
and successful commemoration of the day. The town was 
incorporated February 11. The season of the year rendered 
it impracticable to observe the precise day on which the 
record of one hundred years was made complete. Wednes- 
day, September 16, was selected as the day on which 
the exercises should occur. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of 
Boston, was invited to deliver the address. The invitation 
was reluctantly declined by Mr. Wilder, on account of 
other engagements, very much to the disappointment of all 
natives of Rindge, and of many others interested in the 
history of the town. The invitation was then cordially 
extended to Hon. Amasa Norcross, of Fitchburg, Massachu- 
setts, which was accepted, and Samuel Burnham, of Boston, 
was invited to read a poem. 

A circular letter of invitation was prepared by the 
committee, and sent far and wide to the absent sons and 
daughters of Rindge. A capacious tent was procured at 



394 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

Boston, and erected on the Common in front of the residence 
of the late Deacon Breed. Ample preparations were made 
for the collation which was to be served under the canvas, 
and a speaker's stand was erected on the declivity south of 
the meeting-house. These and many other minor prepara- 
tions being made, the dawn of the morning of the sixteenth 
of September was awaited not without anxiety lest some 
measure had been overlooked which might add interest to 
the ceremonies of the day. 

With the morning came humid clouds and abundant 
tokens of rain. Despite these appearances, a large number 
of people composed of residents of the town, and many 
others from abroad, were assembled upon the Common at an 
early hour. A procession was formed under the direction 
of George A. Whitney, Esq., marshal of the day, which, 
after making the circuit of the village, was halted in front 
of the speaker's platform. Near the residence of William 
A. Sherwin, a floral arch, bearing appropriate devices, was 
warmly greeted by the moving throng. One feature of the 
procession sadly reminded the spectator of one of the great 
events of the century, in which the deeds of the sons of 
Rindge are read in the glowing record of unfailing patriotism. 
At the head of the procession, under command of Captain 
E. H. Converse, marched with measured step the veterans 
of the recent war, " all that was left of them." This little 
band, many of them bearing scars and other evidences of 
wounds received in battle, at once painfully proclaimed the 
carnage of war and the heroism of those sons of Rindge 
who proudly had helped make up the history of the expiring 
century. 

At the speaker's stand there was reading of the Script- 
ure, " Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place through all 
generations," and prayer by Rev. Dr. A. W. Burnham, 



CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 395 

followed by an address of welcome to all the returning sons 
and daughters of the town, and to other guests, by Ezra S. 
Stearns, the president of the day. A sudden fall of rain 
now drove the assembly into the audience-room of the 
Congregational Church, which was soon densely packed, 
many failing to gain admission. The exercises of the day 
were quickly resumed. Hon. Amasa Norcross delivered an 
oration of great merit. In all respects it was adapted to 
the occasion, and gave unqualified satisfaction to all present. 
The entire address was characterized by clear statement of 
historic facts, not unrelieved by both humor and pathos. 
After the oration, a bountiful collation was served in the 
tent. When the trencher-knife had been laid aside, the 
Centennial Poem was delivered by Samuel Burnham. It 
was an ingenious and worthy production, abounding in 
humorous description of ancient manners and customs, and 
with tender reminiscences of the dead, closing with joyful 
hopes for the future happiness of mankind. Its pleasantries 
were enjoyed by all, and in the more serious passages none 
failed to recognize the kind heart and tender sensibilities of 
the gifted author. Following the poem were sentiments 
and addresses from persons, including Rev. Dr. Burnham, 
Hon. Amasa Norcross, Rev. Samuel Lee, of New Ipswich ; 
Henry Payson, Esq., of Portland, son of Rev. Dr. Edward 
Payson ; Thomas Hale, Esq., editor of the New Hampshire 
Sentinel; Dr. George B. Jewett, of Fitchburg; Rev. C. M. 
Dinsmore, of Keene ; Rev. L. Dickerman, of Weymouth ; 
Hon. E. S. Whittemore, of Sandwich, Massachusetts ; Hon. 
George M. Buttrick, of Barre, Massachusetts; Hiram N. 
Stearns, of Boston, and others. During the afternoon, 
interspersed between the responses to the sentiments, the 
president of the day read letters of congratulation from 
Hon. Marshall P. Wilder; Hon. A. H. Bullock, whose 



396 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

mother was a native of Rindge ; Rev. William C. Richards, 
of Newton, Massachusetts ; Rev. J. W. Guernsey, formerly 
pastor of the Methodist Church in this town; Edwin S. 
Adams, Esq., of Brooklyn ; Dr. Thomas E. Barker, of 
Bangor, Maine, and others. The planting of a century elm, 
with appropriate ceremonies, closed the exercises of the 
afternoon. The tree then planted, not surviving, has been 
replaced by another of the same size, which measured, Jan- 
uary 1, 1875, two feet from the ground, thirteen inches in 
circumference. 

In the evening the Town Hall was filled to its utmost 
capacity, and the hours agreeably devoted to speeches, 
music, and the renewal of the friendships of former periods. 

The exercises of the day and evening were enlivened by 
the Fitchburg Cornet Band, which was secured through the 
liberality of Rodney Wallace, Esq., of Fitchburg. About 
noon the clouds broke away, and the sun shone out in 
prophetic splendor of the new century whose tablets were 
to be traced with the records and experiences of the 
unknown years. The brightness of the afternoon made 
ample amends for the clouds and the rain of the morning. 
Thus ended the day, amid many congratulations on the 
success of the entire proceedings. Such occasions have an 
outer and an inner experience. All externally came to 
participate in the ceremonies of the day. Yet many, after a 
long absence, returned to renew vows of love for the scenes 
of their childhood happiness, and the glowing dreams of 
their youth ; some with tender hands to remove the accumu- 
lating dust and moss from the tomb of their fathers ; others 
to trace near the graves of their kindred a portion of mother 
earth, where they hoped to slumber when life's warfare 
should be ended. No one reviews the scenes of childhood 
and youth without deep emotion, which finds no expression 



LIBBARIE8,— MECHANICS' HALL. 397 

in words; and, recalling tlie buoyant happiness of other 
years, all are surprised at the chastened sadness — a sadness 
whose OTOwth has marked the number of the fleetino; 
years — reigning in their hearts. 

The Rindge Library was collected sixty or more 
years ago. The number of volumes was not large, but 
comprised works of acknowledged merit. After they had 
become familiar to the patrons, the books were sold at 
auction, and the Rindge Circulating Library was established 
mainly by the persons who had been members of the former 
association. Subsequently the books were divided among 
the owners of the shares, and are frequently met with upon 
the shelves of the aged citizens. The Social Library of 
School District No. 3, now No. 8, was collected about 
thirty years ago. After a few years, the organization 
became extinct, and nearly all the volumes were lost beyond 
recovery. The East Rindge Library Association was organ- 
ized 1871, and is in a prosperous condition, owning about 
five hundred volumes, and constantly increasing the number 
by the purchase of new books. 

The Mechlajjics' Hall, at East Rindge, has been built 
the past season (1874). A capacious and well finished 
audience-room in the second story affords ample accommoda- 
tions for lectures and social gatherings. The lower story 
has been finished for a store, the post-office, and the library. 
It was built by Joel Wellington, at an expense of $2,500, 
and by him sold to. an association of proprietors. The 
erection of such a building reflects much credit upon the 
enterprise of the village of East Rindge. Mr. Wellington, 
in addition to the management of an extensive business, 
which adds to the material interests of the town, has 
recently erected five or six dwelling-houses, and in many 

51 



398 



BISTORT OF BINBGE. 



ways contributed to the prosperity of the village in which 
he resides. 

Population. — The enumeration of inhabitants in 1767 
and 1775 was authorized by the province of New Hamp- 
shire. Another enumeration was made in 1783, but no 
return from Rindge has been discovered. Since the adop- 
tion of the Federal Constitution, a census has been made for 
each decade. The population of the town of Rindge, at 
these dates, appears below : — 



1767, 298 

1775, 542 

1783, no retm-u 

1790, 1143 

1800, 1196 

1810, 1226 



1820, 
1830, 
1840, 
1850, 
1860, 
1870, 



1298 
1269 
1161 
1274 
1280 
1107 



MoKTTJAEY Record. — Although the thickly gathered 
monuments and the crowded mounds in the cemetery con- 
tinually proclaim that the graves of the dead are more 
numerous than the present population of the town, the 
statistics furnish abundant proof that the pure air of the 
locality and perfect drainage of the township, in an unusual 
degree, have been conducive to health and longevity. With 
an average population of between twelve hundred and thir- 
teen hundred, the number of deaths for the past sixty-three 
years has been twelve hundred and six, or an annual rate 
of nineteen and one-half. As appears from a record here- 
after given, the number of persons dying in this town since 
January 1, 1812, eighty or more years of age, has been one 
hundred and eighty-two ; above eighty-five years of age, one 
hundred and seventeen ; above ninety, thirty-one ; and above 
ninety-five, seven. In this number are included a few who 
were residents of Rindge, and had been such for many years, 
but died while visiting or making a temporary abode with 



MORTUARY RECORD. 399 

their children or friends in some of the surrounding towns. 
The number of deaths of aged persons previous to 1812 
cannot be given with accuracy. 

Epidemic diseases have rarely prevailed, and seasons of 
an unusual amount of sickness have been of rare occurrence. 
The most memorable era was during the prevalence of a 
malarial fever which caused much alarm, and was accompa- 
nied with considerable fatality. In the autumn of 1811, 
Jeremiah Norcross, Jr., returned to his home from the labor 
of a season, and soon fell a victim to this disease. His 
father, who was one of the early settlers of the town, died 
of the disease a few days later, and Isaac Gibson, Thomas 
Rugg, and Samuel Steele, in that neighborhood. Emerson 
Hubbard, eight years of age ; Elisha Jones, eleven years of 
age ; Lieut. Joseph Mulliken and his wife ; Capt. Asa 
Sherwin, who had been an invalid for several years ; 
Nathaniel Russell, Esq., whose name frequently occurs in 
the earlier chapters, and several others, died within a very 
short time. This disease, generally known as the spotted 
fever, accompanying the cold summers of 1811 and 1812, 
prevailed throughout a large area, and proved very much 
more fatal in many places than in this town. 

Since the settlement of the town, there has been found a 
number who " set their lives at a pin's fee," and fell at their 
own hands. Perhaps in every instance, certainly in nearly 
all, the taint of insanity has been manifested in the families 
in which self-destruction has occurred. There was a time 
when the suicide was denied Christian burial, and his 
memory was a reproach to his kindred. Whether the 
instinct of self-preservation can be overcome except in 
insanity, is at present receiving a more attentive considera- 
tion. The first suicide in this town occurred in 1816, within 
the latter half of the town's history. The whole number 



400 HISTORY OF B.INDGE. 

has been twelve, seven of which occurred between June, 
1852, and November, 1859. In the following record of 
deaths, self-destruction was committed by hanging, except 
Mr. Godding, who held his head in a small stream of water 
until life was extinct : — 

June 2, 1816, Luke Coburn. 

Nov. 26, 1827, Lydia Keyes. 

Sept. 16, 1834, William Sherwin. 

Nov. 14, 1837, Jasper Rand. 

Jan. 19, 1838, Calvin Davis. 

Jvme 2, 1852, Isaac Godding. 

June 18, 1852, MarshaU A. Hale. 

April 6, 1853, Luke Lord. 

June 3, 1857, Joseph Smith. 

March 7, 1858, Elvii'a (Fenno) Robinson. 

July 14, 1858, Caleb Smith. 

Nov. 29, 1859, Nathan J. Demary. 

The first attempt at suicide in this town was a most 
signal failure. Lewis Wyman, who lived in the southwest 
part of the town, at times was insane. At fifty years of age 
he deliberately concluded that he had lived as long as life 
was desirable, and boldly declared that he would commit 
suicide if he died in the attempt. Selecting a rope as the 
instrument, the barn as the scene, and himself as the chief 
actor, he adjusted the cord, consulted his courage, and made 
the reckless leap. He was soon discovered and released, but 
life was apparently extinct. His neighbors, being summoned, 
rendered him faithful attention, poured in wine, and would 
have added oil if there had been wounds, until at last he 
revived. He soon after removed to Vermont, where he 
recently died at the extreme age of one hundred and five 
years. The mistaken man was not aware of the duration of 
the existence he was about to surrender. 



Age in 


years. 


22 






33 






66 






46 






38 






75 






30 






60 






44 






38 






57 






46 



Date 


of Death. 


April 


26, 


1812. 


Oct. 


12, 


1813, 


May 


20, 


1814. 


Jau. 


12, 


1816. 


Aug. 


18, 


ii 


Aug. 


25, 


1817. 


Jan. 


23, 


1819. 


May 


15, 


a 


Jan. 


6, 


1820. 


Feb. 


7, 


1820. 


March 




(f 


Aug. 


27, 


1821. 


Dec. 


21, 


« 


Jan. 


23, 


1824. 


Sept. 


17, 


" 


n 


28, 


" 


Nov. 


3, 


u 


Jan. 


12, 


1825. 


Feb. 


19, 


(( 


Sept. 


23, 


a 


Nov. 


12, 


u 


April 


24, 


1826. 


Dec. 


1% 


(' 


March 25, 


1827. 


June 


10, 


t( 


March 25, 


1828. 


April 


6, 


(( 


Aug. 




-•J 


u 


Aug. 


31, 


n 


Sept. 


7, 


1829. 


Nov. 


10, 


« 


May 


4, 


1830. 


May 


10, 


(( 


June 


10, 


« 


Aug. 


9 


(( 


Sept. 


13, 


(( 


Sept. 


14, 


1831; 


Oct. 


4, 


u 


Nov. 


17, 


(( 


Dec. 


11, 


li 


July 


1, 


1834. 


Aug. 


7, 


ii 


Oct. 


5, 


<( 



LONGEVITY. 401 

Fears of Age. 

Abigail (Shedd) Page, widow of Joseph Page, . 93 

Widow Martha Barker, 81 

James Carlton, 85 

Grover ScoUay, 86 

Thomas Todd, 88 

Ensign Joseph Platts, 91 

Baxter, widow of Joseph Baxter, ... 80 

Israel Adams, 85 

John Foye, 89 

Joseph Baxter, 86 

EUzabeth (Carlton) Todd, widow of Thos. Todd, 82 

Abigail (Emerson) Hale, widow of Moses Hale, . 85 

Ephraim Hunt, 86 

WiUiam Carlton, '. 88 

Ebenezer Colbm-u, 86 

Elizabeth (Page) Platts, widow of Ensign Platts, 83 

Henry Smith, 83 

Dea. Edward Jewett, 83 

Widow Pai-khurst, 86 

Anne (Worcester) Russell, widow of Nat. Rxissell, 89 

Benjamin Peirce, 81 

Edward Goddard, 83 

Asa Brocklebank, 83 

Ruth (Shaw) Goddard, widow of Edw. Goddard, 80 

Dea. Benjamin Kingsbury, 85 

Mary (Everett) Colbm-n, widow of Eben'r Colburn, 87 

Lieutenant Samuel Tarbell, 83 

Miss Rebecca Sawtell, 81 

Mi's. Breed, widow of Allen Breed, 91 

Dorcas (Gates) Jewett, widow of Deacon Jewett, 82 

Ebenezer Ager, 85 

Maria (Whitney) Davis, wife of Eben'r Davis, . 84 
Elizabeth (Sherwin) Carlton, widow of James 

Carlton, 89 

Jeremiah Towne, 87 

Bathsheba (Barker) Hale, wife of David Hale, . 80 

Hannah (Platts) Jewett, widow of Ezek'l Jewett, 89 

Daniel Page, 86 

Captain Salmon Stone, 87 

David Adams, 84 

Ebenezer Da\'is, 87 

Martha (Barker) Poor, widow of Daniel Poor, . 81 

John Perry, 80 

]\Iary (Gallop) Lovejoy, wife of John Lovejoy, . 83 



402 



Date 


of Death. 


Nov. 


20, 


1834. 


Jan. 


5, 


1835. 


Jan. 


31, 


li 


Feb. 


27, 


n 


March 22, 


" 


April 


16, 


u 


Feb. 


00 


1836. 


March 2-3, 


(( 


May 


11, 


(( 


July 


19, 


" 


Feb. 


23, 


1837. 


March 22, 


(( 


March 31, 


1838. 


Aug. 





u 


Aug. 


15, 


(( 


March 26, 


1839. 


May 


27, 


u 


Aug. 


20, 


u 


Oct. 


11, 


(( 


Aug. 


21, 


1840. 


Aug. 


30, 


u 


Dec. 


5, 


" 


Jan. 


3, 


1841. 


Jan. 


5, 


(( 


Aug. 


5, 


" 


Dec. 


3, 


(( 


Jan. 


14, 


1842. 


July 


15, 


(( 


Dec. 


17, 


1843. 


Feb. 


26, 


1844. 


Aug. 


18, 


a 


Aug. 


25, 


ii 


Dec. 


25, 


n 


Feb. 


21, 


184.5. 


June 


1, 


u 


July 


3, 


a 


May 


17, 


1846 


Oct. 


9, 


u 


Oct. 


24, 


u 



HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

Years of Age. 

Daniel Lake, 81 

Isaac Wood, 88 

John Lovejoy, 84 

Susannah Walton, wife of Wm. Walton, ... 82 

William Walton, 84 

Mercy Chapman, widow of Jeremiah Chapman, . 90 

Mary (Sawtell) Page, wife of Abijah Page, . . 81 

Betsey (Pollard) Loring, wife of Joseph Loring, 86 

Jonathan IngaUs, • .... 82 

Abijah Page, 86 

Benjamin Barker, 90 

Ebenezer Stratton, 85 

John Wetherbee, 91 

Timothy Metcalf, 84 

Nathan Johnson, 84 

John Emory, 88 

Elizabeth (Perkins) Emory, widow of John Emory, 90 
Beatrice (Carter) Tarbell, widow of Lieut. Sam'l 

TarbeU, 86 

Joseph Loring, 92 

Susannah (Page) Wetherbee, widow of John 

Wetherbee, 93 

Hannah (Russell) Smith, wife of Francis Smith, 86 

Joshua Chadwick, 86 

Abner Foster, 80 

Lucy (Chaplin) Norcross, widow of Jere. Noi'cross, 91 

Enos Lake, 85 

Phebe (Wetherbee) Platts, widow of Abel Platts, 

died in Fitzwilliam, 101 

Abigail (Hamlett) Kimball, wife of Wm. Kimball, 85 
Hannah (Whitaker) SawteU, widow of Jonathan 

SaTviieU, ■ 88 

Edward Wakh-on, 93 

Joseph Moors, 86 

Walcott, widow of John Walcott, ... 80 

Francis Greene, 90 

William KimbaD, 87 

PoUy (Martin) Jones, wife of Asa Jones, ... 83 

Joshua Todd, 83 

Mary (Cnimbie) Chadwick, widow of Joshua 

Chadwick (Jaffrey), 85 

Asa Jones, . 87 

Amos Darling, 80 

Eliphaz Allen, 81 



Date of Death. 

Nov. 8, 1846. 

March 13, 1847. 

Oct. 10, " 

Jan. 1, 1848. 

Jan. 24, " 

March 18, " 

April 13, 1849. 

May 20, " 

Aug. 4, " 

Sept. 8, " 

Feb. 13, 1851. 

March 5, " 

June 12, " 

Aug. 15, " 

Sept. 16, " 
Oct. 1, " 
Dec. 5, " 

Sept. 27, 1852. 

Dec. 17, " 
March 28, 1853. 

April 5, " 
Sept. 7, " 

Oct. 10, 1854. 

Dec. 11, " 

Jan. 24, 1855. 
April 5, " 
May 1, " 

June 28, " 
Jan. 8, 1856. 

Feb. 16, " 

Feb. 17, " 

Feb. 28, " 

May 20, " 
Sept. 2, " 

Sept. 10, " 

Sept. 16, " 

Oct. 14, " 

Jan. 16, 1857. 
March 15, « 



LONGEVITY. 403 

Years of Age. 

Thomas Rvigg, 81 

Francis Smith, 93 

Rachel Steele, widow Sam'l Steele (Winchendon), 86 

Mary (Ball) Raymond, widow of Joel Raymond, 85 

Widow Peny, 86 

AsaPlatts, 82 

Rebecca (Hutchinson) Hubbard, widow of Dea. 

Hubbard, 87 

Jerusha (Gerould) Blake, wife of Dea. Blake, . . 89 

Dea. Ebenezer Brown, 80 

Lucy (Towne) Greene, widow of Francis Green, . 82 

Tabitha ( ) Stratton, widow of Ebenezer 

Stratton, 98 

Samuel Adams, 85 

Martha (RusseU) Gk)dding, widow of Henry God- 
ding, 86 

Polly (Baxter) Sherwin, widow of Wm. Sherwin, 84 

Judith (]\Ietcalf ) Peii'ce, widow of Benj. Peirce, 87 

Miss Sarah Towne, 82 

Miss Abigail MetcaK, 81 

Dea. Eleazer Blake, 95 

Amos Ramsdell, 85 

Eunice (Carlton) Robbins, widow of David 

Robbins, 92 

Susan (Garfield) Brown, widow of Edward Brown, 93 

John "NMiitcomb, 81 

Betsey (Towne) Foster, widow of Abner Foster, 91 

Tabitha (Hunt) Todd, widow of Joshua Todd, . 83 

Widow of Elijah Peirce, 91 

Ezra Thomas, 87 

Hannah (Mm'dock) Darling, widow of Jewett B. 

Darling, 80 

(Waldi-on) Brown, widow of Jas. Brown, 91 

Mr. Davis, 83 

Ede (Stone) Darling, widow of Amos Darling, . 86 

Mr. Whipple, 86 

Sarah Bowers, widow of Nehemiah Bowers, . . 99 

Hannah (Jewett) Buffum, widow of Geo. Buffimi, 83 

Ephraim Hunt, 85 

Talmon Jennings, 91 

Israel Adams, 89 

Eunice (Philbrick) Emoiy, widow of Fr. Emory, 83 

Lucy (Weston) Perry, widow of John Perry, . . 98 

Perley Peabody, 82 



404 



Date 


of 


Death 


March 26, 


1857 


Oct. 




(( 


March 30, 


1858 


June 


18, 


1858 


July 


6, 


" 


Jan. 


15, 


1859 


Feb. 


14, 


" 


July 


18, 


a 


Nov. 


4, 


a 


Feb. 


9, 


1861 


April 


21, 


a 


Oct. 


24, 


a 


Dec. 


6, 


(( 


Jan. 


10, 


1862. 


Jan. 


20, 


" 


Jan. 


30, 


u 


Sept. 


5, 


(( 


Oct. 


21, 


a 


Nov. 


14, 


u 


Nov. 


19, 


" 


Dec. 


14, 


u 


April 


7, 


1863. 


June 


21, 


ii 


Aug. 


14, 


11 


March 


1, 


1864. 


June 


15, 


" 


Aug. 


15, 


(( 


Feb. 


8, 


1865. 


Aug. 


14, 


(( 


Sept. 


12, 


1866. 


Sept. 


15, 


u 


Dec. 


19, 


(i 


Jan. 


6, 


1867. 


Feb. 


16, 


(( 


Feb. 


26, 


(( 


Sept. 


20, 


" 


Jan. 


5, 


1869. 



HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

Years of Age. 

Betsey (Loring) Smith, wife of Abel Smith, . . 84 

Miss Sarah Page, 89 

Miss Hannah Carlton, 82 

Daniel Peacock, 81 

Lydia (Pratt) SjTnonds, widow of Thos. Symonds, 82 

Abel Smith, 88 

Elizabeth (Carlton) Cutler, widow of Amos Cut- 
ler, Sen., 93 

Abigail (Earl) Wood, widow of Isaac Wood, . . 80 

Eliakim Russell (died in Ashburnham), ... 89 

Sally (Steele) Bobbins, widow of Sam'l Robbins, 80 

Mary (Perkins) Thomas, widow of Ezra Thomas, 89 
Phebe (Henry) Ramsdell, widow of Amos Rams- 

deU, 86 

Lucy (Chapman) Lowell, widow of Nat. Lowell, 86 

BraddyH Smith, 87 

Miss Cally Earl, 80 

Widow Whipple, 88 

Susan (Chadwick) Twitchel, widow of John 

Twitchel, 80 

Sarah (Stoughton) Allen, widow of Eliphaz Allen, 90 

Thomas Tarbell, 89 

Isaac Ward, 84 

Polly (Aiken) Kimball, widow of Eben'r Kimball, 94 

Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., 85 

Sarah (Convei-se) Russell, widow of Eliakim Rus- 
sell, ..87 

William Rugg (died in Montague, Mass.), ... 83 

Lucinda (Baxter) Adams, widow of Israel Adams, 90 . 

Polly (Bent) Pratt, widow of Amos Pratt, ... 84 

Persis (Pratt) Smith, widow of BraddyU Smith, 88 

Ruth (Chaplin) Metcalf, widow of Tim. Metcalf, 95 

Abijah Rice, 80 

Susannah (Wetherbee) Foster, widow of Benj. 

Foster, 93 

Ezekiel Cudwoi-th, 82 

Widow Gai-field, 86 

Joseph Wetherbee, 85 

Widow Martin, 87 

Cooper, widow of Horatio Cooper, ... 86 

Francis Henry, 80 

Lydia (Lewis) Cudworth, widow of Ezekiel Cud- 
worth, 86 



LONGEVITY. 



405 



Date 


0/^ 


Death. 


Feb. 


21, 


1869. 


July 


27, 


u 


Aug. 


21, 


1869. 


Sept. 


1, 


ii 


Nov. 


22, 


11 


May 


31, 


1870. 


July 


1, 


1871. 


Sept. 


6, 


a 


Nov. 


16, 


a 


Feb. 


3, 


1872. 


Feb. 


16, 


(( 


April 


11, 


a 


Jan. 


16, 


1878. 


Feb. 


22, 


u 


Oct. 


5, 


u 


Oct. 


15, 


(( 


Nov. 


8, 


u 


Jan. 


13, 


1874 


Feb. 


19, 


(( 


May 


6, 


(( 


June 


2, 


a 


July 


14, 


<( 


Nov. 


10, 


(( 


Nov. 


14, 


i( 



Fears of Age. 
Nabby (Waldron) Beaman, wife of Gamaliel 

Beaman, 86 

Hepsibeth (Piper) Smith, widow of Thos. Smith, 82 

Benjamin Stowe, 85 

Persis (Jones) Taylor, widow of Samuel Taylor, 88 

Freeborn Stearns, 85 

Mary (Wilder) Page, wife of Joseph Page, . . 87 

Miss Eunice Smith, 83 

Sarah (Stowe) Stone, widow of Jos. Stone, . . 85 

Sally (Ingalls) Sawyer, widow of Moses Sawyer, 88 

Asa Pettingill, 86 

Deborah (Ingalls) Perkins, widow of Robertson 

Perkins, 86 

Azariah Buswell, 81 

Benjamin Hastings, 91 

Silas Smith, 87 

Josiah Wetherbee, 90 

John "Whitney, 87 

Benjamin White, 85 

Stephen Emory, 95 

Hubbard Moors, 85 

Clarissa (Sawtell) Wetherbee, widow of Josiah 

Wetherbee, 88 

Ezra Perkins (died in Chester, Vt.), 82 

Miss Deborah Wetherbee, 85 

Ezra Scollay (died in New Ipswich), 88 

Mercy (Smith) Taggart, widow of John Taggart, 85 



The following persons above eighty years of age were 
residing in Rindge December 31, 1874: Rachel (Prescott) 
Clay, widow of James Clay, born in Jaffrey, August 30, 
1783; Lydia (Perry) Brown, widow of Nathaniel Brown, 
born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, April 9, 1784, came to 
Rindge at five years of age ; Mary (Earl) Wood, widow of 
David Wood, born in Rindge, November 11, 1784; Miss 
Sarah Shurtleff, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, Sep- 
tember 20, 1786 ; Joseph Page, born in Rindge, November 2, 
1786 ; Jemima (Foster) Hale, widow of Emerson Hale, born 
in Andover, Massachusetts, December 27, 1786 ; Luke Rugg, 
born in Rindge, July 15, 1788; Sarah (Whitcomb) Hale, 

52 



406 HISTORY OF BINBQE. 

widow of Nathan Hale, born in Jaffrey, October 22, 1788 ; 
Sally (Hubbard) Norcross, widow of Capt. Daniel Norcross, 
born in Rindge, February 17, 1790 ; Lovell "Whitney, born in 
Rindge, June 20, 1790 ; Asia Jones, born in Rindge, March 
11, 1791 ; John Sanders, born in Jaffrey, December 13, 1791 ; 
Miss Tabitha Stratton, born in Rindge, June 22, 1792 ; Silas 
Coffin, born in Winchendon, June 27, 1792 ; Almira (Strat- 
ton) Blake, widow of Enos Blake, born in Weston, Massa- 
chusetts, March 29, 1793 ; Rodney Hubbard, born in Rindge, 
June 3, 1793; Sally (White) Robbins, widow of James 
Robbins, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, January 24, 
1794 ; Ruth (Shedd) Kimball, widow of William Kimball, 
born in Rindge, August 15, 1794 ; Nathan Woodbury, born 
in Bolton, Massachusetts, August 19, 1794 ; Ariel Godding, 
born in Rindge, October 29, 1794. 

Since the adoption of the State Constitution, twenty- 
seven persons have represented the town in the Legislature. 
No one appears to have been chosen for the years 1784 and 
1786, and in 1788 the town voted not to send. Edward 
Jewett (1), 1785 ; Othniel Thomas (1), 1787 ; Daniel Rand 
(10), 1789-1796, 1798, 1801; William Gardner (3), 1797, 
1799, 1800; Josiah Wilder (9), 1802-1810 ; William Sherwin 
(1), 1811 ; Wm. Kimball (3), 1812-1814 ; Samuel L. Wilder 
(13), 1815-1823, 1828, 1829, 1838, 1839 ; Ezra Thomas (2), 
1824, 1825 ; Amos Keyes (8), 1826, 1827, 1830, 1831, 1834- 
1837; Thomas Ingalls (2), 1832, 1833; Joshua Converse 
(2), 1840, 1841; Levi Howe (4), 1842,1843, 1848, 1849; 
Stephen B. Sherwin (3), 1844, 1845, 1846 ; Stephen Jewett 
(1), 1847 ; Samuel Stearns (2), 1850, 1851 ; Jason B. Perry 
(2), 1852, 1853 ; Amos W. Burnham (2), 1854, 1855 ; Cad- 
ford M. Dinsmore (1), 1856; George W. Todd, Jr. (2), 
1857, 1858; David Stowe (1), 1859; Josiah Abbott (2), 
1860, 1861; Zebulon Converse (2), 1862, 1863; Ezra S. 



TOWN OFFICERS. 407 

Stearns (5), 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870 ; George A. Whit- 
ney (2), 1868, 1869 ; Omar D. Converse (2), 1871, 1872 ; 
Joel Wellington (2), 1873, 1874. 

A list of Town Officers for each year since the incorporation 
of the town, and the vote for Crovernor since the adoption 
of the State Constitution. 

1768. Moderator, Enoch Hale. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, William Carlton, Henry 

Godding. 

1769. Moderator, John Lovejoy. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, Page Norcross, Jonathan 

Sherwin. 

1770. Moderator, Jonathan Sherwin. Clerk, Nathaniel Russell. 
Selectmen, Nathaniel Russell, Jonathan Sherwin, Henry 

CofEeen. 

1771. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Daniel Lake. 
Selectmen, WilHam Carlton, Francis Towne, Daniel Lake. 

1772. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Moses Hale. 

1773. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
Selectmen, Jonathan Sherwin, Daniel Rand, Edward 

Jewett. 

1774. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Daniel Rand, Francis Towne, 

1775. Moderator, Nathan Hale. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
Selectmen, * Enoch Hale, Israel Adams, Nathan Hale. 

1776. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Jonathan Sherwin, Abel Stone. 

1777. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, EdAvard Jewett. 
Selectmen, Solomon Cutler, Salmon Stone, Page Norcross. 

1778. Moderator, Samuel Sherwin. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Francis Towne, Edward Jewett. 

1779. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Daniel Rand, James Philbrick. 

1780. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Jacob Gould, Othniel Thomas. 

1781. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Edw. Jewett, Ebenezer Da^ds, John Buswell. 

* Nathaniel Russell and Solomon Cutler were also elected. For no other year 
has the number exceeded three. 



408 HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

1782. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Edward Jewett. 
Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Benjamin Bancroft, Solomon 

Rand. 

1783. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Enoch Hale. 
Selectmen, Enoch Hale, Solomon Cutler, Jonathan Ingalls. 

1784. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Jonathan Ingalls. 
Selectmen, James Crumble, Jonathan Ingalls, Samuel 

Whiting. 
Meshech Weare, 93. Scattering, 0. 

1785. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Asa Sherwin, Isaac Wood. 
George Atkinson, 90. Scattering, 0. 

1786. Moderator, Othniel Thomas. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Asa Sherwin, Isaac Wood. 
George Atkinson, 45. John Langdon, 2. 

1787. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, David Sherwin. 
Selectmen, David Sherwin, Samuel Tarbell, David Rob- 
bins. 

John Sullivan, 56. John Langdon, 10. 

1788. Moderator, Ebenezer Stratton. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Foster, Eben- 
ezer Stratton. 

John Sullivan, 49. John Langdon, 1. 

1789. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Joshua 

Walker. 
John Pickering, 38. John Sullivan, 4. 

1790. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster, 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Eliphalet 

Wood. 
Josiah Bartlett, 31. John Pickering, 6. 

1791. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Edward 

Jewett. 
Josiah Bartlett, 72. Scattering, 0. 

1792. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Francis 

Towne. 
Josiah Bartlett, 63. Scattering, 0. 



TOWN OFFICERS. 409 

17S ''.ioderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster, 

jlectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, William 
Gardner. 
John Taylor Oilman, 32. Josiah Bartlett, 5, 

1794. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Ebenezer Stratton, Benjamin 

Kingsbury. 
John Taylor Gilman, 40. Scattering, 0. 

1795. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Jonathan Ingalls, Joshua 

Hale. 
John Taylor Gilman, 70. Scattering, 0. 

1796. Moderator, Joshua Walker. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Joseph Platts, Jr., Nehemiah 

Bowers. 
John Taylor Gilman, 83. Capt. Joshua Walker, 8. 

1797. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gihnan, 74. Scattering, 0. 

1798. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gilman, 86. Moses Jewett, 3. 

1799. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gilman, 88. Scattering, 0. 

1800. Moderator, William Gardner. Clerk, Benjamin Foster. 
Selectmen, Benjamin Foster, Daniel Rand, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gilman, 87. David Barker, 2. 

1801. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Josiah Wilder, William Sherwin. 
John Taylor Gilman, 158. Scattering, 0. 

1802. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Sherwin, Wm. Ivimball. 
John Taylor Gilman, 96. John Langdon, 22. 

1803. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Sherwin, Wm. Kimball. 
John Taylor Gilman, 139. John Langdon, 36. 

1804. Moderator, Daniel Rand. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, William Kimball, Gates Rand. 
John Taylor Gilman, 139. John Langdon, 27. 



410 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

•1805. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiali Wik.^ • 

Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward J :\v, 
John Taylor Gilman, 147. John Langdon, 54. 

1806. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah SaAvtell, Edward Jewett. 
Timothy Farrar, 101. John Langdon, 59. 

1807. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Josiah Wilder. 
Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
Timothy Farrar, 56. John Langdon, 48. Scattering, 3. 

1808. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
Gilman, 41. Farrar, 17. Langdon, 44. Scattering, 2. 

1809. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Wm. Kimball, Josiah Sawtell, Edward Jewett. 
Jeremiah Smith, 166. John Langdon, 42. 

1810. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Gates Rand, Israel Adams, Jr., Joel Raymond. 
Jeremiah Smith, 161. John Langdon, 36. 

1811. Moderator, Josiah Wilder. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Gates Rand, Israel Adams, Jr., Joel Raymond. 
Jeremiah Smith, 146. John Langdon, 54. 

1812. Moderator, Edward Jewett. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Edward Jewett, Wm. Kimball, David Barker. 
John Taylor Gilman, 138. Wilham Plumer, 46. 

1813. Moderator, Ezi-a Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, William Kimball, David Barker, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gilman, 182. William Plumer, 49. 

1814. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, William Kimball, David Barker, Ezra Thomas. 
John Taylor Gilman, 197. William Plumer, 42. 

1815. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Wm. Kimball, Israel Adams, Jr. 
John Taylor Gilman, 189. William Plumer, 34. 

1816. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
James Sheaf e, 175. William Plumer, 35. 

1817. Moderator, William Sherwin. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
Jeremiah Mason, 171. William Plumer, 32. 



TOWN OFFICERS. 411 

1818. Moderator, William Sherwin. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 

. Jeremiah Mason, 157. William Plumer, 34. 

1819. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
William Hale, 104. Samuel Bell, 18. 

1820. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Ezra Thomas, Thos. Ingalls, Joshua Converse. 
Samuel Bell, 109. Scattering, 0. 

1821. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Thomas Ingalls, Joshua Converse, Gates Rand. 
Samuel Bell, 89. 

1822. Moderator, Ezra Thomas. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Gates Rand. 
Samuel Bell, 88. 

1823. Moderator, Joshua Converse. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Wm. Kimball, 

Jr. 
Levi Woodbury, 69. Samuel Dinsmoor, 37. 

1824. Moderator, Thomas Ingalls. Clerk, Samuel L. Wilder. 
Selectmen, Thomas Ingalls, Israel Adams, Amos Keyes. 
Jeremiah Smith, 78. David L. Morrill, 39. 

1825. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Thos. Jewett. 
David L. Morrill, 97. 

1826. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Israel Adams, Thos. Jewett. 
David L. Morrill, 79. Benj. Peirce, 1. 

1827. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard. 
David L. Morrill, 50. 

1828. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard. 
John Bell, 216. Benj. Peirce, 3. 

1829. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
John Bell, 227. Benj. Peirce, 8. 

1830. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
Timothy Upham, 211. Matthew Harvey, 15. 



412 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

1831. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Levi Hubbard, Stephen Jewett. 
Ichabod Bartlett, 192. Samuel Dinsmoor, 15. 

1832. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, LeAd Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
Ichabod Bartlett, 160. Samuel Dinsmoor, 19. 

1833. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
Ichabod Bartlett, 109. Samuel Dinsmoor, 8. 

1834. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Stephen Jewett, Luke Rugg. 
"William Badger, 22. No other candidate voted for. 

1835. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Amos Keyes, Salmon Allen. 
Joseph Healy, 188. William Badger, 22. 

1836. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Amos Keyes, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry. 
George Sullivan, 123. Isaac Hill, 21. 

1837. Moderator, Amos Keyes. Clerk, Asahel D. Shurtleff. 
Selectmen, Amos Keyes, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry. 
Isaac Hill, 28. Joseph Healy, 1. 

1838. Moderator, Samuel L. Wilder. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry, Josh. Converse. 
James Wilson, 257. Isaac Hill, 19. 

1839. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Hubbard, Jason B. Perry, Josh. Converse. 
James Wilson, 240. John Page, 24. 

1840. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Hiibbard, Jason B. Perry, Joshua Con- 
verse. 

Enos Stevens, 218. John Page, 35. 

1841. Moderator, Joshua Converse. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Sam'l Stearns, Salmon Allen. 
Enos Stevens, 214. John Page, 19. Scattering, 2. 

1842. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Joshua Converse, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe. 
Enos Stevens, 195. Henry Hubbard, 22. Scattering, 15. 

1843. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand. 
Anthony Colby, 143. Henry Hubbard, 16. Daniel Hoit 

and scattering, 35. 



TOWN OFFICERS. 413 

1844. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand. 
Anthony Colby, 186. John H. Steele, 24. Daniel Hoit, 26. 

1845. Moderato]-, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand, Jason B. Perry. 
Anthony Colby, 182. John H. Steele, 23. Daniel Hoit, 25. 

1846. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Liberty Rand, Jason B. Pen-y. 
Anthony Colby, 198. Nath'l S. Berry, 26. Jared W. 

Williams, 23. 

1847. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Sam'l Stearns, Jason B. Perry, Stephen Jewett. 
Anthony Colby, 227. Jared W. Williams, 20. Nath'l 

S. Berry, 27. 

1848. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Levi Howe, Jason B. Perry. 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 196. Jared W. Williams, 41. 

1849. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Steph. B. Sherwin. 
Selectmen, Levi Howe, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton, Jr. 
Levi Chamberlain, 178. Samuel Dinsmoor, 31. ISTath'l 

S. Berry, 22. 

1850. Moderator, Dennis Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Josiah Stratton, Jr., Geo. D. 

Hapgood. 
Levi Chamberlain, 163. Sam'l Dinsmoor, 33. ISTath'l S. 
Berry, 21. 

1851. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Samuel Stearns, Geo. D. Hapgood, Zebulon 

Converse. 
Thomas E. Sawyer, 185. Samuel Dinsmoor, 44. John 
Atwood, 25. 

1852. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Jason B. Perry, Josiah 

Stratton. 
Thomas E. Sawyer, 159. Noah Martin, 41. John At- 
wood, 23. 

1853. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Con- 
verse. 

James Bell, 160. Noah Martin, 37. John H. White, 30. 
53 



414 HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

1854. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingal Is. 
Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Zebulon Converse, Alison 

Lake. 
James Bell, 133. Natli'l B. Baker, 36. Jared Perkins, 50. 

1855. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, .Jason B. Perry, James Ramsdell, Joshua C. 

Towne. 
Ralph Metcalf, 224. Nath'l B. Baker, 24. James Bell, 7. 

1856. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Zebulon Converse, Alison Lake, Elijah Bemis. 
Ralph Metcalf, 200. John S. Wells, 38. Ichabod Goodwin, 4. 

1857. Moderator, Levi Howe. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, George D. Hapgood, Elijah Bemis, George W. 

Stearns. 
Wm. Haile, 195. John S. Wells, 44. Chas. B. Haddock, 1. 

1858. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, George W. Stearns, Hai-rison G. 

Rice. 
Wm. Haile, 222. Asa P. Cate, 22. 

1859. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, George W. Stearns, Harrison G. Rice, Martin 

L. Goddard. 
Ichabod Goodwin, 224. Asa P. Cate, 41. 

1860. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Harrison G. Rice, Benj. 

Hale. 
Ichabod Goodwin, 240. Asa P. Cate, 40. 

1861. Moderator, Steph. B. Sherwin. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. 

Whitney. 
Nathaniel S. Berry, 226. Geo. Stark, 40. 

1862. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls. 
Selectmen, Benj. Hale, Zachariah F. Whitney, Rodney A. 

Hubbard. 
Nath'l S. Berry, 217. Geo. Stark, 33. Paul J. Wheeler, 3. 

1863. Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Thomas Ingalls, and 

Samuel Stearns. 
Selectmen, Zachariah F. Whitney, Jason B. Perry, Joseph 

S. Wetherbee. 
Joseph A. Gilmore, 226. Ira A. Eastman, 48. Walter 

Harriman, 4. 



JUSTICES OF TEE PEACE. 415 

1864 Moderator, Jason B. Perry. Clerk, Geo. W. Stearns. 

Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Joseph S. Wetherbee, Ezekiel 

Cudworth. 
Joseph A. Gilmore, 250. Edward W. Han-ington, 34. 

1865. Moderator, Ezi-a S. Stearns. Clerk, Omar D. Converse. 
Selectmen, Jason B. Perry, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah 

Stratton. 
Frederick Smyth, 216. Edward W. Harrington, 31. 

1866. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. . Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. 
Selectmen, Ezekiel Cudworth, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. 

Towne. 
Frederick Smyth, 206. John G. Sinclair, 31. 

1867. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. 
Selectmen, Josiah Stratton, Joshua C. Towne, Samuel W. 

Kimball. 
Walter Harriman, 191. John G. Sinclair, 32. 

1868. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Henry W. Stearns. 
Selectmen, Joshua C. Towne, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando 

J. RajTuond. 
Walter Harriman, 215. John G. Sinclair, 41. 

1869. Moderator, Ezi-a S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Eaymond, Jas. 

B. Robbins. 
Onslow Steams, 183. John Bedell, 32. 

1870. Moderator, Ezi-a S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
Selectmen, Martin L. Goddard, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. 

B. Robbins. 
Onslow Stearns, 179. John Bedell, 45. Scattering, 1. 

1871. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
Selectmen, Orlando J. Raymond, Jas. B. Robbins, Stephen 

Hale. 
Jas. Pike, 176. Jas. A. Weston, 48. Scattering, 1. 

1872. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
Selectmen, James B. Robbins, Stephen Hale, Martin L. 

Goddard. 
Ezekiel A. Straw, 190. Jas. A. Weston, 47. Scattering, 1. 

1873. Moderator, Geo. A. Whitney. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 
Selectmen, Stephen Hale, Martin L. Goddard, Daniel H. 

Sargent. 
Ezekiel A. Straw, 179. Jas. A. Weston, 42. 



416 HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

1874. Moderator, Ezra S. Stearns. Clerk, Warren W. Emory. 

Selectmen, Elijah Bemis, Daniel H. Sargent, William M. 

Lamb. 
Luther McCutchins, 191. Jas. A. Weston, 50. 

Justices of the Peace. — There was a time when the 
cheeks of the child would glow with a reasonable pride in 
the contemplation of the fact that he was descended from a 
Justice of the Peace, or a Magistrate, as the officer was 
frequently styled. But in these latter days, and since in all 
country towns these officials have become as numerous as in 
Pemberton Square, Boston, the honor becomes of a less 
certain character. The first Justice of the Peace in this 
town was Enoch Hale, his commission being dated 1768, 
and issued in the name of King George the Third. The 
Provincial Congress, perhaps to make known that it was its 
policy to allow the people the most unqualified liberty, 
authorized the several towns to nominate some person whom 
they desired to have appointed. The vote of the town in 
1777, " Chose Daniel Lake a Justice of the Peace," indicates 
that he was thus recommended for appointment, and not 
chosen, as in the words of the record. Mr. Lake, however, 
was soon after appointed in accordance with this expression 
of the people. Soon after, Edward Jewett and Daniel Rand 
were commissioned, and in the present centmy the appoint- 
ments have been much more numerous. The following list 
is believed to contain all who have resided in Rindge any 
considerable time after the receipt 5f their commissions : 
Thomas Jewett, Isaiah Whitney, Samuel L. Wilder, Ezra 
Thomas, Joshua Converse, Amos Keyes, John P. Symonds, 
Stephen B. Sherwin, Levi Howe, Thomas Ingalls, Jason B. 
Perry, Zebulon Converse, Arba S. Coffin, George W. Stearns, 
Oratio P. Allen, Ebenezer Blake, Josiah Abbott, James B. 
Robbins,*^ Harrison G. Rice, Ezra S. Stearns, Alison Lake, 



MEASUBEMENT OF TREES. 417 

Elijah Bemis, George A. Whitney, Martin L. Goddard, 
Samuel W. Fletcher, Willard G. Jones, Joel Wellington, 
Henry A. Russell, Warren W. Emory. 

A large number of trees in different parts of the town 
have been measured by Zebulon Converse, Esq., and the 
author. The dimensions of several, in December, 1874, are 
given below. The present information is of neither value 
nor interest, but the progress of their growth may occasion 
reference to their present dimensions which will present 
data for future comparison. The dimension here given is 
the circumference of the tree at two feet from the ground. 
The elm near the house of John Sanders, 8i feet. Two 
rock maples, the most southern, in front of the residence of 
Dr. Josiah Abbott, were transplanted in 1850, then two 
or three inches in diameter, measured 4^ feet and 2 feet 
respectively. A maple of unusual symmetry of form, south 
of the hotel building, 26 inches. The three maples in front 
of the residence of Daniel H. Sargent, commencing with the 
eastern, were 31, 28, and 32 inches. The southern of the 
elms east of the residence of Washington Snelling, 9^ feet, 
and the northern, 9 feet. The elm in front of the east end 
of the Congregational parsonage measured 6i feet. A 
young and thrifty elm between the hotel and the residence 
of Willard Jones, 2^ feet. A small elm near the southwest 
corner of the meeting-house, 8i inches. For this tree a 
slow growth is predicted. The larger elm in front of the 
residence of A. S. Sawtell, at West Rindge, 10 feet. The 
largest elm near the Jewett place (now owned by J. O. 
Barrett), 121 feet. An elm near the residence of Deacon 
William M. Lamb, 14 feet and 11 inches. A row of fifteen 
beautiful maples in front of the residence of Lyman Bennett 
measured each about 30 inches. 



ienealpijicitl iieflister 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 



OF 



THE EARLY FAMILIES OF RINDGE 



INTRODUCTION. 

In the PREPARATioisr of the following registers, no 
effort to secure accuracy has been spared ; but vanity is not 
sufficiently predominant to presume that all errors have 
been avoided. In many instances duplicate records have 
presented a most bewildering confusion of dates, and great 
difficulty has frequently been experienced in ascertaining 
which should be received as correct. To secure the record 
of the generations of so many of the Rindge families, pre- 
vious to their removal to this town, which appear in the 
following pages, has been a prolonged and tiresome labor. 
The omission of such information of the families of a few of 
the early settlers is deeply regretted. The effort was not 
abandoned until the most persistent inquiry had failed. 

If it is thought by any that too little attention has been 
paid to those families who have more recently removed to 
this town, or to the record of the younger generation of 
the present inhabitants, the size of the volume will plead 
excuse ; and in many instances the absence of record or 
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422 BISTORT OF EINDGE. 

other information, has made it impossible to present any 
connected or intelligent account. It is also hoped that the 
recollection of promises to furnish information which remain 
unfulfilled, and requests for copies of family records which 
were unheeded, will charitably overlook not a few of the 
omissions and incomplete registers which easily might have 
been avoided. 

In gathering the material for the following pages, above 
one thousand letters have been written, and a great number 
of public records and private papers have been attentively 
and laboriously perused. This labor has been cheerfully 
performed, in the hope that in some small measure the work 
would prove acceptable to my townsmen, and to the sons 
and daughters of Rindge who may find pleasure in its 
perusal. 

Explanations and Abbeeviations. — In these registers the 
parents' name standing at the head of a paragraph is given in full, 
and printed in small capitals. The Christian names of the chil- 
dren only are given, and are printed in italic, and are nurabered 
in Roman numerals, i., n., m., etc. Whenever the names of their 
children or grandchildren of the person whose name introduces 
the paragraph appear, they are indented, printed in lower case, 
and are numbered in Arabic figiu-es, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The numbers 
in the margin are consecutive ; persons bearing the same family 
name are numbered in the order in which they are introduced. 
The character -\- after a person's name indicates that the name is 
thereafter repeated, and can be easily found by following down 
the margin until the same number appears enclosed in parentheses. 

Abbreviations. — b. stands for born; bap. for baptized; d. 
for died ; md. for married ; unmd. for unmarried ; dau. for daugh- 
ter ; 8. p., or sine prole, for without offspring ; q. v. for which see, 
or see the name of the person to whom the letters apply in the 
register of that family. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



ABBOTT. 

Descendants of George Abbott, who emigrated from England, and d. 
in Rowley 1647, have been numerous in many places ; but the representa- 
tion in this town has been limited in nimiber. George Abbott, Jr., the 
eldest son of the emigrant, was also b. in England, and settled in 
Andover, where he md. 1658, Sarah Farnum. He d. Mar. 22, 1689, and 
his widow md. Aug. 1, 1689, Henry Ingalls, son of Edmujid Ingalls, the 
emigrant. She d. May 12, 1728, aged 90. George and Sarah (Farnum) 
Abbott were the parents of thirteen children. Samuel, the youngest son, 
b. May 30, 1678, md. June 26, 1705, Joyce Rice, dau. of Edmund and 
Joyce (Russell) Rice, of Sudbury. He settled in Sudbury, where his 
children were b. His son, Samuel Abbott, Jr., b. Aug. 21, 1716, md. 
1737, Abigail Mirick, and left nine children, and among them Samuel 
Abbott, Jr., who md. Martha Jennings, and removed to Framingham 
previous to the Revolution. He d. in Sherburne, of small-pox, 1791. 
His widow md. Noah Eaton, and d. in the autumn of 1834. The eldest 
son of Samuel and Martha Jennings Abbott, was Josiah, b. Sept. 26, 
1775, md. Ruth Estabrook, of Holden. Resided in Framingham. 



Josiah Abbott, M. D., son of Josiah last named, and 
seventh creneration from George Abbott, was b. in Fram- 
ingham, May 22, 1811, md. Jan. 5, 1842, Arminda P. 
White, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Matilda (Davis) White, 
and removed to Rindge in the autumn of 1843, where he 
has since resided. Vide Chap. XVII. 

E. Darwin- Abell, M. D., a skillful and popular jihysi- 
cian in Rindge from 1840 to 1852. Vide Chap. XVII. 
He md. Jan. 30, 1845, Anna P. Whittier, dau. of Richard 
Whittier, Esq., of Grafton, N". H. 



ADAMS. 

Descendants of several branches of the Adams family have resided 
in Rindge. Among these are the descendants of Robert Adams, the 
emigrant, who was residing at Ipswich as early as 1635. Three years 
later he removed to Salem, and in 1640 to Newbury, where he d. Oct. 12, 
1682, leaving " a good estate." He was a tailor, and emigrated from 
Devonshire, England. By his first wife, Almira, he had ten children, 
two of whom were b. in England, one in Salem, and seven in Newbmy. 



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HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



His wife d. June 12, 1677, and lie md. (2d) Feb. 6, 1678, Sarah Glover, 
widow of Heniy Short, of Newbiuy, who survived him, and d. Oct. 24, 
1697. Abraham, his son, styled Sergeant Adams, was b. in Salem 1639, 
and md. Nov. 16, 1670, Mary Pettingell, dau. of Richard and Joanna 
(Ingersoll) Pettingell, of Newbuiy. She was b. July 6, 1652. He d. 
June 14, 1714, aged 75, and his wife Sept. 19, 1705, aged 53. They had 
ten children, of whom the third son was Isaac, b. Feb. 26, 1679, and md. 
1708, Hannah Spofford, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Birbee) Spofford, of 
Rowley. (This Samuel Spofford was a son of Johu, the emigrant.) 
They had seven children, of whom the second son was Isaac, Jr., b. May 
25, 1713, and md. Apr. 1, 1743, Mary Wood, of Boxford. They resided 
t^n Boxford, where their ten children were b., several of whom removed to 
Rindge, and are mentioned below. 



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Isaac Adams, son of Isaac and Mary (Wood) Adams, 
was b. June 2, 1745, and removed to Rindge about 1772. 
He enlisted April 23, 1775, in Capt. Thomas' company, 
and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was not 
married. " Oct. 15, 1773, Isaac Adams, of Rindge, sells 
Jeremiah Chapman, for £146f, the sixth lot in the fourth 
range," which includes the site of the mills of A. S. 
Coffin, Esq. 



David Adams, a brother of Isaac, b. June 20, 1747, 
md. March 4, 1773, Phebe Spofford, dau. of Dea. Abner 
and Sarah (Colman) Spofford, of B}^eld, now George- 
town. She was b. Jan, 6, 1751. Mr. Adams had settled 
in Rindge previous to his marriage. In May, 1777, he 
was a member of Capt. Brown's company. After the 
Revolution, he was ca]itain in the militia, and constable 
in 1786. He d. IS^ov. 17, 1831, aged 84, and his wife Feb. 
17, 1822, aged 71. Their children were : — 

I. Sally, b. Aug, 18, 1774, 
n, Isaac, b. Jan. 8, 1776 ; d. 16 same month, 
m. Phehe, b. Feb, 21, 1777 ; md. Harry Hale, q. v. 
IV. Mercy, b. March 24, 1779 ; md. March 29, 1805, 

James Stevens, of Jaffrey. 
V. David, b. Oct. 12, 1780 ; d. Sept. 3, 1781. 

VI. David, b. March 11, 1782. -\- 

VII. Moody, b. March 25, 1784, md, Betsey Batchelder, 

dau. of Samuel Batchelder, of New Ipswich. 
Settled in New Ipswich, 
vin. Isaac, b. July 14, 1788 ; twin, d. 18 same month. 
IX. Raomi, b, July 14, 1788 ; md, Feb. 2, 1809, Isaac 
Spofford, son of Moody and Huldah (Spofford) 
Spoffoi-d, of Georgetown. They subsequently 
removed to Brighton, and were the parents of 
six children, all of whom d. young, except Phebe 

Adams, who md. Morse, of Roxbiiry. 

X. Johii /Sjyofford, b. May 8, 1791 ; d. in Rindge, unmd,, 
Feb. 19, 1852. 



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XI. Isaac, b. Aug. 18 , 1793 ; md. (1st) Sophia Spofford, 
dau. of Jacob and Mary (Tenney) Spofford, of 
Bradford and Ipswich, Mass. She d. Dec. 21, 
1832, and he md. (2d) Sarah Searle, of George- 
town. He resided in Boxford. 



Samuel Adams, a brother of Isaac and David, b. Aug. 
22, 1750 ; md. July 1, 1773, Lucy Spofford, dau. of Col. 
Eliphalet and Lucy (Peabody) Spofford, of Boxford. 
Removed to Rindge about 1772, and to Jaffrey in 1778. 
While residing in Rindge, he served, May, 1777, in Capt. 
Brown's company, which was raised for the defence of 
Ticonderoga. He had ten children. Two eldest children 
were b. in Rindge ; the others in Jaffrey. 

I. Miphalet, b. Feb. 10, 1775. Removed to Canada. 
II. Isaac, b. Nov. 18, 1776; md. (1st) Deborah 
Twitchel; (2d) Olive Wight, of Dublin, N. H. 
Settled in Gilead, Me.; d. Nov. 12, 1848. 

III. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1779; d. in Canada, 1854. 

IV. /Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1782; md. (1st) 1815, Sarah 

Wright; md."(2d) Eliza Learned. He d. 1854. 

V. I^icy, b. .Jan. 23, 1785 ; md. Artemas Lawi-ence, of 
Jaffrey. 

VI. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1787 ; md. (1st) Perley P. Burn- 
ham, and (2d) Joseph (j. Swan. Settled in 
Gilead, Me. 
VII. Israel, b. Jan. 27, 1790; md. Harriet Putnam; 

resided in Danvers, Mass.; d. Feb. 8, 1857. 
VIII. Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1791 ; d. in Canada, Jan. 21, 
1867. 

IX. Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1794 ; md. Eliphaz Chap- 
man; d. at Bethel, Me., Oct. 15, 1847. 

X. Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1796; settled in Western 
States ; was drowned. 



Thomas Adams, brother of Isaac, etc., b. Oct. 7, 1752 ; 
resided several years in Rindge, and d. unmd. 



Dantel Adams, brother of Isaac, etc., b. May 5, 1754 ; 
resided in Rindge. He was in Capt. Stone's company 
under Gen. Stark, in 1777, and a lieutenant in Col. 
Nichols' regiment, raised for the defence of West Point, 
in 1780. "He d. immd. about 1800. Israel Adams, 
another brother, md. in Rindge, Jan. 14, 1808, Lucinda 
Baxter, a sister of Polly Baxter, wife of William Sher- 
win. Mrs. Adams d. in Rindge, March 1, 1864, aged 90. 



David Ada3is, son of David, md. 1812, Silence Sawin, 
of Templeton ; b. Nov. 8, 1785, he resided, a fanner, in 
Rindge, on the old homestead. His wife d. March 14, 



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1835, aged 50, and he md. (2d) Sept. 7, 1836, Zerviah 
(Morse) Clark, widow of Warren Clark, and dau. of 
Adam and Lydia (Bacon) Morse. Mr. Adams d. Aug. 19, 
1852. His widow is living. Six children by first wife. 

I. /Silence Jones, b. Oct. 21, 1813 ; md, Julius C. Sher- 

win, q.v. 
n. Edwin Spofford, b. Oct. 29, 1815. For several 
years he was a successful teacher in Dover and 
West Dedham, in Mass., and in Albany, N. Y. 
Since 1855, he has been principal of one of the 
largest and most important of the Grammar 
Schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., at present accommo- 
dating nearly two thousand pupils. He md. 
June 10, 1844, Cynthia A. Witbeck, of Castle- 
ton, N. Y. 

in. Catherine Sawin, b. April 11, 1819. Resides in 
Natick, Mass. 

IV. Mary Jones, b. Nov. 6, 1820. Resides,- unmd., in 

Natick, Mass. 
V. David Wood,\). Feb. 1, 1823; md. Sept. 30, 1865, 
Martha Shattuck, of Groton, Mass. He d. Sept. 
18, 1867. 

VI. Moses Sawin, b. Oct. 19, 1826; an attorney, 
formerly of Topeka, Kansas, now of Wichita, 
prosperous. He md. 1857, Lizzie Dimond, of 
Springfield, Mass. 



Israel Adams, and wife, Tabitha, removed from 
Andover, Mass., to Rindge in the year 1772. Nothing 
concerning liis ancestry has been secured. He d. Oct. 16, 
1789, aged 73, and his widow Feb. 18, 1804, aged 97. 
These dates are thus upon the headstones, but it is proba- 
ble that he was 83 years of age at the time of his death. 



Israel Adams, Jr., son of the above, came also to 
Rindge in 1772. He was one of the selectmen 1775, and 
was chosen constable 1783. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Nov. 
9, 1809, aged 71 ; he d. May 15, 1809, aged 85. Five chil- 
dren were bom in Andover ; the others in Rindge. 



I. Joshua, 



IS supposed to have been killed at 



the battle of Plattsburg, 1814. 
II. Betsey, b. 1761 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, Sept. 28, 

1835. 
in. Samuel, b. 1765, d. unmd. in Rindge, March 5, 

1852. 
IV. Israel, b. Jan. 8, 1768. -)- 

V. Esther, b. 1770, d. unmd. in Rindge, May 26, 1822. 
VI. Sarah, b. 1773 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, Nov. 21, 

1823. 



GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 427 

VII. Daniel, b, 1778 ; a fanner, in Rodman, N". Y., 

where he d. unmd, 1871. 
vin. Hannah, b. 1784; d. unmd. in Rindge, Jan. 19, 

1852. 



Israel Adams, Jr., md. Aug. 28, 1796, Sally Adams, 
dau. of Nathaniel Adams, of Ashburnham, Mass. He 
resided on the farm occupied by his father and grand- 
father; was selectman several years, and d. Sept. 16, 
1856 ; she d. May 4, 1838. Their children were : — 

I. Sybil, b. Jan. 9, 1797 ; md. Ebenezer Stratton, q. v. 

II. Susa7i, b. Dec. 24, 1798 ; md. July 5, 1827, Martin 
Smith, son of David and Abigail (Bruce) Smith. 

See Book of the Lockes, 268 ; md. (2d) 

Greene. He died , and she resides, a 

widow, at Middletown, Vt. One son by first 
marriage, Martin A. Smith, formerly resided in 
Rindge, now in Pittsford, Vt. A son by second 
marriage, Albert Arad Greene, resides in Middle- 
town. 

ni. Clarissa, b. Jan. 10, 1802; d. unmd. in Jaffrey, 
Aug. 23, 1869. 

IV. Israel, b. March 12, 1804; d. Aug. 1, 1808. 
V. Albert, b. March 4, 1807. -f- 

VI. Israel, b. Jan. 16, 1810 ; died April 1, 1810. 

vn. Arad, b. April 26, 1812. + 

viii. Louisa, b. Jan. 22, 1815 ; md. Marshall A. Hale, 
q. v., and (2d) John Platts, q. v. 



Albert Adams, son of Israel, md. May 26, 1836, Mary 
Pollard, dau. of Levi and Rhoda (Teel) Pollard, of 
Winchendon, and a sister of Rev. Andrew Pollard, D. D., 
of South Boston. Mr. Adams is a successful farmer in 
Rindge. Issue : — 

I. George A., b. June 7, 1837; md. H. M. Phillips, of 
Homer, N. Y. She d. 1861, and he md. (2d) 
Arville Brown. He was a captain in the 157th 
N. Y. Vols., was wounded at battle of Gettysburg, 
and died a few days subsequently. 

n. Israel, b. ; d. Oct. 28, 1841. 

m. William, b. Oct. 5, 1840 ; d. Sept. 10, 1856. 
IV. John JS., b. Aug. 12, 1842 ; md. May 23, 1872, Mary 
J. Woodbury, dau. of Samuel D. and Jerusha 
(Vose) Woodbury, of Winchendon. Reside in 
Rindge. 

V. Francis A., b. April 9, 1844; md. Nov., 1863, 
Emma C. Bruce. She d. Sept. 24, 1873. 
Farmer in Rindge. 



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HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



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VI. Mary B., b. Feb. 4, 1847 ; md. Jan. 17, 1866, Leon- 
ard F. Sawyer, son of Josiah and Margaret 
(French) Sawyer, of Jaffrey. Reside in Jaffrey. 
VII. Orange H.^ b. Jan. 1, 1856. 



Akad Adams, son of Israel ; a merchant in Rindge and 
in Jaffrey. See Chap. XVII. Resides in Jaffrey. He 
md. May 9, 1839, Rnby Hale, dau. of Emerson and 
Jemima (Foster) Hale, q. v. 
I. Maria, b. June 25, 1840. 
II. Lizzie, b. May 8, 1843; d. January, 1857. 



Oliver Adams, a sou of Oliver Adams, of Chelmsford, 
and a brother of Sibyl Adams, wife of Moses Hale, was 
probably descended from Heni-y Adams, the emigrant, 
who d. in Braintree, 1646. He came to Rindge about 
1788. He subsequently md. Betsey Marshall, of Chelms- 
ford, and settled upon the farm, now of W. C. 
Brigham. He d. Dec. 29, 1813. His mdow md. (2d) 
Jonathan Parker, of Chelmsford, and d. 1852. Three 
children. 

I. Infant ; d. young. 
II. Marshall, b. March 14, 1801. + 
III. Fanny, b. Jan. 22, 1803 ; md. 1828, Thomas Baker, 
of Johnson, Vt. ; d. s.p. 1833. 



Marshall Adams, son of Oliver, learned the clothier's 
trade with Dea. Brown, and removed to New Boston, N. 
H., in 1823, where he carried on the same business. Is a 
valuable citizen, and a deacon in the Presbyterian Church 
for more than forty years. He md. May 9, 1826, Sarah 
G. Richards, of Rindge. See Richards family. The chil- 
dren of Dea. Adams are : — 

I. Marshall Coolidge, b. May 23, 1827; md. April 
19, 1853, Susan B. Patterson, and resides in 
Jaffrey. 

II. Sarah Eliza, b. Feb. 23, 1829; md. Horace Pettee, 

Esq., son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Hall) Pettee, 
of Francestown, N. H. A merchant of Man- 
chester, N. H. 

III. William Richards, b. Aug. 1, 1830 ; graduated at 

Dartmouth College 1859. Now pastor of Pres- 
byterian Church in Shipman, 111. He md. Ellen 
D. Richmond. 

IV. John JR., b. March 3, 1832; md. 1858, Jane R. 

Cai-hart, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Taylor) 
Carhart, of Natick. He is a shoe manufacturer 
in Natick, Mass. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



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vn, 



vin. 



V. Frances B.,h. Sept. 8, 1833; md. Oct. 31, 1857, 
Holmes R. Pettee, son of Ebenezer and Lydia 
(Hall) Pettee. A merchant in Manchester, N. H. 

Mary JST., b. July 4, 1835. 

Joseph G.,h. Dec. 12, 1836; md. May 10, 1858, 
Martha J. Perry, dau. Samuel and Martha 
(Stone) Perry, of Natick, Mass. A merchant in 
Natick. 

Henry Parker., b. Aug. 8, 1838 ; md. Fannie B. 
Patterson. Resides in Baltimore, Md. Is supt. 
of Y. M. C. A. of that city. 

Charlotte R., b. Feb. 2, 1840. 

James C, b. Dec. 27, 1841 ; d. in the army July 12, 
1864. 

Ellen M., b. Nov. 3, 1843 ; md. William C. Prince, 
of Milford, N. H. 

Charles A., b. May 25, 1847 ; a physician in Web- 
ster, Mass. 

George A., b. April 25, 1849; a physician in Web- 
ster, Mass. 



XI. 



xn, 



Ebenezer Agee was b. in Weymouth, Mass., Aug. 
— , 1794. He md. Hovey, and after a brief resi- 
dence in Abington, and in Hardwick, Mass., came to 
Rindge in 1 793. An elder daughter had md. and re- 
moved to Springfield, Mass., previous to this date. He 
d. Nov. 10, 1829, aged 85; his wife Aug. 22, 1813. Five 
children of Mr. Ager removed to Rindge. The order of 
age may not be preserved. 

I. Joel, b. 1782; d. unmd. in Rindge, July 30, 1861. 
n. Ebenezer, ; d. in Rindge about 1810. 

in. Betsey, b. 1784; md. Benjamin Stowe, q. v. 
IV. Polly, b. ; md. May 16, 1815, Abner 

Brown, son of Capt. Josiah Brown, of New 
Ipswich. He d. 1824, aged 48. 
V. Nancy, b. 



ALLEN. 

Two families of Aliens were here previous to the incorporation of the 
town, but removed j)revious to the Revolution. Having left no descend- 
ants which have had a residence here, no extended record will be given. 
The record of another family bearing this name is more extended. 



Isaac Allen resided in Rindge from 1767 until 1775, 
and perhaps a year or two longer. April 13, 1775, Lydia, 
Mercy, Alice, Sarah, and Amy, children of Isaac Allen 
and Amy, his wife, were bap. It is probable that Amy, 
his wife, was the dau. of Rev. Seth Dean, and that they 
removed to Kllingly, Ct. 

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David Allen, whose name appears upon the records in 
1767, joined with a few others, in 1770, in a petition to 
be excused from the payment of a ministerial tax. He 
removed to Jaffrey about 1772. 



Eliphaz Allen and his descendants have been more 
intimately connected with the history of this town. He 
was a son of Noah Allen, a son of Obadiah, an emigrant 
from Scotland, and was b. in Greenfield, now Gill, 
Mass., March 10, 1766; he md. Eunice Putnam, b. in 
Winchester, N". H., May 25, 1767, a dau. of Andrew Put- 
nam, who was a kinsman of Gen. Putnam; remaining 
several years in Greenfield, and after a brief residence in 
Townsend, Mass., they came to Rindge, and settled upon 
the farm, now of Caleb French, in March, 1801. He was 
an estimable citizen, and for several years a member of 
the standing committee of the Congregational Church. 
Mrs. Allen d. Feb. 9, 1822; he md. (2d) 1823, Sarah 
(Stoughton) Richards, widow of Capt. Moses Richards, 
of Gill. He d. Oct. 24, 1846, aged 81. His widow d. 
Oct. 29, 1862, aged 90. 

L Salmon, b. in Greenfield, now Gill, April 12, 1791. -f- 
n. Lucinda, b. in Gill, Feb. 7, 1794; md. Benj. Peirce, 

q. V. 
in. Eliphaz, b. in Townsend, March 29, 1797. + 
IV. Oratio Putnam, b. in Townsend, Feb. 7, 1801. -|-. 



Salmon Allen md. Jan. 4, 1816, Sophia Sawtell,dau. 
of Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Sawtell, of Rindge, 
q. V. She d. Feb. 7, 1865; he md. (2d) July 14, 1867, 
Clarissa D. Stearns, dau. of Freeborn and Clarissa 
(Demary) Stearns, of Rindge, q. v. Mr. Allen was a ser- 
geant in Capt. Gregg's company, which was at Portsmouth 
in 1814. He was a farmer, captain of the militia, and 
selectman 1835 and 1841. He d. Dec. 11, 1870. 

I. Chester, b. Oct. 9, 1816; md. May 19, 1841, Han- 
nah Damon; md. (2d) May 15, 1866, Harriet J. 
Brown. He is a photograph artist, and resides 
in Keene. 
II. Eiirydice Wilder, b. March 9, 1818 ; md. May 9, 

1842, William H. Bell. Reside in Chariton, 
Lucas Co., Iowa. 

m. Eunice Emeline, b. May 18, 1819; md. Jime 7, 

1843, Solomon H. Rand, son of Leonard Rand, 
q. V. They resided in Jaffrey, where he d. July 
31, 1861. 

IV. Charles, b. Dec. 1, 1822 ; md. Jan 25, 1848, Lucy 
O. Davis. He resides in Fitchburg, where he 
has a provision store. 



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V. Lucinda Sophia., b. Feb. 3, 1831 ; md, July 14, 
1857, Thomas Upton, of East Jaffrey. 

VI. Daniel Webster., b. July 4, 1835; d. in the army 
unmd. March 7, 1864. 



Eliphaz Allek md. April 1, 1824, Sarah Howe, dau. 
of Thomas Howe, q. v. She d. soon after her marriage ; 
md. (2d) Charlotte Fay, of Walpole, who d. May 30, 
1834, and he md. (3d) Tila Jones, dau. of Edmund and 
Caty (Taylor) Jones, of Ashburnham. He resided sev- 
eral years in Rindge, and d. in Jaffrey, July 10, 1848 ; his 
widow d, March 11, 1858, aged 54. Children of second 
wife : — 

I. Infant, b. 1828, d. 1830. 

II. Eliphaz Howe, b. Sept. 28, 1831 ; md. Nov. 1, 
1853, Arvilla Blake, dau. of Ebenezer and Hep- 
sibeth (Jewett) Blake, of Rindge, q. v. She d. 
March 30, 1870, and he md. (2d) Jan. 22, 1872, 
her sister, Maria E. Blake. He is a photogra- 
pher at Bradford, Vt. 

Children of third wife : — 
ni. George Jones, b. May 11, 1836; was in the 9th 

N. H. Vols. He md. May 8, 1866, Harriet E. 

Bancroft, dau. of Addison Bancroft, of Rindge, 

q. V. They reside in Fitchburg. 
IV. Warren Fay, b. Nov. 12, 1837 ; md. Oct., 1859, 

Ellen J. Capi'on, of East Jaffrey. He is a 

photogi'apher. 

V. Charlotte S., b. July 18, 1839; md. Adams, 

of Jaffrey; md. (2d) Jan. 19, 1863, George E. 
Ivimball, son of Samuel M. Kimball, q. v. Re- 
side in Rindge. 

VI. Senry T., b. June 27, 1841. 



Okatio p. Allen resides in Rindge; was formerly 
engaged in the palm-leaf business, and in the manufact- 
ure of wooden ware. He md. Dec. 1, 1825, Candis Pratt, 
dau. of Amos and Polly (Bent) Pratt, of Fitzwilliam. 

I. Amos Pratt, b. Jan. 2, 1827; d. unmd. Oct. 12, 
1867. 

n. Curtice, b. Jan. 3, 1830 ; d. Aug. 15, 1831. 

in. Anson, b. Jan., 1833 ; d. May 29, 1833. 

IV. Candis, b. Dec. 1, 1837; md. April 3, 1862, Calvin 
Allen, son of Calvin and Polly Allen. Mr. Allen 
was a merchant and postmaster several years at 
West Rindge. He removed in 1873 to Keene, 
N. H. 



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JoiSTATHAisi- W. Allek, not related to the above, 
removed to this town 1824, and md. April 13, 1824, 
Matilda Smith, dan. of Braddyll Smith, q. v. He resided 
in the southwest part of the town, and d. Jan. 11, 1873, 
aged 74. His widow resides in the West. 



Thomas Ames and wife Lucy, removed from Andover, 
Mass., during the Revolution. They were seated in the 
meeting-house in 1780, and he was taxed in 1793, but his 
name does not subsequently appear upon the records. 
Whether he died or removed at this time does not appear. 
His farm was adjacent to the farm formerly of Joseph 
Brooks, now of George F. Teague. The name is fre- 
quently written Eames. The children were : — 

I. Sally, b. in Andover, Dec. 2, 1765. 
n. Thomas, b. in Andover, Oct. 12, 1776. 

III. Jeremiah, b. ; md. April 29, 1798, Sally 

Platts, dau. of Capt. Joseph, q. v. Their 
daughter Debby was b. in Rindge, Nov. 18, 
1798. The family removed about 1803 to New 
York. He d. in Morristown, N. Y., leaving sev- 
eral children. 

IV. Hannah, b. in Rindge, Feb. 25, 1780. 

V. Charlotte, b. in Rindge, March 9, 1784 ; md. Joseph 

Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, q. v. 



Asa Ames and Dolly Ames, both of Rindge, were md. 
Nov. 22, 1793. She was probably a dau. of Nathan and 
Phebe Ames, of Fryeburg, b. Oct. 11, 1771. Thomas, 
their son, was b. in Rindge, June 18, 1794. The family 
removed to Orford, where their dau. Persis was b. Nov. 
29, 1795. 



Baenaed Baldwin^, a blacksmith, from Ashburnham, 
resided in East Rindge from 1818 until his death, June 
14, 1830. He had three, and perhaps other, children. 



Betsey, b. 



md. Benjamin Hartwell, of 



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Fitchburg, Mass. 
/Samuel, b. about 1800 ; md. Mary Cook, dau. of 
John and Anna (Beals) Cook. They resided in 
Ashburnham, where he d. leaving several chil- 
dren, 
m. Joseph, d. unmd. about 1860. 

Jonathan Ball was b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 15, 
1751. He md. Oct. 26, 1773, Mary Pratt, of Bolton, and 
immediately settled in this town. In 1776 he was in 
Capt. Smith's company, in Col. Baldwin's regiment. He 
probably removed from this town previous to 1780, as his 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. ASl 

name is not found among those seated in the meeting 
house. Two children born in Rindge. 
I. Anna, b. March 10, 1775. 
n. Mary, b. May 19, 1777. 



BANCROFT. 

For more than a century the name of Bancroft has appeared upon the 
records of Rindge without interruption, yet at no time has the number of 
families been numerous. Generous favors received from Mr. J. M. Ban- 
croft, of New York, enable me to present a connected record of the 
ancestors of the families bearing this name who have resided in this town. 

Lieut. Thomas Bancroft was b. in England 1622, In 1647, then a 
resident of Dedham, Mass., he md. Alice Bacon, who soon d. ; he md. 
(2d) Sept. 15, 1648, Elizabeth Metcalf, and removed about 1650 to Read- 
ing, and subsequently to Lynnfield, where he d. Aug. 19, 1691. He was a 
prominent man of his time, and the records bear frequent and honorable 
mention of his name. The descendants of two of his sons have resided 
in Rindge. The eldest son, Dea. Thomas Bancroft, was b. in Dedham, 
Sept. 24, 1649. He removed to Reading, where he md. April 10, 1673, 
Sarah Poole, dau. of Jonathan Poole. He was a lieutenant, and is men- 
tioned in " Mather's Magnolia " as having saved the garrison at Exeter 
from an assault by the Indians. He d. July 12, 1718; his widow d. May 
20, 1723. His son, Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, was b. at Reading Sept. 8, 
1673. He served in the Indian wars, and was representative of Reading 
at the time of his death. He md. Aug. 1, 1694, Mai-y Webster. He d. 
Nov. 9, 1731. Capt. Benjamin Bancroft, the third of the five children of 
Lieut. Thomas, was b. in Reading May 6, 1701 ; he lived a few years in 
Charlestown, Mass., and there md. Anna Lawrence, dau. of John and 
Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington. He removed about 1727 to the 
centre of the town of Groton, Mass., where he followed the occupation of 
a tanner. He d. April 3, 1790 ; his wife d. July 21, 1787. His eldest son, 
Dea. Benjamin Bancroft, b. Sept. 29, 1724, was also a tanner in Groton. 
He was a captain of the militia, a treasurer of the town, and a deacon of 
the church. He md. Oct. 18, 1749, Alice Tarbell, dau. of William and 
Mary (Farnsworth) Tarbell. He d. Oct. 27, 1804; his wife d. Nov. 29, 
1781. Their eldest sou, Benjamin Bancroft, settled in Rindge, and will 
be mentioned hereafter. Joseph Bancroft, their fifth son, b. July 3, 
1760, md. Susannah Hubbard, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Patterson) 
Hubbard, and a sister of Nathan and Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard who set- 
tled in Rindge. He was a tanner, and resided in Groton, Liuienburg, and 
Townsend. He d. in the latter place Oct. 21, 1815. His widow d. July 
17, 1825. Among their childi-en are Dea. James Bancroft, now of 
Rindge, and Mrs. Abigail Buswell, widow of the late Azariah Buswell. 
Another son of Lieut. Thomas and Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft pre- 
viously mentioned, was Ensign John Bancroft, b. in Reading, March 3, 
1656, and was about seven years yoimger than his brother, Dea. Thomas. 
He was a deacon and an ensign. Late in life he purchased considerable 
land in Lunenburg, Mass. He md. Sept. 24, 1678, Elizabeth Eaton, who 

d. March 12, 1704^5 ; he md. (2d) Hannah , who d. June 7, 1732. 

He d. at Lynnfield Jan. 25, 1739-40. Tunothy Bancroft, son of Ensign 
John and EUzabeth, was b. in Lynnfield Jan. 20, 1704-5. He resided 
in Lynnfield and in Lunenbm-g, and d. about 1775. He md. March 12, 
1738-9, EUzabeth Gaiy or Gerry, who d. Jan. 28, 1756, and he md. (2d) 
Nov. 1, 1757, Mary Harriman, who d. Feb. 4, 1776. John Bancroft, his 
sou, settled in Rindge, and is numbered 25 in the following register. 



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HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



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BEjfJAsnisr Bancroft, son of Dea. Benjamin and Alice 
(Tarbell) Bancroft, b. in Groton, Aug. 7, 1750. He md. 
Jan. 26, 1773, Phebe Parker, and settled in Rindge, where 
he pursued the business of a tanner. His dwelling house 
was a few yards east of the residence of Col. G. W. 
Stearns, and his tan-yard was a short distance west of his 
house. He was selectman in 1782, was frequently elected 
to minor offices, and during the earlier years of his resi- 
dence here he was prominent in the affairs of the church. 
Phebe, his wife, d, 1784 or 1785, leaving four children. 
He md. (2d) 1785, Deborah Whiting, of Lancaster. Her 
brothers were men of distinction, and her sister, Mrs, 
Caroline Lee Hentz, was an authoress of considerable 
note. She was a woman of superior ability. About 1815 
Mr. Bancroft went to Grafton, Vt., to reside with his son 
David, and there d. 1838, aged 88. His children were 
born in Rindge. 

I. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1774; d, at sea while supercargo 
for Billy Gray, the noted Boston merchant. 

n. Benjmnin, b. Oct. 11, 1776; md. Moore. 

He d. Aug. 12, 1814. Buried at Copp's Hill, 
Boston. 

1. Benjamin, b. at Charlestown, Mass., June 
4, 1813 ; d. uumd. Sept. 16, 1856. 

in. Phebe, bap. Sept. 10, 1780. 

IV. Edmund, b. Aug. 21, 1782; md. Feb. 10, 1811, 
Deborah Wilber, of Bridgewater, Mass., where 
he d. June 4, 1814. He was with his brother 
Daniel during the voyage on which he died. 

V. David, b. Sept. 23, 1786 ; md. in Rindge, March 7, 

1807, Sukey Messenger. He was a tanner, and 
carried on the business until 1811, when he 
removed to Grafton, Vt. Thi-ee children were 
b. in Rindge. 

1. Elvira, b. Sept. 13, 1807. 

2. David, b. Feb. 10, 1809; a clergyman now 

oi Pi'Gscott^ JVX*iss 

3. Charles, b. Oct. 20, 1810 ; of Bancroft & Boy- 

den, wholesale furniture, Boston, Mass. 

4. Susan, b. in Grafton Jan. 2, 1814; md. Rev. 

Orlando Cunningham, of Rutland, Vt. 

VI. 3Iary, bap. March 1, 1789. 

VII. Sarah, bap. Aug. 1, 1790 ; md. Dr. Samuel Griggs, 

VIII, Fabius, bap. Sept. 9, 1792 ; a harness-maker, and 

later a successful merchant. His son, Edward 

"W., was formerly of the firm of H, B. Claflin, of 

New York, now Vice-Pres. of the Knickerbocker 



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Life Insurance Company. Another son, William 
G., is a dry goods merchant, Buffalo, N. Y. 
IX. Rebecca WJiiHng, bap. Aug. 10, 1794. 

X. Timothy Whiting, b. Aug. 14, 1795; he was a 

merchant at Worcester, Mass. ; md. Sarah Har- 
rington, dau. of Joshua and Sally (Bigelow) 
Harrington, of Worcester. Rev. Lucius Whit- 
ing Bancroft, D. D., formerly Professor of Eccle- 
siastical History, at Gambler (Ohio) Theological 
Seminary, now of Christ Church, Brooklyn 
(Episcopal), is a son of this marriage ; and also 
Timothy W. Bancroft, A. M., Professor of Rhet- 
oric at Brown University. 

XI. Deborah, bap. May 6, 1798 ; d. immd. at Sterling 

about 1825. 

Dea. James Bai^croft, son of Joseph and Susannah 
(Hubbard) Bancroft, and a nephew of Benjamin Bancroft, 
md. (1) May 28, 1829, Sarah W. Kendall, and resided in 
New Ipswich, and was a deacon of the Congregational 
Church in that place. In 1857 he removed to Rindge. 
His wife d. Jan. 23, 1861; he md. (2d) Dec. 6, 1865, 
Jemima Hale, dau. of Emerson Hale, of Rindge, q. v. 
Two children not named below died young. 

I. JVanci/ B., b. Sept. 17, 1834; md. Ivers H. Brooks, 
q. V. 

II. Susan F., b. Oct. 25, 1836; md. June 6, 1867, 

Albert Conant, a merchant in Boston, son of 
William Conant, of Mount Vernon, N. H. 

III. Cecil F.P., b. Nov. 25, 1839; grad. Dartmouth 

College 1860; Andover Theological Seminary 
1867; ordained May 1, 1867; received the 
degree of Doctor of ' Philosophy from the Uni- 
versity of the State of New York in 1874. He 
was Principal of Appleton Academy, Mont 
Vernon, N. H., 1860-1864; Principal of Liter- 
ary Institutions at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., 
1867-1872. He was engaged in travels and 
study in Europe, 1872-1873, and is now Prin- 
cipal of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He 
md. May 6, 1867, Fanny A. Kittredge, dau. of 
Capt. Timothy Kittredge, of Mont Vernon, N. H. 

IV. Mary Helen, b. April 3, 1841 ; md. July 15, 1869, 

Thomas Annett, Esq., of Jaffrey. 
V. Caroline, b. Oct. 15, 1842; md. George S. Kimball, 

son of William Kimball, q. v. 
VI. Jlenry A., b. Feb. 13, 1849. Resides in Jaffrey. 

JoHisr Bancroft, son of Timothy and Elizabeth (Ger- 
ry?) Bancroft, was b. in Lunenburg, Nov. 14, 1753. In 



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1775 he was a private in the eight months' troops, and in 
Capt. Ezra Newell's company. He md. Jan. or June 20, 
1776, Mary Newell, and removed to this town in 1777. 
About 1820 they removed to Union, Broome County, 
N. Y,, where he d. June 16, 1822; his widow d. Oct, 
26, 1833. 

I. Polly, b. Sept. 6, 1777 ; md. March 13, 1798, Na- 
than Pratt, by whom she had one son, Nathan, 
Jr. She md. (2d) Obadiah Carlton, of Rindge, 
q. V. 

II. Jo/m, b. Nov. 14, 1779. + 

III. Betsey, b. Dec. 24, 1781 ; d. immd. Jan. 12, 1810. 

IV. Daughter, b. Nov. 17, 1784 ; d. 28 same month. 

v. Ehenezer, b. March 13, 1786 ; md. Phebe Mclntire. 
He was a blacksmith of Danvers, Mass. ; d. at 
sea March 20, 1823. His son George W., b. Jan. 
15, 1815, was killed in the railroad accident at 
Revere Aug. 26, 1871. 

VI. Onesimus, b. March 30, 1786 ; d. Oct. 28, 1792. 
VII. Mehetahel, b. March 24, 1790; md. Jan. 7, 1813, 
Isaac Hill. They resided in Princeton, 111. They 
had several children, but no record is received. 
VIII. Timothy, b. July 5, 1792. -|- 

IX. Elijah Nexoell, b. Dec. 15, 1795 ; a farmer, who re- 
sided in Union, N. Y., where he md. Wealthy 
Davis, by whom he had three children. He md. 
(2d) Asenath Marble, of Jaffrey. 



Maj. John Bancroft md. May 3, 1804, Elizabeth Co- 
burn, dau. of Josiah Coburn, q. v. He was major of the 
12th Regiment Militia, to which Rindge belonged. He 
d. while temporai'ily absent at Mobile, Ala., July 15, 1819. 
His widow md. Gray. 

I. Charles, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. Oct. 8, 1822, aged 17. 

n. Almira, b. June 13, 1807 ; md. July 2, 1829, Charles 
Stearns, a brother of Samuel Steai-ns. They 
reside in Lowell, Mass. Their only son : — 

1. Charles Willard, b. June 22, 1830 ; md. Oct. 
27, 1850, Sarah Jane Stearns, dau. of Jos. 
and Lucy Stearns, of Boston. They re- 
side in Middletown, Ct. They have one 
son: — 
Frank Edson, b. March 29, 1857. 

III. Addison, b. Dec. 16, 1808. -\- 

IV. John Gardner, b. Nov. 28, 1810; md. Wealthy 

White, who d. July 6, 1867; md. (2d) Roxanna 
Letford, who d. about 1870. For many years, 
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ing-hoiTse in Boston. He d, June 20, 1872. No 
children. 
V. Georqe Washington, b. Nov. 30, 1812 ; md. Auo-. 
26, '1841, Achsah Colburn, h. March 6, 1811, dau. 
of Nathan and Betsey (Powers) Colbiirn, of Tem- 
ple, N. H. He was a grad. of Ol^erlin College, 
1841, and prece])tor of a classical and English 
school \\nt\\ his death Aug. 5, 1843. His widow 
md. (2d) Sept. 1, 1846, Elijah Lyman, of Strong- 
ville, O. 
VI. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1815, md. David Knight Bou- 
telle, a dentist, formerly of Manchester, N. H., 
now of Lake City, Minn. She d. in Manchester 
July 24, 1864, leaving four children. 

1. Frank M., b. Feb. 21, 1843. 

2. George B., b. June 9, 1845. 

3. William E., b. April 1, 1848. 

4. Chellis B., b. Nov. 18, 1858. 
vn. Evelina, b. April 21, 1817. 



Timothy Baj^tckoft md. 1816, pub. Jan. 10, Matilda 
Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, q. v. They resided in 
Union, N. Y., 1819 to 1828, and then removed to Bridge- 
water, Mich., and subsequently to Clinton, Mich. 

I. Louisa, b. in Cornish, N. H., June 13, 1817. 

II. Trpjyhosa, h. in Rindge Oct. 2,1818; d. in Eaton 

Rapids, Mich., 1838. 
m. Alonzo, b. in Union Jan. 4, 1820 ; md. April 26, 
1845, Harriet Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas Jew- 
ett, q. V. They reside in Boston, where he was 
for several years an appointee in the Custom 
House. 

1. Anson, b. Jan. 6, 1849; d. same day. 

2. Winfield B., b. April 30, 1850. Amherst 

College. Now a medical student. 
IV. Wilder, b. Nov. 29, 1821. 
V. Baxter, b. Feb. 10, 1823; d. Oct. 10, 1847. 
VI. Nancy, b. March 14, 1826. 

VII. EdiiHird, b. March 1, 1829. Resides at Emporia, 
Kansas. A real estate agent and a notary public. 
VIII. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1833. 
IX. Asa, b. 1835; resides in Emporia, Kansas. Was 
formerly Secretary of State of Kansas. 



Addison Bancroft, a farmer in Rindge ; md. April 3, 
1832, Mary Ann Goddard, dau. of Dea. Luther Goddard, 
q. V. She d. Sept. 19, 1852; md. (2d) Jan. 4, 1853, Mary 
(Ward) Jones, widow of Christopher Jones, of Ashburn- 
ham, and dau. of Caleb Ward, of Ashburnham. She d. 
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HISTORY OF BINBGE. 



March 19, 1869; md. (3d) Oct. 14, 1869, Elmira (Peirce) 
Smiley, widow of Charles M. Smiley, and dau. of Joseph 
Peii'ce. 

59 I. George TFasAm^^o;?, b. March 28, 1833; md. Nov. 
5, 1857, Emerett O. Pratt, dau. of Peter Pratt, 
Esq., of Coleville, Broome Co., N. Y. They re- 
side in Coleville. 

60 1. Jennie Frances, b. Feb. 1, 1859. 

61 2. Ellsworth D., b. March 7, 1861. 

62 3. Maryett, b. Dec. 27, 1863. 

63 4. Adalaide S., b. Jan. 31, 1869. 

64 II. Charles Addison^h. Au^Al,l^'i^\ d. July 11, 1837. 

65 III. Martha Jane^ b. March 15,1836; md. Lyman B. 
Graham. Reside in Minneapolis, Minn. 

66 IV. Harriet Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1839; md. May 8, 
1866, George J. Allen, son of Eliphaz Allen, Jr., 
q. V. Reside in Fitchburg, Mass. 

67 V. J'ohn Gardner, b. Sept. 23, 1840 ; d. 26 same 
month. 

68 VI. 3Iary Mersylma, b. Dec. 12, 1841 ; md. Edwin S. 
Burnap. Reside in Fitchburg, Mass. 

69 VII. Almira Lucioida, b. A})ril 5, 1849; md. Ephraim 
H. Bowen, of Fitchburg, Mass. 

Two children by second marriage : — 

70 VIII. Charles Addison, b. May 26, 1857. 

71 IX. John Ferry, b. Nov. 13,^859. 

BARKER. 

Barnabas Barker, of Scituate, Mass., md. 1719, Hannah Turner. His 
dwelling-house at " Beach AVoods " was burned 1739, and he was excused 
from taxes for that year. He md. (2d) 1740, Mary Neal. Four of his 
children and several grandchildren removed to Rindge near the close of 
the Revolution. Their record is an honorable one. The names of his 
children were as follows : (1) Barnabas, b. 1724 ; removed to Rindge, and 
is mentioned hereafter; (2) Thomas; (3) Content, b. 1747; md. Capt. 
Benjamin Lapham; md. (2d) Jonathan Sherwin, both of Rindge; (4) 
Bathsheba, b. 1750; md. Da^-id Hale, of Rindge; (5) Zipporah, b. 1752; 
md. Jonathan Ingalls, of Rindge. The daughters were children of the 
second wife. 



Barnabas Barker, b. 1724 ; md. 1750, Sarah Greene. 
While a citizen of Scituate he was prominent in ecclesi- 
astical and civil affairs, and took an actiA^e and honorable 
pai't in the Revolution. He removed with his family to 
Rindge in 1780, and was admitted to the church by letter 
during that year. With him came his three half sisters, 
who md. and d. in this town. He d. March 23, 1797, aged 
73. His wife d. Feb. 20, 1797, aged 73. 



2 


I. 


3 


II. 


4 


III. 


5 


IV. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 439 

JbAn, b. 1752.+ 

JPolly, b. Oct. 6, 1754; md. Andrew Kimball of 
Rindge, q. v. 

David, . -\- 

Barnabas , resided in Rindge 1780-1790; 

dau. Nancy bap. 1782. He removed to Charles- 
town, Mass., where he d., leaving five children. 
None of them long survived him. . 

V. Lemuel , taxed in this town until 1793 ; dau. 

Sally bap. 1792. He removed to Concord, N.H., 
where he d., leaving a son and three daughters. 
VI. William, h.nQ2.-{- 

(2) ' John Barker, b. 1752; md. Dec. 7, 1795, Hannah 
Smith, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Morrison) Smith, 
of Peterborough, N. H. She was b. May 8, 1761, and d. 
Aug. 28, 1813. He md. (2d) Sallie (Crumble) Barker, 
widow of his brother David. He was a farmer, and 
owned the farm now of Stephen Hale. He was killed by 
a bull July 25, 1819. His widow d. in Maine at the resi- 
dence of her son. 

Hannah, b. April 24, 1801 ; md. Stephen Jewett, 
q. V. , , 

Joh7i, b. Nov. 28, 1804; removed 1827 to the city 
of New York, where he md. May 10, 1830, Eu- 
nice G. Thompson, b. Nov. 23, 1801, dau. of Rev. 
Amos G. Thompson, of Montville, Ct. She d. 
Aug. 9, 1842 ; md. (2d) Harriet EHza Gray, dau. 
of John Gray, Esq., of New York. For the past 
few years he has resided in Stark, Bradford Co., 
Fla. He has several children, but no record has 
been received. 



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10 



Dea. David Barker md. March 17, 1783, Sally Crum- 
ble, dau. of Lieut. James Crumble, of Rindge. He was a 
farmer and a carpenter, and resided on the farm now of 
Dea. James Bancroft. He and his brother William were 
the contractors who hmlt the meeting-house 1796. He d. 
June 16, 1816, and his widow md. his brother John. Their 
only child was : — 

I. Thomas CrumJrie, b. 1803. He was a physician of 
Bangor, Me., where he recently died. 



William Barker, b. 1762 ; came to Rindge ^ath others 
of the family 1780; md. Oct. 28, 1794, Sarah Payson, b. 
July 13, 1775, dau. of George and Abigail (Boyd) Payson, 
of Walpole, and a cousin of Rev. Setli Payson, D. D., of 
Rindge. Mr. Barker was a cari)enter, an<l for many years 
he conducted the business of tanning. He was an active. 



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HISTORY OF EINDGE. 



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12 
13 
14 



15 



16 



17 



useful citizen. 
19, 1852. 



He d. Oct. 25, 1830 ; his widow d. June 



I. jPolh/ mile, b. Dec. 15, 1795; d. unmd. April 16, 

1819. 
II. William, h. Dec. 15, 1796 ; d. unmd. July 30, 1823. 

III. Sarah, bap. 1801 ; d. in infancy. 

IV. George Payson, b. Oct. 25, 1807. Vide p. 347. 

He md. Abby Coit, of Norwich, Ct., and d. Jan. 
28, 1848, leaving two children. His widow d. 
Feb. 5, 1874. 

1. George Pavson, Jr., b. Dec. 24, 1835; d. 

Jan. 28, 1868. Graduate of Yale 1856. 
Admitted to the bar 1859, and entered 
upon the practice of his profession in his 
native city, Buffalo, N. Y. Inheriting the 
peculiar fascinations and, in no small de- 
gree, the genius of his talented father, he 
was at once recognized as a young man of 
superior ability and unblemished charac- 
ter. During his brief career he won con- 
siderable distinction, and the respect and 
good-will of his associates. 

2. Sarah, b. ; md. Sept. 5, 1867, Edward 

N". Gibbs, now cashier of the Thames 
National Bank, of Norwich, Ct. 



Benjamin^ Barker, parentage not known, but of dis- 
tant kinship, if related at all, to the foregoing family of 
Barkers, was b. 1746, and came to Rindge soon after the 
Revolution, and settled east of the Dea. Goddard farm ; 
he d. Feb. 23, 1837. He was fond of relating improbable 
stories which he attempted to clothe in the dignity of 
truth. A sample of his anecdotes was an oft-repeated 
declaration that he once saw a hawk attempt to capture a 
sparrow that was perched upon the sharpened point of the 
centre pole of a hay-stack. The bird opportunely flew 
away, but the hawk came with such impetuosity and cer- 
tainty of aim, he struck the shaft and suddenly expired 
with a foot of the pole obtruding above his back. He 
asserted, with much apparent sincerity, that "down below" 
where he formerly lived he had seen farmers ploughing 
among white oak stumps of twelve feet in diameter; with 
a good plough and six yokes of oxen, they never turned 
out for such obstacles, but drove the plough through their 
centres, and frequently after the team had passed on the 
open mouths of the stumps would shut up again with a 
crack that made the hills echo from the stunning concus- 
sion. Perhaps all his children are not named below. 



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22 
23 
24 
25 
26 



I. Betsey, b. ; insane; d. umnd. Dec. 4, 1827, 

aged 40. 
II. Sally, b. ; md. Jonathan Sherwin, son of Cai)t. 



; md. Phebe Temple. 



Asa Slierwin, q. v 
III. J^enjamin, Jr., b. 

Resided in Rindge until 1808, when he removed 
to Boston. Four of the six children born in 
Rindge. 

1. Mehitable, b. Oct. 10, 1798. 

2. Phebe, b. Oct. 21, 1800. 

3. Benjamin, b. Nov. 11, 1802. 

4. Sally, b. Se])t. 28, 1808. 

5. Soithia, b. May 12, 1809. 

6. Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1811. 



Benjamin Beals was in Rindge previous to the Revo- 
lution. He was in Ca|)t. Thomas' company 1775, in Capt. 
Stone's and in Capt. Rand's companies 1777, and in 1780 
he again enlisted for " the service at the frontiers at Coos." 
He md. May 11, 1779, Anna Lawrence, of Groton. Sally, 
their dan., was b. in Rindge March 20, 1780. The family 
probably removed from town soon after. 



Capt. Edmund Bemis, of Westminster, Mass., commanded a company 
in the Revolutionary sei-vice. He was a son of Philip Bemis, who 
removed from Cambridge, 1738, and was the third settler in Westr 
minster. He md. 1760, Elizabeth Rand, and had sons, Elijah, Ed- 
mund, Samuel, Ebenezer, and three daughters. He d. Dec. 1, 1807. 
Edmund, second son of Capt. Edmimd, was b. 176.5; md. 1799, 
Susannah Graves. After residing in Fitchburg a few years, he 
removed, 1804, to Troy, N. H., where he d. Feb. 11, 1857. His third 
child was Elijah, who md. March 11, 1824, Lucy Butler, dau. of Joseph 
Butler, then of Troy. He d. in Troy, Xov. 1, 1852. 



Elijah Bemis, son of Elijah and Lucy (Butler) Bemis, 
was b. in Troy, March 2, 1829. Removed to Rindge 
1851; md. June 2, 1852, Susan H. Kimball, dau. of 
Samuel M. and Melinda (Peirce) Kimball, of Rindge, 
q. V. He is a manufacturer of wooden-ware, at West 
Rindge. He was selectman 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1874. 



Gilbert C. Bemis, a brother, of the above, b. in Troy, 
June 23, 1830; md. Oct. 19, 1854, Sarah Ellen Metcalf, 
dau. of Timothy Metcalf, q. v. They resided in Rindge 
only a few years. 



Calvin Bemis, son of Jonathan Bemis, of Marlboro, 
N. H., b. in that town, Jan. 27, 1798; md. March 14, 
1822, Deborah Brewer, dau. of Asa and Deborah (Sar- 
gent) Brewer, of Fitzwilliam, now included in Troy. 
Removed to Rindge 1831, and remained hei-e about 



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HISTORY OF BINBGE. 



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twenty years. His farm was near the Fitzwilliam line, 
and on the road to that town. 

I. Eliza, b. Oct. 10, 1823 ; md. May 8, 1845, Calvin 

Hastings. 
II. 3Iaria, b. Jan. 24, 1826; md. March 31, 1847, 

Charles Perry. 
III. Mary Jane, b. April 9, 1835 ; md. Oct. 23, 1855, 

Leonard Wriglit, son of Col. Lvman and Betsy 

(Bowker) Wright, of Troy, N. H. 



Phi2s"ehas Benkett, b. about 1740, parentage not 
ascertained, settled in the northeast part of the town 
about 1798. He d. about 1820, and his widow near the 
same date. 

I. Phinehas Bennett, b. previous to 1781. After 
marriage removed to Hatfield, Mass., in 1810, 
where he d. 1813, leaving six children. Lyman 
Bennett, the eldest, is an aged and highly- 
respected citizen of Troy, N. Y. 

II. Hannah, md. Brooks, and removed to New 

York. 

III. Edith, md. Jefts. They resided in Mason, 

where he d. about 1860. She resides a widow, 
in Ashby. 

IV. Elizabeth, md. Chamberlain ; resided in New 

Ipswich. A dan., the "wife of Moses Cragin, d. 
in Rindge, Aug. 20, 1842. After the death of 

Mr. Chamberlain she md. (2d) Kennedy, 

and, sur^dving him, d. in Mason about 1862. 

V. Ezra, md. Harriet Hunt, dau. of Nathan and 
Abigail (Hale) Hunt. They lived in Rindge 
and vicinity several years. There were several 
children, but no record is received. 

VI. James, b. 1787.-1- 



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10 



James Benistett, youngest son of Phinehas Bennett; 
md. Nov. 18, 1813, Parna White, b. Feb. 4, 1796, dau. of 
EHsha and Mary (Corbet) White, of Royalston, Mass. 
Capt. Bennett was a farmer and box-manufacturer of 
Rindge. He d. Sept. 30, 1857. 

I. Hiram, b. Sept. 19, 1814'; md. Nov. 17, 1836, 
Catherine Poland, of Winchendon. She d. 
1852. He md. (2d) 1853, Charlotte Clark, Avho 
d. 1873. He is a jeweler, and resides in Sandy 
Hill, N. Y. 

1. Elsie, b. Oct. 1837 ; md. William Paine. 

2. William, b. ; resides in Sandy Hill. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 443 

3. Alvali, b, ; resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

4. Katie, b. ; md. Jnmes Lnngworthy. 

II. Horace, b. May 21, 1816; md. March 1, 1840, 
Mary Morrison, of Cambridge, Mass. He d. 
Jan. 8, 1841. 

in. Zym««, b. May 17, 1818 ; md. Lucinda Wellington. 

IV. Alonzo W., b. Dec. 12, 1820. Studied medicine 
with Dr. James B. Porter, of Rutland, Vt. ; 
attended lectures at Berkshire Medical College, 
Pittsfield, and at College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, New York, where he received his degree. 
He has also received the benefit of a year's 
attendance in the schools and practice in the 
hospitals of Paris. He resides, in the successful 
practice of his profession, in Uxbridge, Mass. 
He md. Margaret Taft, of Uxbi-idgc, a lady of 
superior mental endowment. 
V. Jane, b. July 29, 1822 ; md. Josiah Stratton, q. v. 

VI. Augusta P., b. July 21, 1830; md. H. N. But- 
trick, q. V. 
VII. Anna S., b. Oct. 19, 1831 ; md. Sept. 12, 1852, 
Franklin H. Cutter, son of Joel Cutter, of 
Jaffrey. He is a farmer, a conmiissioner for 
Cheshire County 1868-70, and member of Legis- 
lature 1872 and 1873. 

1. Florence P., b. June 30, 1853. 

2. Henrietta S., b. Sept. 3, 1855. 

VIII. Maria M, b. Feb. 23, 1835. 
IX. Ann J., b. Jan. 2, 1837 ; md. March, 1860, E. B. 
Cutter. Vide Cutter registers, in this volume. 



Lyman Benijett, md. Nov. 12, 1840, Lucinda Welling- 
ton, dan. of Capt. Leonard and Lucinda (Page) Welling- 
ton, of Rindge, q. v. They reside at Converseville, in 
Riiidge. 

I. ITorace C, b. Oct. 24, 1841 ; md. Sept. 19, 1870, 
Charlotte Fi-eeland, dau. of Chester J. and 
Maria (Austin) Freeland. He read law with 
Hon. Amasa Norcross, of Fitchburg, and is 
engaged in the practice of his jirofession, in 
Chicago, 111. 

II. JEllen Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1843; md. Elijah T. 
Platts, son of Hosea Platts, q. v. 

III. George L., b. Jidy 19, 1845 ; md. March 25, 1873, 

Mary Preston, dau. of Edward F. and Mary 
(Ap]ileton) Preston, of New Ii)swich. He is a 
dentist; resides in Winchendon. 

IV. Mary Ella, b. March 6, 1848 ; d. April 11, 1848. 



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HISTOBT OF EINDGE. 



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V. Herhert E.^ b. June 19, 1849 ; resides in Chicago, 

111. 
VI. Charles Wayland, b. March 28, 1852 ; cl. Sejit. 25, 

1853. 



Aaroj^^ Bixby resided in the southwest ])art of this 
town several years previous to 1820. His children born 
in Rindge were as follows : — 

I. Joel Raymond^ b. Jan. 5, 1803 ; was md. and lived 
east of the Mononionock Lake; had a large 
number of children, but no recoi'ds are at hand. 
II. Sophronia., b. April 9, 1804. 

III. Jeremiah Blake, b. Dec. 24, 1805. 

IV. HolUs, b. June 4, 1807. 

V. Harrison, b. Jan. 9, 1809 ; d. unmd. 1858. 
VI. Susan, b. June 24, 1810. 



BLAKE. 

Several generations of the Blake family had resided in Little Baddow, 
Essex, England, previous to the birth of William, the emigrant ancestor 
of the Blakes of New England. He was a son of Giles and Dorothy 
(Twedy) Blake, and was born in Little Baddow in 1594. With his 
wife Agnes he came to America in 1630. Sailing from Plymouth, March 
20, he arrived at Nantasket, now Hull, May 30. With the companions of 
the voyage, he settled in June at Mattapan, long known as Dorchester. 
In 1637, he received a lot of land in the distribution of lots on Dorchester 
Neck. Admitted freeman March 14, 1638-9, one of the selectmen 1645, 
1647, and 1651. "Died Mr. William Blake who had been Clerk of ye 
Writs for the County of Suffolk & Recorder for ye Town near 8 years. 
He was also Clerk of ye Training-band. He died ye 25th of ye 8th Mo. 
1663, in ye 69th Year of his Age." (Annals of Dorchester.) 

His widow d. July 22, 1678. The will of William Blake represents 
an ample estate, and mentions his wife and five children. One of the 
bequests was in these words : " Item. I give and bequeath unto ye town 
of Dorchester twenty shillings to be bestowed for ye repairing of ye 
Burying place so yt swine and other vermine may not Anoy ye Graves of 
ye Saints." His children were William, James, Edward, John, and 
Ann, probably b. in England. Edward Blake, third son of William, 
was b. ill England about 1625. With his brother William he settled 
in Milton, Mass. By his will, his estate was divided among two sons 
and five daughters. His wife was Patience Pope, of Dorchester. She 
d. Aug. 4, 1690. Their third son and eighth child was Jonathan Blake, 
who was said in his father's will to have been " afflicted with a lame- 
ness.". He was b. July 5, 1672, and md. March 16, 1699, Elizabeth 
Caudage, of Cambridge. He resided in Boston, probably leaving Milton 
early in life, as the records of that town contain no reference to him or 
his family. Ebenezer Blake, his son, b. 1709, md. Dec. 11, 1729, Patron- 
nella Peck, of Rehoboth. He settled in Wrentham, Mass. His wife d., 
leaving three sons and a daughter, Sei:)t. 11, 1757, aged 50. He md. 
(2d) Elizabeth Patridge, by whom he had four children. Several 
letters written by him to his gi-andsons, then serving in the patriot 
army during the Revolution, are stiU preserved, and represent him a 
man of ability, patriotism, and culture. He d. March 14, 1794. 



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445 



Ebeuezer Blake, son of Ebenezer and Patronnella (Peck) Blake, was 
b. Sept. 28, 1730, and md. (1st) Oct. 11, 1756, Tamar Thompson, who d. 
Nov. 13, 1775, leaving nine children. He md. (2d) Feb. 8, 1777 (?), Anna 
Hodges. She d. June 9, 1783, and he md. (3d) Jan. 28, 1784, Rachel Balcom. 
He d. Sept. 11, 1819, and his widow Aug. 24, 1833. He was a farmer of 
Wrentham. He served in the French and Indian wars. He presented 
the mnsket carried in these campaigns to his grandson, Ebenezer Blake, 
Esq., of Rindge, in whose possession it still remains. It is a light, weU- 
finished gun, of French manuf actm-e. Letters written to his sons serving 
in the Revolutionary army, still j)reserved by his descendants, vividly por- 
tray the trials and privations of the period, and in patriotic sentiment 
and Christian counsel favorably exhibit the character of the man. His 
children were, Eleazer, b. April 1, 1757 (see below) ; Ebenezer, b. July 
30, 1760, of Stoddard, N. H., and Solon, N. Y. ; Enos, June 9, 1762, d. of 
hydrophobia Jan. 9, 1772 ; Elihu, b. May 5, 1764, of Westboro, Mass. ; 
Levina, b. Oct. 30, 1765; md. Samuel Messenger and removed to Stod- 
dard, N. H. ; Jason, b. Nov. 30, 1767, d. in Worthins;-ton, JNIass., 1841 ; 
Barnum, Aug. 9, 1769, d. at Westboro 1811; Tamar^ b. Sept. 14, 1771, 
md. Curtis Searles, of Sutton; Calvin, b. Oct. 1, 1773; d. in Wrentham, 
Mass., Feb. 26, 1865 ; Luther, b. Oct. 27, 1775, d. in Wrentham Jan. 9, 
1834. It will be perceived that Ebenezer, Sen., d. at the advanced age of 
85 years, his son, Ebenezer, Jr., at 89 years, and it will be seen that Elea- 
zer, son of Ebenezer, Jr., was about 95 years of age at the time of his 
death, and his son Enos d. at the age of 79 years, making an average of 
the foul* successive generations of above 87 years. 



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Dea. Eleazer Blake, the immediate ancestor of the 
Blake family of Rindge, was b. in Wrentham, April 1, 
1757. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to Capt. 
Cowell, a wheelwi-ight in his native town. In 1775, he 
marched with a company from Wrentham, under com- 
mand of Capt. Cowell, and arrived in Roxbury on the 
morning of April 20, and continued in the patriot army 
during the entire war. Until February, 1776, he partici- 
pated in the siege of Boston, and on the day of the battle 

of Bunker Hill, he, 
t h e r s, was 
ed in fortify- 
ing Prospect Hill, where he witnessed the bloody engage- 
ment of June 17. The scene was vividly imprinted in his 
memory, and his intelligent descriptions of the incidents 
of the day, the fierce combat, the discharge of musketry, 
the deafening cannonade from the British navy, the 
smoke of burning Charlestown, and the groups of women 
and children gathered upon the surrounding hills, where 
they witnessed the destruction of their homes, were 
frequently narrated by Dea. B. to groups of children 
who were wont to listen with delight to his stories of 
the Revolution. 

He continued to serve until the early part of another 

year, in what was styled the Massachusetts or Bay State 

Line, which included several months of ser^dce in Rhode 

Island. In 1777, the State having called for enlistments 

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446 



niSTOBY OF EINBGE. 



for three years, or during the war, he enlisted, May 19, in 
the Continental ser^dce for the entire war. His regiment 
was sent to New York, and subsequently joined the army 
of Gen. Gates, where he participated in the triumphs of 
the patriots over Gen. Burgoyne, and bore an honorable 
part in the memorable battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. 
The following winter he endured the exposure and 
nakedness of Valley Forge. The following spring and 
summer he was with the army immediately under the 
command of Washington. From the effect of the heat 
and fatigue of the battle of Monmouth he never fully 
recovered. Subsequently he was in Sullivan's army 
during a part of the Rhode Island campaign, and soon 
after joined the army in the State of New York, where 
he remained almost continuously until his discharge from 
the service. In 1780, he was an eye-witness to the 
escape of Arnold, and was one of the guards at the 
execution of Major Andre. His account of the death of 
this lamented and spirited officer, which he seldom 
related without deep emotion, and often with tears, is 
well remembered by many of his youthful auditors. 
"The gallows was composed of two posts and a bar 
joining their summits, from which a rope was suspended; 
a wagon placed beneath the bar completed the arrange- 
ments for the execution. Being conducted to the scene, 
Major Andre bowed familiarly to the officers with whom 
he had become acquainted during his imprisonment, his 
countenance evincing both calmness and fortitilde. Tall 
in stature, of unusual symmetry of form, he was a man 
of singular beauty. His light auburn hair, of uncommon 
length and profusion, hung gracefully about his head and 
shoulders, and his garments were of the finest and most 
costly fabric. When informed that the fatal hour had 
arrived, he promptly stepped upon the wagon beneath 
the gallows, and looking down upon his open coffin 
and to the guards who stood around, he exclaimed, 
' Must I die in this manner ? Once more I beg that I 
may be shot.' Upon receiving an assurance that his 
sentence could not be evaded, he said : ' I am reconciled 
to my fate, but not to the manner of my death. I have 
nothing to say,' he continued, ' but to request that you 
witness to the world that I die like a brave man.' 
Remo\'ing his gold-laced hat, he cast it upon the ground, 
and having bared his neck, by removing the heavy stock 
worn at the time by the British officer, he adjusted the 
rope with his own hands ; and taking two ha.ndkerchiefs 
from his pocket he carefully tied one over his own eyes, 
and shut out forever the light of day; the other he 
handed to the executionei*, requesting him to bind his 
hands. The word was now given, the wagon moved from 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 447 

beneath the gallows, and Major Andre was suspended in 
the air. The executioner, thrice seizing hold of the 
expiring man, added his weight to hasten the progress of 
his death." The scene was ever vivid in the memory of 
Dea. Blake, who stood among the guards and within a 
few feet of the gallows, and in the narration he appeared 
to Avitness afresh the painful affair. 

In 1780, Mr. Blake, then in Col. William Shepard's 
regiment, was appointed sergeant, and in 1782 was 
detailed as assistant-quartermaster of the Fourth Massa- 
chusetts Brigade, in Avhich line of service he continued 
until his discharge, at "Camp New Windsor," in New 
York, June 12, 1783, from whence he traveled on foot a 
distance of 220 miles, to his home in Wrentham, where 
he arrived June 21, after an almost continuous service of 
more than eight years. From a journal kept during 
these years by Sergeant Blake, much can be learned of 
his inner life, and abundant evidence is presented that 
he was a sincere Christian as well as a patriot. Prompt 
and conscientious in the discharge of every duty, firm 
and unyielding in principle, he also embellished his 
sei'vice in the army with many acts of kindness to the 
sick and suffering. 

In the autumn following his discharge, accompanied by 
his brother Ebenezer, who had served four years in the 
army, he visited Coos County, N. H., where he remained 
several months, and was engaged as a school-teacher. 
After a brief residence in New York, he rad. Nov. 29, 
1785, Jerusha Gerould, dau. of Gamaliel and Jerusha 
(Mann) Gerould, of Wrentham, and settled in Stoddard, 
N. H. In 1792 he removed to Rindge, where he con- 
tinued to reside, following the occupation of a farmer 
and a wheelwright. Under the ministry of Dr. Payson 
he was chosen deacon of the Congregational Chui-ch, in 
which capacity he officiated until eighty years of age. 
The blameless character of Dea. Blake, his unim])each- 
able integrity, and his Christian counsels, Avdll long be 
treasured by his townsmen and acquaintances. He d. 
Sept. 27, 1858, aged 95 years and nearly 6 months. His 
wife d. May 20, 1849, aged 89. Issue : — 

I. ^nos. b. May 28, 1788. + 
II. Bela, b. Nov. 21, 1790. -f 

III. £Jri, b. Nov. 16, 1792; d., unmd., in Watertown, 

Mass., Dec. 14, 1813. 

IV. Jerusha, b. Aug. 26, 1795 ; d., unmd., in Rindge 

May 6, 1823. 
V. Menezer, b. Nov. 16, 1800. -f 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



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Enos Blake nul. April 29, 1814, Alinira Strntton, dau. 
of Elishn and Mohitabol (Russell) Stratton, of Weston, 
Mass., where she was b. March 29, 1793. Mr. Blake was 
an estimable citizen. He was a farmer, wheelwright, and 
one of the first to engage in the manufacture of wooden- 
ware at West Rindge. In 1832, in company with Asa 
Stickney, he built the saw-mill now owned by A. S. 
Sawtell. He d. Dec. 3, 1867, aged 79. His 'widow 
resides on the homestead. 

I. Georffe 3IorrUl, b. Aug. 23, 1820; md. Jan. 2, 
1849, Mary S. Lovejoy, dau. of Selah Lovejoy, 
q. V. In 1856 he removed to Hastings, Minn., 
where he owns an extensive farm on the bank 
of the Mississi]>pi River. Four children. 
II. Almira J.^ b. March 22, 1826; md. Aaron S. 

Sawtell, q. v. 
III. Martha M, b. Sept. 11, 1834; d. July 14, 1844. 




Bela Blake, the second son of Dea. Blake, was early 
imbued with a desire of receiving a liberal education. 
At the age of eighteen his father gave him his time 
during the remainder of his minority. The following 
Avinter he resided with Dea. Abner Spofford, of Jaffrey, 
where he attended school, working morning and evening 
for his board. Subsequently for several months he pur- 
sued his studies imder the tuition of Samuel Leach, of 
Jaffrey, and the succeeding winter he taught one of the 

district schools in 
that town. Re- 
turning to Rindge, 
he continued his 
studies, under the 
instruction of Dr. Payson. In 1811, abandoning the idea 
of a collegiate education, he obtained a situation in Boston 
as an accountant, where he remained five years, pursuing, 
meanwhile, the study of modei-n languages, in which he 
made considerable progress. In 1816 he embarked as 
clerk of a merchant vessel, bound for the western coast 
of Mexico, and from thence to Canton. Arriving at 
San Bias, they traded to a considerable amount, and 
sailed for Mazetland, a small port in the Gulf of Cali- 
fornia, at the time in the hands of insurgents engaged in 
a rebellion against the government of Mexico. The 
Spaniards, visiting the vessel under the cloak of friend- 
ship, treacherously overpowered the ofiicers and crew. 
The vessel and a valuable cai-go were confiscated, and the 
captives, receiving the most cruel treatment, were thrown 
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companions were conducted to Arispe, in the province of 
Sonora, a journey of twelve hundred niiles, which was 
attended witli many exposures and hardships. Here 
they remained im])risoned for more than two years, when 
tliey were released, and, after much suffering, again 
arrived at San Bias, December 14, 1820, and immediately 
took passage on a friendly vessel to Manilla, which was 
destined to be his abode during the remainder of his life. 
In December, 1821, he formed a partnership with Jose de 
Ortega, a S))anish gentleman, for the purpose of manu- 
facturing sugar, and transacting a general commission 
business. With one or more changes of partners, he 
successfully continued the business until his death, event- 
ually owning severid ships, and sending valuable cargoes 
to the ports of Euroi)e, Asia, and America. His business 
qualities are said to have been of a superior order. He 
spoke fluently several languages, and owing to the difii- 
culty in procunng suitable clerks, he became to himself a 
most rigid task-master. Although inheriting a strong 
constitution, the warm climate and incessant labor under- 
mined his health, which was made known to his friends 
from his frequent letters to his relatives. In these letters 
he manifested great solicitude for the comfort of his 
parents, and his generous remittances attested his sin- 
cerity. He frequently exj)ressed a determination to 
leave his business and return to his native land, to which 
he remained ardently attached. In a letter to his father, 
March 3, 1828, he writes: "I am fully convinced and 
certain of your disapprobation, mingled, no doubt, with 
sentiments of dis})leasure, when I inform you that I 
am about to embark, and not for home. Be assured that 
I feel as much as yourself on the occasion ; but for the 
present it must be so. I have been so long in a warm 
climate that I need a little bracing iip, and have con- 
cluded to embark for California ; and, God willing, shall 
return in about ten months, after which I am determined 
to take a voyage home, be the consequences what they 
may." But fate had decreed that he should never return, 
even to the home of his adoption. On his return voyage 
from California, and as the vessel was entering Manilla 
Bay, Mr. Blake d. unmd. April 12, 1829, in the '89th year 
of his age. The vessel being detained in the bay by 
adverse winds, his body was buried in the sea, far from 
the home and fxiends which he ardently loved. 



Ebenezer Blake md. July 12, 1824, Hepsibeth Jewett, 
dau. of Amos Jewett, q. v. Mr. Blake resided for several 
years on the farm formerly owned by his father on the 
shore of Long Pond. In 1854 he built the house he now 
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wife. He is a Justice of the Peace, and in his more act- 
ive years took a lively interest in public affairs. Mrs. 
Blake cl. Nov. 10, 1874, aged 72. 

I. £ela ShecM, b. June 25, 1825; md. Dec. 25, 1857, 
Sarah Howard, of New York City. After resid- 
ing several years in New York, he removed to 
Cincinnati, O., and is a successful merchant of 
that city. Tavo children. 
II. Z?eMr2/,b. Sept. 17, 1826; a mechanic and draiights- 
man. Resides unmd. in Keene, N. H. 

III. Pliny Mske, b. Oct. 14, 1827 ; d. in Rindge Aug. 

1, 1853. 

IV. IliUon, b. May 22, 1829; md. Sept. 14, 1857, Au- 

gusta N. Paul, dau. of Hial and Nancy (Willard) 
Paul, of Hartland, Vt. A mechanic ; resides in 
Keene, N. H. No children. 
V. C7iarles JLocke,h. Jan. 17, ISSl. He studied medi- 
cine, and commenced the practice of his profes- 
sion in Worcester under the most flattering 
auspices. After a short but honorable profess- 
ional career, he d. unmd. Oct. 3, 1864. 
VI. Arvilla, b. Dec. 22, 1832; md. Eliphaz H. Allen, 
q. V. 

VII. John Marshall, b. May 14, 1835 ; he maintained an 
excellent character, and won a multitude of warm 
personal friends, and d., soon after reaching 
majority, in Iowa, Oct. 18, 1857. 

VIII. Amos Jewett, b. Oct. 20, 1836; md. Dec. 26, 1865, 
Lizzie A. Howe, dau. of Dennis Howe, q. v. She 
d. June 22, 1867. Son Howard, b. Feb. 23, 1867, 
and d. Sept. 8 of the same year. Mr. B. is a 
lawyer in Fitz^villiam, where he commenced the 
practice of his profession in 1863. He was an 
eflicient Assistant Assessor of the Internal Reve- 
nue 1862-1871. Has been superintendent of 
schools in Fitzwilliam many years, and re^jre- 
sented the town in the Legislature 1872-73. 
IX. Hiram, b. Feb. 9, 1838. Is a lawyer; has resided 
several years at the "West, and recently opened a 
law ofiice in Keene, N. H. It affords me pleas- 
ure to acknowledge the receipt from him of 
intelligent suggestions and no small amount of 
material during the preparation of these registers. 
X. 3Iaria Elizabeth, b. July 17, 1839 ; md. Eliphaz H. 
Allen, q. v. 



Levi Blanchard and wife Hannah came from Sharon, 
N. H., in 1821. The three eldest children were b. in 
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JiJlvira, b. July 21, 1814. 
Gilman, h. May 4, 1817. 
Hcmuah, b. Aug. 20, 1819. 
Levi 3L, b. June 16, 1822. 
Clarissa, b. July 29, 1824. 
(Tidia Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1827. 



Nehemiah Bowers, son of Samuel and Esther Bowers, of Groton, was 
b. Sept. 14, 1719 ; md. March 18, 1745, Sarah Larrabee, dau. of Samuel 
Larrabee, then of Lunenbui'g, but subsequently of Rindge, q. v. He re- 
sided in Groton and in Lunenburg. Their chilcben were : (1) James, b. 
July 16, 1746; settled in Rindge; (2) Jonathan, b. Oct. 24, 1748 ; d. Feb. 
2, 1749 ; (3) Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1749-50 ; md. Josiah Ingalls, of Rindge ; (4) 
Xehemiah, b. Feb. 26, 1752 ; settled in Rindge ; (5) Esther, b. May 26, 
1754 ; md. Nov. 22, 1773, Dudley Griffin, and lived in Jaffrey ; (6) Eliza- 
beth, b. Aug. 29, 1756 ; md. Feb. 21, 1799, Robert Dunbar. 

Nehemiah Bowers d. in Lunenbm-g. The date of his death does not 
appear, but his widow md. Oct. 2, 1760, Ensign Joseph Platts, of Rindge. 
Her removal to this town, with the children of the former marriage, is 
the origin of the Bowers families of Rindge. 



James Bowers, b. July 16, 1746 ; md. Lydia 1 

and after a brief residence in Harvard, Mass., returned to 
Rindge in 1785, and twenty years later he removed to 
Dublm, N. H., where he d. Jan. 24, 1830. His Avidow d. 
June 10, 1840. Rhoda, the eldest of their children, was 
b. in Harvard, the others in Rindge. 

I. JRhoda, b. Jan. 3, 1784. Is this the person who 
md. Paul Nelson, and called Nancy in the " His- 
tory of Dublin " ? 
II. Jonathan S., b. Sept. 19, 1786; had a family. He 

resided in Peterborough, N. H. 
mi Luther, b. Nov. 22, 1788. Resided in Boston and 
Dublin ; md. April 8, 1834, Sarah Bullard, dan. 
of Simeon and Ruth (Adams) Bullard, of Dub- 
lin. She d. May 27, 1840. 
IV. Levi, b. Nov. 22, 1790. Went to Boston. 
V. Charles, b. Oct. 15, 1792. Removed to Boston. 
VI. Lydia, b. Oct. 13, 1794; md. 1812 or 13, Timothy 
Bullard, a brother of the wife of Luther Bowers. 
They resided in Dublin, where he d. Aug. 23, 
1833. Their children were (1) Charles, b. Feb. 
10, 1814; (2) Caroline, b. May 11, 1815; (3) 
Clarissa, b. Dec. 4, 1816; (4) George, b. May 28, 
1818; (5) Luther Sawyer, b. Nov. 18, 1819; (6) 
Mary A., b. Oct. 13, 1821 ; (7) John A., b. Oct. 
29, 1823. 
VII. Eoxa, b. May 31, 1799. 



Nehemiah Bowers, a brother of James, b. Feb. 26, 
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has been found. Mr. Bowers is suj^posed to have lived 
with his step-father, Ensign Platts, until he arrived at 
majority. He was a farmer, and resided near the Fitz- 
william line. He d. Aj^ril 24, 1828. Issue : — 

I. Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1778 ; md. Joshua Walker, Jr., 

q. V. 
II. James, b. March 19, 1781. + 

III. Betty, b. Dec. 20, 1783 ; md. Oct. 12, 1813, Elias 

Smiley, of Jaffrey. They had four children. 
Among them was Charles M., b. Jan. 26, 1819; 
md. July 4, 1842, Elmira L. Peirce, and resided 
for a short time in Rindge. He d. Oct. 22, 1862. 
His widow md. Addison Bancroft, of Rindge, 
q. V. 

IV. Polly, b. June 1, 1786. Resided in Rindge unmd. 

until about 1858, when she removed to the West 
with her brother Gilman. 
V. Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1791. 
VI. Lucinda, b. July 8, 1793. 
VII. Asenath, b. Feb. 1, 1796. 
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IX. Gardner Saimn, b. April 4, 1802. Had a grain 
mill in Jaffrey. 



Jambs Bowers md. Jan. 4, 1814, Polly Rand, dau. of 
Solomon Rand, q. v. He was a carriage maker, and 
resided at Rindge Centre. He d. about 1835. His widow 
md. Sept. 11, 1838, Jonas Peirce, of Jaffrey ; d. in Jaffrey. 

I. Elmra A., b. Oct. 15, 1814; md. and resided in 

Dracut, Mass. 
II. Polly R., b. June 23, 1816; md. May 29, 1838, 

Ebenezer Mann. 

III. James L., b. July 28, 1819. 

IV. Nancy 31., b. Nov. 29, 1823. 

V. George F., b. Feb., 1825; d. Sept. 22, 1827. 

GiLMAX Bowers, md. Jan., 1832, Calista S. Fay, of 
Walpole. He was a farmer, and removed to the West 
about 1858. He had several children, four of whom d. 
young, but no record has been secured. 



BREED. 

John Breed, from Lynnfield, Mass., settled in New Ipswich, about 
1764. He d. 1780, aged 60, leaving several children. Alleu Breed, his 
son, b. 1744, was a soldier in the Revolutionaiy Army. He was a pros- 
perous farmer in New Ipswich, where he d. iu 1806. His widow d. in 
Rindge, at an advanced age. Their children were : (1) Lydia, b. 1768 ; (2) 
John, b. 1769 ; (3) Elisha, b. 1771 ; (4) Allen, b. 1774 ; (5) Enoch, b. 1780. 



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EisrocH Breed, son of Allen Breed, md. Dec. 29, 1807, 
Sarah Wetherbee, dau. of John Wetherbee, q. v., and 
resided in Rindge, where he d. June 26, 1811, aged 31. 
His widow md. (2d) Adin Ctimmings, q. v. 

I. Joseph Baxter., b. Nov. 27, 1808; md. Mary 

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Dea. Joseph Baxter Breed was a merchant. Vide 
Chap. XVII. He md. June 6, 1833, Mary Wilson, dau. 
of Maj. Supply and Sally (Scripture) Wilson, of New 
Ipswich. She was b. Jan. 2, 1808. Dea. Breed d, Sept. 
23, 1864. His widow d. in Geneseo, 111., Aug. 23, 1869. 

I. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1834; md. Jan. 12, 
1860, John C. Spencer, son of John W. and 
Eliza S]>encer. He was b. at Rock Island, 111., 
1833. They now reside in Geneseo, 111. 
n. Martha Jane., b. June 8, 1834; d. same day. 

III. Sarah Marinda., b. Nov. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 3, 
1835. 

IV. Marinda, b. Oct. 10, 1836; md. Nov. 23, 1865, 
John L. Combs, son of Calvin and Delia 
(Handy) Combs, of Winchester, N. H. Reside 
in Geneseo, 111. 

V. Harriet Wilson, b. Aug. 9, 1838 ; d. Sept. 5, 1839. 
VI. Augustus Baxter, b. Sept. 12, 1840 ; d. in the 
service of his country. May 31, 1863. It was a 
brief but blameless life. 
VII. George ^mry, b. May 28, 1844; md. Dec, 1865, 
Caroline A. Albro, of Providence, R. I. Reside 
in Geneseo, 111. 



BREWER. 

James Brewer, probably a descendant of John and Elizabeth (Rice) 

Brewer, of Sudbury, Mass., removed, six or seven years previous to the 
Revolution, from East Sudbury, now Wayland, Mass., to that part of 
Fitzwilliam now included in Troy. "He possessed naturally a strong 
mind, which was considerably improved by education, and was often 
promoted to stations of honor and responsibility." He was an efficient 
officer in the Revolutionaiy Army, and was with his company at Bunker 
Hill and in the siege of Boston, and subsequently at Ticonderoga. His 
chikhen were (1) Asa, b. July 24, 1767; (2) Piercess (Persis), b. July 
22, 1771 ; (3) James, b. June 10, 1779 ; (4) Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782. The 
eldest son, Asa Brewer, md. 1793, Deborah Sargent, dau. of Samuel 
Sargent, of Marlboro, N. H. He resided in Roxbury, and Troy, N. H., 
and Barton, Vt. He had six children, and among them were Asa 
Brewer, of Rindge, and Deborah, who md. Calvin Bemis, and resided 
many years in this town. 

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Asa Brewer, son of Asa, md. Rachel Knights, of 
Sudbury, Mass., and removed to Riiidge 1837. He 
resided u])on the Capt. Walker farm, now of Z. F. 
Whitney, until 1853, when he removed to Fitzwilliam, 
where he d. about 1866. Among his children was 
George S. Brewer, now an , auctioneer in Fitchbnrg, who 
rad. Sept. 24, 1851, Rusiana Tarbell, dau. of Reuben 
Tarbell, q. v. She d. Nov. 20, 1871. 



BRIGHAM. 

Thomas Brigham, the ancestor of the Brighams of New England, 
was b. 1603, and embarked at London for America, April 18, 1635. He 
settled in Watertown, on land which was subsequently annexed to Cam- 
bridge. He was admitted freeman 1639, and was selectman several 
years. He md. soon after his arrival in America, Mercy Hurd, b. in 
England. He d. Dec. 18, 1653, and his widow md. March 1, 1655, 
Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury, and subsequently of Marlboro, Mass. 
After the death of Mr. Rice, she md. as her 3d husband, 1664, William 
Hunt, of Concord and Marlboro, Mass., who d. 1667, and she d. 1693. 
Mr. Rice and Mr. Hiint, as well as Mr. Brigham, were the emigrant 
ancestors of the numerous families bearing the respective names in 
Massachusetts and other States. There was no issue from her second 
and third marriages. The children of Thomas Brigham were : (1) Mary ; 
(2) Thomas; (3)" John; (4) Hannah; (5) Samuel. 

Thomas, the eldest son, md. Mary Rice, eldest dau. of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. Heniy Rice was the eldest son of Edmund 
Rice, the emigrant. Mr. Brigham removed to Marlboro previous to his 
marriage, and settled in the southwest part of that town. He was prom- 
inent in public affairs. He d. Nov. 25, 1717. After the death of his 
wife he was again md., but his first wife was the mother of his nine 
children, of whom the second son was Nathan Brigham, b. June 17, 
1671 ; md. Elizabeth Howe, eldest dau. of Isaac and Frances (Woods) 
Howe, of ]\Iarlboro. She was found dead, kneeling beside her chair, 
March 29, 1733, aged 60. He md. (2d) Mehetable Parke. He was a 
captain in the training-band, and held many town offices. He d. Feb. 16, 
1747, aged 76. By his first wife he had eight children, the eldest of 
whom was Nathan Brigham, b. Nov. 28, 1693"; md. Dec. 24, 1717, Dinah 
Rice, dau. of Edmund and Ruth (Parker) Rice, of Westboro, Mass. He 
settled in Marlboro. His wife d. about 1730, leaving one son and foirr 
daughters. Mr. Brigham md. (2d) Elizabeth Snow. When the town of 
Soutliboro was erected, his farm fell within its borders, where his 
descendants were highly respectable. By his second wife he had one 
son, William Brigham, b. in Southboro, formerly a part of Marlboro, 
April 8, 1735. lie md. Sept. 4, 1759, Rebecca BaU, probably a dau. of 
Peter and AHgail (Dix) Ball. She died Dec. 14, 1768, leaving children : 
(1) William/b. Feb. 27, 1761 ; md. Sarah Baker, and resided in South- 
boro ; (2) Rebecca, b. Feb. 1, 1763 ; md. Jewell, of St. Albans, 

Vt.; (3) Peter, b. Dec. 27, 1764; md. and resided in AVestboro; (4) 
^Abigad, b. March 4, 1766; (5) HolUs, b. and d. Dec. 4, 1768. He md. 
(2d) Lydia Chamberlain, and removed to Marlboro, where he and his 
second wife died of the small-i^ox, 1793. The children by the second 
marriage were: (6) Ephraim, b. Oct. 9, 1771; md. Nov. 4, 1795, Lucy 
Rice, and (2d) Mary Hubbard. He resided in Marlboro, and was the 
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June 8, 1837; (8) Willard, b. June 18, 1775; settled in Rindge; (9) 
Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1776 ; md. Artemas Brigham, son of Winslow Brig- 
ham; (10) PoUv, b. Jan. 30, 1779; md. Willard Howe; (11) Martha, b. 
March 22, 1782; md. Caleb Brigham, Jr., of Marlboro; (12) Sophia, 
b. June 12, 1781 ; md. Hon. Jedediah Loomis, of Montpelier, Vt.; (13) 
Dana, b. June 8, 1787, and died of lockjaw, uimid., 1809. (See Hudson's 
" Marlboro.") 



Willard Brigham, son of William, was b. in Marl- 
boro, Mass., Jitne 18, 1775, and was of the sixth oen- 
eration from Thomas, of Watertown. He md. 1806, 
Abigail Munroe, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Foye) 
Mmiroe. She was b. July 10, 1771. It was her uncle, 
John Foye, who d. in Rindge, Jan. 6, 1820, aged 89. 
Mr. Brigham and his wife removed to Rindge, 1821, and 
settled in the southwest part of the town. He was a 
man upright in character, and respected by all classes. 
He d. Feb. 7, 1843, and his wife d. three days after. It 
will be seen that the wife of their son, Willard C. Brig- 
ham, who resided with them, d. the 11th of the same 
month. 

I. Abigail, b. May 22, 1807; md. Oct. 12, 1836, 
Joseph Hill, son of James Hill, a kinsman of 
Gov. Isaac Hill. They resided in the part of 
West Cambridge now included in Belmont, 
Mass. He died about 1865. Four of their six 
children died in childhood. 

1. James Willard is md., and resides upon the 

homestead. 

2. Harriet. 

II. Sarah, h. May 5, 1809; md. June, 1833, George 
Livermore, of Brighton, Mass. He died about 
1867, leaving three children. 

1. Sarah F., md. Henry Murdock; reside in 

Buffalo, N. Y. 

2. George Brigham, md. Bessie Dunklee; 

reside in Brighton. 

3. Henry, is md., and resides in Brighton. 

III. Willard (7., b. April 10, 1811 ; md. Nov. 18, 1841, 
Abigail N. Gould, dau. of Thomas and Abigail 
(Briggs) Gould, of Winchester, N". H. She d. 
Feb. 11, 1848, and he md. (2d) July 6, 1843, Har- 
riet A. Gould, a sister of his first wife. Captain 
Brigham resides a farmer in Rindge, and was 
many years a member of the school committee. 

1. Charles G., b. Feb. 7, 1843. 

2. Abbie A., b. May 4, 1844. 

3. Henry F., b. Feb. 18, 1846. 

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5. Ella M., b. May 6, 1850. 

6. Jennie N., b. Dec. 19, 1851. 

7. Lucretia A., b. Oct. 30, 1854. 



Asa Brocklebank was born in Rowley, Mass., Aug. 
15, 1745, and md. April 10, 1771, Mary Howe, of Andover, 
and removed to Rindge 1772 or 1773. He resided many 
years in the southeast part of the town, on the farm pre- 
viously owned by Henry Godding, senior, and subse- 
quently by Dea. Adin Cummings. For several years 
previous to his death he was assisted by the town. He d. 
Dec. 12, 1826. 



I. Asa, b. in Rowley Jan. 30, 1772. 

II. Eunice, b. in Rindge Dec. 31, 1773 

1775. 
HI. /Samuel, b. Nov.. 27, 1776. 
IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 23, 1792. 

V. JSTahicm, b. July 24, 1794. 



d. Nov. 24, 



Stephen Brooks was b. in Lincoln, Mass., March 22, 
1759, and came to Rindge about the date of his marriage. 
He settled upon a farm (the buildings are now removed), 
in the east part of the town, subsequently owned by David 
Wallace. In 1798, exchanging farms with his brother, 
Aaron Brooks, he removed over the line into New Ips- 
wich upon the farm occupied for many years past by his 
son, Walton Brooks. He md. Rachel Taylor, dau. of 
Thaddeus and Bridget (Walton) Taylor, of Dunstable and 
New Ipswich. She was b. Nov. 8, 1770 ; he d. Jan. 29, 
1848 ; she d. March 5, 1853. Their nine children b. in 
Rindge and New Ipswich were as follows : — 

I. Bachel, b. July 15, 1792 ; d. Feb. 20, 1795. 
II. /Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1794; d. March 24, 1795. 

III. /Stephen, b. Jan. 27, 1796. 

IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 31, 1798. -j- 
V. Walton, b. -\- 

VI. Rachel, b. Dec. 29, 1802; md. Joseph Davis, q. v. 
VII. Harvey, b. May 31, 1805 ; md. Sept. 21, 1831, Lois 
Burgess, of Ashburnham. Resides in Gardner, 
Mass. 

1. Harvey P., b. June 17, 1833. Served two 
years in the army ; d. March 19, 1870. 

2. Euclid L., b. July 16, 1835. Resides in 
Gardner. 

8. Newton, b. Oct. 23, 1840. Resides in Clin- 
ton, Iowa. 
4. Luella, b. Dec. 13, 1848. 



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VIII. Oliver, h.Maj 4, 1810; md. Eliza Farrar. They 
reside in Denmark, Iowa. No children. 
IX. Newton, b. March 13, 1812 ; md. Harriet Campbell, 
of New Ipswich. They reside in New Ipswach. 

1. George, b. . Resides in Boston. 



Joseph Brooks, b. in Rindge Aug. 31, 1798 ; md. May 
5, 1825, Emily Taylor, dau. of Samuel and Persis (Jones) 
Taylor, of New Ipswich. He has been a successful farmer, 
and now resides in Rindge Centre. His blameless life has 
won the esteem of all who know him. 

I. Warren T., b. Sept. 21, 1827 ; d. Oct. 2, 1827. 

II. Emily T., b. March 25, 1829; md. Samuel W. 

Fletcher, q. v. 

III. Calista A., b. Aug. 19, 1831 ; md. Pliny F. Towne, 

q. V. 

IV. Caroline M., b. Sept. 28, 1834; md. Samuel W. 

Fletcher, q. v. 
V. Charles B., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; served in the 9th N. 
H. V. in the war of the Rebellion, and d. at 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 17, 1871. 



Walton Brooks has never resided in Rindge, but in 
marriage, and in the marriage of several of his children, 
his family has been intimately connected with the people 
of this town. He resides upon the farm formerly of his 
father in New Ipswich. He md. March 28, 1822, Are- 
thusa Piper, dau. of Thomas Piper, q. v. 

I. Nancy Piper, b. Aug. 20, 1823; md. Col. George 

W. Stearns, q. v. 

II. Eveline Jewett, b. Sept. 14, 1825 ; md. Joshua C, 

Towne, q. v. 

III. Harriet Taylor, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. Nov. 3, 

1831. 

IV. Ivers Harvey, b. April 27, 1831 ; md. , 

Nancy Bancroft, dau. of Dea. James Bancroft. 

He is a farmer in Rindge. Several children. 
V. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1833; md. George R. 

Thomas, q. v. 
VI. Albert Neioton, b. June 6, 1836; md. Oct. 22, 

1857, Clementine Hale. He resides upon the 

home farm. 



Aaro:n^ Brooks, a brother of Stephen, after a short 
residence in New Ipswich, removed to Rindge 1798, 
where he resided until his death, Aug. 4, 1823, aged 58. 
His mdow, Mary, resided upon the farm several years 
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Stephen Brooks, 2d, parentage unknown, came to 
Rindge 1801; md. May 9, 1813, Martha Darling, dau. 
of Amos and Ede (Stone) Darling, q. v. He d. Oct. 22, 
1854, aged 78. 

I. William /S., b. March 17, 1822 ; md. Frances Jane 
Parks, dau. of Phinehas, Jr., and Eliza (Hap- 
good) Parks, of Winchendon. He is a farmei*, 
and has resided in Rindge since 1855. Their 
children are : — 
. 1. Emma Amanda, b. Oct. 17, 1847. 

2. Eugene P., b. Feb. 25, 1850. 

3. Herbert E., b. Oct. 30, 1852. 

4. George F., b. Aug. 23, 1856. 

5. Edgar W., b. July 23, 1858. 

6. Ellen I., b. Dec. 24, 1860. 

7. Clarence A., b. April 10, 1868. 



BROWN. 

Eben Brown, son of William Brown, was born in Tiiswicli, Mass., 
1746. He md. Elizabeth Perkins, and settled in New Ipswich, where he 
d. 1813, and his widow d. 1837, aged 92. They had five sons and six 
daughters. 



Ebe:n^ezer Brown, eldest son of Eben Brown, was 
b. in Ipswich, Mass., 1769. He md. Lydia Mansfield, dau. 
of Daniel Mansfield, of Lynnfield, Mass., and New Ips- 
wich. He came to Rindge 1795 or 1796, and pursued 
the business of a clothier. For many years he was a 
deacon of the Congregational Church, and was a highly- 
respected citizen. His wife d. Dec. 11, 1826, and he md. 
(2d) Cynthia Holbrook. Dea. Brown d. May 20, 1849 ; 
his widow Aug. 30, 1855. 

I. Ebenezer Wilder, b. in Rindge, Feb. 22, 1797 ; 
md. Nov. 29, 1821, Eliza "Richards, dau. of 
Thaddeus and Dorothy (Coolidge) Richards. 
Mr. Brown assumed the business previously 
conducted by his father. He was an intelligent 
and iiseful citizen. He d. Jan. 15, 1839. His 
widow md. Luke Rugg, of this town, q. v. 

1. Franklin Wilder, b. Aug. 24, 1822; d. 

Aug. 4, 1827. 

2. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1830; md. War- 

ham H. Rugg, q. V. 
II. Franklin, b. April 17, 1799; d. Oct. 24, 1819. 
III. Eliza, bap. Feb. 4, 1810 ; md. Nov. 23, 1837, Hor- 
ace A. Bi-eed, of Boston, and d., s. j)-, 1838. 



BROWNE. 

Abraham Browne was an early emigrant to America. He settled 
in Watertown, Mass., and was admitted freeman March 6, 1631-2. He 
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of trust. He d. 1650, or a short time previous, and his widow, Lydia, 
md. Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich, Mass. After the death 
of IVIr. Hodges, 1665, she returned to Watertown, where she d. Sept. 27, 
1686. The two eldest children of Abraham and Lydia Browne were 
b. in England. Their two sons, Jonathan and Abraham, were b. in 
Watertown. Jonathan, the eldest son, was b. Oct. 15, 1635 ; md. Feb. 
11, 1661-2, Mary Shattuck, dau. of William Shattuck, the emigrant. 
He d. between Feb. 19 and April 1, 1691. His widow d. 1732, aged 87. 
They were the parents of ten children. His sons dropped the final e in 
the orthography of their name. Abraham Brown, their eldest son, who 
lived to years of manhood, was b. Aug. 26, 1671 ; md. Mary Hyde, dau. 
of Job and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde. He was an innholder in Water- 
town, residing upon the homestead of his grandfather. He was select- 
man, treasiu'er, and assessor for many years. He d. Nov. 27, 1729, his 
wife Nov. 29, 1723, and were buried in the Waltham cemetery. Jona- 
than, the second of nine children, was b. 1694, and md. Elizabeth 
Simonds, dau. of Joseph and Mary Simonds, of Lexington. He was 
selectman of Watertown 1739, 1740, 1741, and d. July 25, 1758; his 
widow d. Aug. 6, 1765. On his tombstone is inscribed : — 

" He was a lover of steady good men." 

" He remained steady in the Christian duties through life," 

" And we trust he died the death." 

Col. Abijah Brown, youngest son of Jonathan, was b. Nov. 27, 1736 ; 
md. May 24, 1758, Sarah Stearns, dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah 
(Bowman) Stearns, of Watertown. He settled in Waltham, where he 
held many important offices. He was also prominent in colonial and 
military affairs. In April, 1775, he was one of the first to learn of the 
advance of the enemy on Lexington and Concord, and was active in 
giving the alarm. From 1774 to 1778 he was in the Revolutionaiy 
service, in which he rose to the rank of Lieut.-Col. Late in life he 
removed to Lincoln, Mass., where he d. May 25, 1818. 



Edward Browist, son of Col. Abijah, was born in 
Waltham, Jan. 21, 1761 ; md. Dec. 30, 1784, Susan Gar- 
field, dau. of Elislia and Susanna (Bemis) Garfield, of 
Lincoln, where she was b. Nov. 9, 1759. He removed to 
Rindge 1810, and settled upon the farm now of Dea. 
Will. M. Lamb, which he purchased of Dr. Payson. He 
d, April 23, 1836. His widow d. April, 1853, aged 93. 

I. Abijah, md. April 13, 1810, Elizabeth Gates, of 
Sterling. After his marriage he resided two or 
three years on the farm mth liis father, and then 
removed to Lowell, Mass. 
II. Snsan, b. 1786; md. Augustus Fowle, of Woburn, 
and subsequently of Rindge, q. v. 

III. Edward. No record of his marriage has been 

received ; removed to Cambridgeport. 

IV. Polly, b. 1788; d. in Rindge unmd. May 14, 1867. 



Asaph Browx, son of Samuel and Lavina (Bruce) 
Brown, was born in Winchendon, Jan. 21, 1778 ; md. 
Martha Wilder, b. Jan. 21, 1780, dau. of Hon, Abel and 
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removed to the farm, now of Capt. Willard C. Brigham, 
where they remained until 1840, when they returned to 
Winchendon. He d. Oct. 25, 1855; she d. May 7, 1866. 
They were a highly respectable and intelligent family. 
Their children were : — 

I. George, b. in Winchendon, March 13, 1802; d. 

Sept. 12, 1805. 
n. Abel, \ b. Jan. 14, 1804; d. Sept. 19, 1805. 

III. Saimtel, X b. Jan. 14, 1804 ; md. Dec. 18, 1828, Lois 

Buswell, dan. of John Buswell, q. v. He d. July 
29, 1872. 

1. Lucia. 

2. Lois. 

3. Mary. 

4. George. 

5. William. 

IV. Albert, b. April 18, 1806 ; md. 1837, Abigail Wood. 
V. Erastus, b. May 2, 1808; md. Sept. 29, 1832, 

Alfreda Thompson; resided in Fitzwilliam and 
Troy; d. Sejjt. 17, 1845, from injuries received 
in his mill. 
VI. George, b. June 1, 1810 ; md. May 23, 1839, Har- 
riet E. Osgood. He was engaged for many 
years in the tanning business, in Winchendon ; 
d. Jan. 21, 1866. 

1. Han-iet Martha, b. April 9, 1845. 

2. Ade Osgood, b. Nov. 19, 1857. 

vn. Asaph JST., b. May 18, 1813 ; md. 1841, Sarah O. 

Robinson; she d. 1846, leaving one son, who d. 

young. He md. (2d) April 20, 1848, CaUsta C. 

Streeter. 
VIII. Levina, b. March 24, 1816; md. Oct. 21, 1841, 

Benjamin Prescott, son of Eldad Prescott, of 

Jaffrey. 
IX. William Brown, b. in Rindge, Dec. 30, 1820 ; was 

a clerk in Rindge, and many years a merchant 

in Winchendon; md. May 23, 1844, Mary H. 

Wilson. 

1. William Herbert, b. June 24, 1847; d. Dec. 

21, 1849. 

2. Charles Albert, b. July 1, 1851. 

3. Marv Emma, b. Aug. 21, 1854. 

4. Frederick Wilson, b. June 10, 1859. 

X. Lucia M., b. in Rindge, Feb. 8, 1825; d. July 13, 

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Simeon Bruce was here during the Revolution, and 
was in the army. He was seated in the meeting-house 
1780, but left town soon after. By wife Esther he had : — 

I. Elijah, b. in Rindge April 27, 1779. 
II. Simeon, b. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1781. 



Joseph Bttllard md. Sally (Felt) Cragin, widow of 
Moses Cragin. By her former marriage Mrs. Bullard had 
three sons, two of whom, Moses and Timothy Crngin, 
resided in Rindge ; the other, Orlando Cragin, resides in 
Jaffrey. Mr. Bullard lived upon the farm now of Sum- 
ner Russell, where he d. June 10, 1843, aged 60. Their 
children were : — 

I. Lucy, b. July 10, 1810 ; md. Aug. 29, 1837, John 

A. Stevens. 
II. Elvira, b. Sept. 19, 1815; md. Sept. 19, 1839, Jew- 

ett Jones. 
HI. Silas, b. Aug. 29, 1817. 
IV. Stephen F., b. June 8, 1823. 



BURNHAM. 

The numerous families in New England bearing the name of Biirn- 
ham are descendants of Dea. John Burnham, of Ipswich, Mass. He was 
b. in England, 1618 ; emigrated to America at the age of seventeen 
years ; two years later he served in the Pequot Expedition. He became 
an extensive proprietor of lands in Ipswich, and for many years was a 
deacon. Upon the Ipswich and other records the name was formerly 
spelled Burnam. Dea. Burnham d. Xov. 5, 1694. John Burnham, his 
son, was also a deacon in Ipswich, where he d. 1716, leaving among 
others a son John, who md. Elizabeth Goodhue, and left several children, 
among them Samuel, who md. Nov. 17, 1743, Martha Story. The eldest 
of their nine children was Samuel, b. Oct. 5, 1744, and md. Nov. 27, 
1766, Mary Perkins. Leaving his native town, which had been the 
home of his ancestors for four generations, he removed, about 1770, to 
Dunbarton, N. H., where he joined several of his kindred who had emi- 
grated previously. He was a deacon of the church over which the ven- 
erable Dr. Harris was pastor, and as a townsman he was much respected. 
The funeral sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Harris on the occasion of the 
death of Dea. Burnham, is an unqualified tribute to his superior worth, 
and is rendered in language of sincere friendship. He d. April 4, 1811, 
and his widow d. in Oct., 1818. Four of their sons were graduates of 
Dartmouth College, and many of their descendants have been distin- 
guished in the various walks of life. 



Rev. Amos Wood Burnham, D. D., of the sixth gener- 
ation of his family in New England, and the youngest of 
the children of Dea. Samuel, was b. Aug. 1, 1791. Chap- 
ters X. and XI. contain a record of the prolonged and 
useful labors of a faithful pastor and exemplary Christian. 
Mr. Burnham md. soon after his ordination Tirzah Kim- 
ball, dan. of Ebenezer and Polly (Aiken) Kimball, of New 
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Chester, now Hill, in this State. Mrs. Burnhani is a 
woman of superior mental endowments, and a devoted 
wife and mother; uniting unwearied piety with an 
unclouded dis])osition and many excellences of character. 
The light of her example will long continue to shed its 
cheerful rays around the pathway of her life. 

I. Mary Kimball, b. June 8, 1823 ; d. Oct. 19, 1842. 
II. Tirzah EUzaheth, b. Aug. 8, 1825 ; d. Sept. 2, 1842. 

III. Ckirrie 31., b. March 3, 1831 ; md. July 19, 1865, 

Dr. J. Homer Darling, son of Hayes P. and 
Aphia (Hubbard) Darling, of Keene, formerly of 
Rindge. Vide Chap. XVII. 

IV. Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1833 ; md. Feb. 22, 1865, Mar- 

tha (Norcross) Clark. He d. June 22, 1873. 
Yide page 353. 

V. Martha J., b. March 26, 1835; md. Nov. 23, 1858, 

A. Bardwell Heywood, son of Amos and Lydia 
(Buck) Heywood, of Westford, Mass. Mr. Hey- 
wood was several years principal of the Franklin 
School, Lowell, and now resides at Keene. He 
is treasurer and secretary of the Humphrey 
Machine Company, and a member of the Board 
of Education of that city. 

John Bfswell, son of John, was b. in Boxford, Mass., 
Sept. 4, 1748. He came to Rindge when about twenty-one 
years of age, soon after the incorporation of the town, 
and bought of Aaron Esty, May 16, 1771, the farm on 
which he resided until his death. A previous owner of 
this farm was John Coffeen. Mr. Buswell was in Captain 
Hale's Company 1775, and Col. Nichol's regiment 1780. 
He md. May 30, 1771, Rebecca Demary, a dau. of John 
Demary, q. v. He was a prosperous farmer; d. Feb. 6, 
1828. His wife d. April 11, 1824. Their children 
were : — 

I. Hebecca, b. June 15, 1772; md. Asa Platts, of 
Rindge, q. v. 

II. John, b. June 19, 1774; md. Sept. 1, 1803, Sarah 

Horton, dau. of Joseph Horton, of Jaffrey. He 

d. in Mt. Holley, Vt., about 1865. 
HI. Abigail, b. March 26, 1776; d. unmd. March 7, 

1805. 
IV. Anna, b. Feb. 21, 1778 ; d. unmd. June 15, 1847. 
V. /Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1779; md. William Rugg, of 

Rindge, q. v. 

VI. Haiinah, b. July 25, 1781 ; d. Nov. 18, 1784. 
VII. Betsey, b. May 7, 1783; d. unmd. Oct. 24, 1812. 

VIII. Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1785 ; d. Sept. 7, 1817. 



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IX. Mehetabel, h. Jan. 25, 1787 ; md. Sardine Stone, of 

Rindge, q. v. 
X. Azariah, h. Dec. 4, 1790. + 
XI. Thomas,\). Feb. 9, 1793; d. in Canton, 111., 1858, 

nnmd. 
XII. jSepsibeth, h. Jan. 31, 1795 ; nid, Capt. Stephen 

Emory of Rindge, q. v. 
xm. Zeruiah, b. Feb. 19, 1797. She md. Levi Under- 
wood, of Goshen, N. H. ; d. about 1860. 
XIV. /Silvamcs, b. Nov. 19, 1798. He md. Chloe Evans, 
and removed to Hartland, Vt., where hed. about 
1862. 
XV. Lois, b. Aug. 28, 1801 ; md. Samuel Brown, q. v. 



Azariah Bitswp:ll md. Abigail Bancroft, dan. of 
Joseph and Susannah (Hubbard) Bancroft, of Lunenburg, 
Mass. Vide Hubbard and Bancroft registers in this vol- 
ume. Mr. Buswell retained the old homestead now 
owned by his sons, and which has been in possession of 
the family more than a century. He d. April 11, 1872. 

I. Jacob Bancroft, b. Aug. 13, 1820; d. unmd. Nov. 

29, 1851. 

II. Azariah James, h. Dec. 11,1821; md. March 29, 

1871, A. Lavinia Titus, dau. of Joseph Titus. 
They reside in Boston. 

III. Samuel Ilubhard, b. Sept. 11, 1823; d. unmd. Feb. 

8, 1847. He was a soldier in the Mexican war; 
d. at Tampico. 

IV. Thomas, b. Sept. 11, 1825; md. Dec. 24, 1873, 

Harriet Maria Bragg, dau. of Daniel S. and 

Susannah (Bancroft) Bragg, of Temple, N. H. 

He is a farmer, and resides upon the homestead. 

V. Charles Gardner, b. Au^. 1, 1827. 

VI. Leonard, b. May 20, 1829; d. unmd. March 23, 

1849. 
VII. Jose2)h, b. April 18, 1831 ; d. March 5, 1842. 
VIII. Henry, b. May 18, 1833; d. unmd. Sept. 16, 1852. 
IX. Amos, {. ^. , r ioor. d. March 31, 1835. 
X. Abigail, j ^- ^^''^''^^ ^' -^^^^' d. March 18, 1835. 

Amos Buttrick, a son of Abiel and Eunice (Hey wood) 
Buttrick, of Concord and Winchendon, Mass., was b. 
in Winchendon Oct. 12, 1792. He md. 1816, Fanny 
Platts, dau. of Capt. Joseph Platts, of Rindge, q. v., and 
settled upon the Platts farm, now owned by Martin L. 
Goddard. He was a carpenter, and directed the construc- 
tion of many buildings in this town. For several years 
he was a deputy sheriff. He d. Jan. 6, 1854. 



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I. Fanny Plaits, b. Sept. 9, 1817; md. June 9, 1842, 
Henry Whitcomb, son of Da^dd Whitcomb, and 
grandson of Enoch Whitcomb, who resided sev- 
eral years on the farm now of Charles A, Wilder. 
For many years Mr. Whitcomb has conducted an 
extensive livery business in Winchendon. 

1. George ; md. Arabelle Aldrich. 

2. Charles ; md. Sarah Carter. 

II. TripJiosa Jewett, b. Aug. 2, 1819; d. Oct. 7, 1822. 

III. Amos Warren, b. March 5, 1821. A carpenter in 

Winchendon ; md. Oct. 16, 1845, Lorinda Porter. 

IV. George 3Iar shall, b. Nov. 24, 1822.+ 

V. Charles Heyioood, b. Sept. 8, 1824; d. March 3, 

1826. 
VI. Hirayn JSFeioell, b. July 17, 1826; md. April 19, 
1849, Augusta P. Bennett, dau. of James Bennett, 
q. V. He d. in the service of his country May 
18, 1863, leaving two daughters and one son. 

1. Ella E., b. 1850 ; md. June 11, 1866, Mason 

Whitney Baldwin, son of Mason Baldwin, 
of Winchendon. 

2. Anna E., md. Marcellus Hodgman. Reside 

in Mason, N. H. 

3. Hiram N. 

vii. Charles Augustus, b. June 23, 1828 ; d. Feb. 25, 

1846. 
VIII. Cynthia M., b. May 14, 1830. Resides in Barre, 
'Mass. 
IX. Nancy Triphosa, b. April 12, 1832; md. Oct. 1, 
1855, Franklin W. Tucker. He d. July 19, 1861 ; 
md. (2d) Nov. 6, 1867, Hervey W. Bliss. 
X. Caroline Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1834; md. Jan. 1, 

1865, Allen E. King, who d. Feb. 1, 1870. 
XI. Henry Appleton, b. July 21, 1836; d. May 8, 1861. 
XII. Ellen Mersilma,\>. K-\)Y\\ 18, 1839; md. Sept. 16, 
1865, Charles W. Shattuck. 



Hon. George Marshall Buttrick removed to Barre, 
where he has been extensively engaged in business, and 
has been the recipient of many honors from his towns- 
men. In 1869 and 1870 he was a member of the State 
Senate. He md. May 1, 1845, Ann L. Stevens. 



Andrew Calhoun and family removed to Rindge 
1814, having previously purchased the Gardner place, 
now owned by Washington Snelling, wdiich he occupied 
during his residence in this town. He was a son of 
William and Janet (Hamilton) Colhoun, and was b. in 



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Donegal County, Ireland, March 27, 1764. The Colhouns 
of the north of Ireland were descended from the Colqu- 
houns of Ayer, Argyle Co., Scotland. Being Non- 
conformists or Presbyterians, many of them, leaving 
considerable possessions, removed to the north of Ireland, 
where they hoped to enjoy a religious freedom which 
was denied them in their native land. In 1790, Andrew 
Colhoun emigrated to Boston, and, adopting the orthog- 
raphy prevailing in this country, he subsequently wrote 
the name Calhoun. He md. in March, 1795, Martha 
Chamberlain, of Chelmsford, Mass., who was b. Feb. 20, 
1770. Until his removal to Rindge he was engaged in 
mercantile pursuits, in which he was reasonably success- 
ful. He is remembered as a gentleman of refined man- 
ners and purity of character, and a devoted, exemplary 
Christian. In June, 1821, he removed to the State of 
New York, where Mrs. Calhoun d. in Dec, 1830. He 
soon after removed to Boston, and subsequently to Con- 
cord, N. H., where he d. in April, 1842. His children 
were born in Boston. 

I. William JB., b. Dec. 29, 1795; d. Nov. 8, 1865; 
resided in Springfield, Mass. He represented 
his district in Congress eight years, and was 
Secretary of State and a member of the Massa- 
chusetts Legislature many years, and was seven 
times elected Speaker of the House of Repre- 
sentatives. 
II. Charles, b. June 24, 1797 ; d. Sept. 12, 1869. The 
methodical and efticient clerk of the Massachu- 
setts State Senate. 

III. Andreio H., b. March 30, 1799; d. in Brooklyn, 

N. Y., Dec. 17, 1874. He held several ofiices 
under the State and general government, and 
was many years an able editor of a political 
paper in Osweo'o, N. Y. 

IV. Sumn, b. Oct. l7, 1800; md. 1823, Samuel C. 

Frey. 
V. Henry, b. Oct. 24, 1802; d. in New York city 
May, 1867. For several years was Deputy Col- 
lector in New York Custom House, 
VI. Simeon Howard, b. Aug. 15, 1804. For many 
years the well known and devoted missionary in 
Syria. His return to his native laud during the 
summer of 1875 is confidently expected by 
many who will give him a cordial welcome. 
VII. John, b. Oct. 14, 1806; resided many years in 
Springfield, 111. Was the surveyor of whom 
President Lincoln learned the art. He was 
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General of Kansas and Nebraska. He removed 
to the Territory, and d. in Kansas, Oct. 13, 1859. 
viiT. James, b. Oct. 22, 1808; a merchant; d. in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, April 10, 1864. 
IX. Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1813; resides in Chelmsford, 
Mass. 



CARLTON. 

In the early history of the town, families of Carlton were nrnnerous. 
William, Benjamin, and James settled here previous to the Revolution, 
and left a numerous progeny ; hut none of their descendants in the male 
line have resided in this town for many years, and the name has become 
extinct. George Carlton, a resident of Rindge, was killed at the battle 
of Bunker Hill. It is not known that he was md., nor has the kinship 
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William Carlton settled in Rindge 1758. His honse 
was on the site or near the dwelling-house of Charles A. 
Wilder. He was a farmer, an innholder, selectman 1768 
and 1771. He Avas in Capt. Hale's company April, 1775, 
and in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment, which marched to 
Rhode Island 1778. Ui»on"the records for 1773 is 
recorded : " William Carlton's marks of his Neat Cattle 
and Sheep is a Swallow Tale in the end of the right ear." 
He md. Nov. 10, 1760, Eunice Laws. He d. 1808, and 
his widow 1812. 

I. Eunice, b. July 25, 1761 ; md. June 2, 1785, Jona- 
than French. He d. about 1790, leaving one 
son, and she md, (2d) April 6, 1797, David Rob- 
bins, q. V. 

II. William, b. Nov. 22, 1762. 

III. George, b. Feb. 13, 1865; d. young. 

^^- f^^^^' I b. July 13, 1867. 

VI. Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1769; md. Nov. 16, 1794, Ephra- 

im Houghton, 
vn. Sarah, b.'' April 13, 1771; md. Nov. 11, 1792, 

James Streeter, son of James, q. v. 
VIII. Phinehas, b. Feb. 19, 1772. 
IX. Betty, b. May 9, 1774. 
X. Hannah, b. March 29, 1776. Insane, and for 

many years supported by the town ; d. March 

30, 1858. 
XI. George, b. Jan. 4, 1781 ; md. Aug. 9, 1801, Phebe 

Henry, dan. of Hugh Henry, q. v. 
XII. James, b. Aug. 26, 1783. 



Ben.jamin Cakltgin' was b. in Andover, Mass., Oct. 23, 
1751, and md. at Sutton, Mass., July 17, 1773, Elizabeth 
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Capt. Hale's company 1775, Col. Baldwin's regiment 
1776, and Col. Enoch Hale's regiment 1778. They had 
two children born in Rindge. 

I. .Joshua, b. ISTov. 13, 1774. 
II. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1777. 



James Carlton was from Andover, where he md. 
Aug. 25, 1761, Elizabeth Sherwin, dan. of Jonathan and 
Mary (Lnrvey) Sherwin, and a sister of Samuel and Capt. 
Asa Sherwin, of Rindge. He removed to this town 
about 1769, and settled on the farm now of Albert 
Adams, where he d. May 20, 1815, aged 85. There may 
have been one or more children not included in the fol- 
lowing register: — 

I. Sarah, b. in Andover, ; md. Dec. 29, 1785, 

John Streeter, of Rindge, q. v. 
II. Elizahetlt, b. in Andover, July 21, 1766; md. 
Amos Cutler, of Rindge, q. v. 

III. David, b. in Andover, 1768. -j- 

IV. Ohadiah, b. in Rindge, Nov. 22, 1770. + 
v. John, b. Feb. 22, 1773; md. Feb. 4, 1801, Esther 

Cutter, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wyman) 
Cutter. He was a saddler, and removed to 
Woodstock, Vt., where he d. previous to 1812, 
and his widow returned to Rindge, and d. Nov. 
8, 1814. 

23 VI. Enoch, b. May 22, 1775 ; d. March 30, 1777. 

-4 VII. Susan, b. April 1, 1777 ; md. Col. Josiah Wilder, 
q. V. 
viri. 3Jary, b. Oct. 1, 1779 ; d. Aug. 18, 1782. 
IX. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1784 ; md. Luther, son of Lem- 
uel Page, q. v. 



David Carlto^st md. Nov. 9, 1808, Sarah (Hunt) Hap- 
good, a divorced wife of Joseph Hapgood, and a dau. of 
Simon and Lucy (Raymond) Hunt, of Acton, Mass. She 
was b. Aug. 4, 1773. He resided upon the farm formerly 
of his father, and d. Oct. 17, 1840. His wife d. Nov. 8, 
1828. 

I, Imcy Raymond, b. Dec. 27, 1809; md. Dec. 29, 

1830, Asa W. Holden, of Shirley, Mass. 
II. John Wilder, b. April 8, 1812. 



Obadiah Carltox md. Nov. 22, 1793, Phebe Tyler; he 
md. (2d) Polly (Bancroft) Pratt, widow of Nathan Pratt, 
by Avhom she had a son, Nathan. She was a dau. of John 
and Mary (Newell) Bancroft, of Rindge, q. v. He built 
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' many years by Isaac Chadwick, and removed to Union, 
Broome Co., New York, about 1817, and from thence to 
Princeton, 111., where he d. Jan. 31, 1854. 

I. (Tames Bancroft^ b. in Rindge March 28, 1815. 
II. John Newell^ b. in Union Dec. 21, 1818. 



JuDE Carter and wife Sarah, from Leominster, were 
here previoiis to 1780. No record of the birth of their 
children has been secured, and perhaps all of them are 
not named in this registei'. He was deaf and dumb. 

I. Nancy ^ md. Luther Goodridge. Resided in Rindge. 
II. tTojias, bap. in Rindge Aug. 27, 1780. 

III. Polly, bap. in Rindge Aug. 27, 1780 ; md. April 14, 

1798, David Beaman, of Winchendon, where 
they resided and where their ten children were b. 

IV. Jicde, bap. July 8, 1781 ; md. Feb. 6, 1812, Abigail 

Peirce, dau. of Samuel Peirce, of Jaffi-ey. Re- 
sided in Rindge until 1818, when they removed 
to Pennsylvania. Three children b. in Rindge. 

1. Liberty, b. Dec. 22, 1812. 

2. Sylvester, b. Sept. 4, 1815. 

3. Abigail, b. July 25, 1817. 



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Capt. Jonah Carter, b. 1773, a brother of Jude, Senior, 
md. 1792 Lucy Joslin, b. in Leominster 1773. After their 
marriage they resided eight years in Jaffrey, where three 
children were b. In 1800 they i-emoved to this town, 
where he d, Feb. 25, 1837, aged 64. His widow d. Sept. 
18, 1846. Their children were : — 

I. Lucy, b. March 20, 1794; md. Aug. 15, 1825, 

Charles Smith ; d. in Binghampton, N. Y., March 

16, 1866. 
II. Susan, b. March 12, 1796; md. Nov. 13, 1816, 

Nathan Stratton ; d. at Binghampton, N. Y., Feb. 

13, 1869. 

III. Fordice, b. March 4, 1799 ; md. Jan. 30, 1825, Lucy 

Palmer, of Boston; d. at Jaffrey July 16, 1862. 

IV. Orinda, b. Dec. 15, 1800 ; d. unmd. in Rindge Sept. 

3, 1841. 
v. Jonah, b. April 2, 1803; d. Feb. 15, 1819. 
VI. Grata, b. Dec. 26, 1804; md. Sept. 21, 1854, Sam- 
uel Marble ; d. in Jaffrey Feb. 9, 1872. 
VII. Charles, b. Oct. 26, 1806; md. Feb. 12, 1829, Eliza 
A. Robbins, of Jaffrey; d. in JafErey SejJt. 24, 
1860. 
vin. Stillman, b. Sept. 6, 1808 ; d. in Rindge March 25, 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. ' 469 

IX. Josiah, b. Dec. 2, 1811 ; md. Aj^ril 27, 1838, Jane 
Robbing. 

X. LuJce, b. Sept. 20, 1814; md. Nov. 3, 1839, Lucy 
Roys. At this date, Dec. 21, 1874, Josiah and 
Luke are the only surviving children. 



Barnabas Cart was a blacksmith who removed from 
Attleborough, Mass., 1768. Mr. Gary d. 1795, aged 76, 
and his wife Mary d. Feb. 14, 1780, aged 55. The names 
and births of his children are given with approximate 
accuracy, although it would appear from an old rhyme, 
well remembered by many of the aged people in this to^vn, 
that the name of one child was omitted. The distraught 
poet probably introduced the name of an imaginary indi- 
vidual for euphonic effect. Poetic license has a wide 
range. The children were said to be : — 

" Bumlick and Sary, 
Margret and Maiy, 
Barnabas and Lazarus, 
And little Johnny Gary." 

The record, however, is more extended. 

I. Elizabeth^ b. about 1755; md. Benjamin Foster, 

q. V. 
n. Sarah, b. about 1757. 
ni. Barnahas, b. about 1759. -|- 
IV. Margaret, b. about 1761; md. May 24, 1789, Abel 

Gilson. 
V. John, b. about 1763. -|- 
VI. Lazarus, b. about 1765. 
vn. Mary, b. about 1767, 
vni. Theodore, b. about 1770. 

Barnabas Cart served three and one half months in 
Col. Nichol's regiment. He was a blacksmith, and 
engaged in making springs for the shuttles used in the 
hand looms. He resided where Reuben Buzzell now 
lives. He was married and had a large family, but no 
record has been secured. Among his children were 
Clarissa, Isaac, Hiram, and William. The latter has been 
an extensive manufacturer in Medway, Mass., and many 
years a member of the Legislature. 

John Cart md. June 5, 1794, Judith Godding, dau. of 
Henry Godding, q. v. Except 1801 to 1811, when he was 
in New Ipsmch, he resided in Rindge until 1814, when 
he removed from town. 

I. John, b. May 14, 1797 ; d. April 15, 1812. 
II. Judith, b. May 2, 1801 ; d. Oct. 1, 1805. 
in. Isaac, b. June 10, 1803 ; d. Sept. 27, 1805. 

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IV. Isaac, h. April 19, 1806. 
V. Gilman, b. Dec. 1, 1808. 
VI. Alvin, b. Aug. 26, 1811 ; d. April 26, 1812. 
VII. John, b. July 8, 1813. 



Joshua Chadwick, a brother of David, who settled in 
Jaffrey, was b. in Andover, Mass., 1754. He md. Mary 
Crumbie, dau. of Lieut. James Crumbie, of Rindge, q. v. 
In 1780, or a short time previous, he removed to Rindge, 
where he reared a lai-ge family. He d. Dec. 5, 1840, aged 
86. His widow d. July 3, 1845, aged 84. 

I. Sally, b. June 10, 1779; d. April 18, 1795. 
II. Polly, b. Sept. 22, 1780 ; md. — as his sixth wife — 

Benjamin Thurston, of Bradford, Mass., and d. 

soon after March 1, 1808, and he, undaunted, 

md. again. 

III. Susan, b. July 14, 1782 ; md. in April, 1807, Joseph 

Parker, of Boxford, Mass. He d. Nov., 1807, 
and she md. (2d) Feb. 3, 1818, John Twitchel, 
son of Ebenezer and Waitstill (Greenwood) 
Twitchel, of Dublin, N. H. They resided in Dub- 
lin. She d. Sept. 5, 1862. One child by first 
marriage : — 

1. Polly, b. March 16, 1808 ; md. Paul Todd, 

son of Joshua Todd, q. v. 

Three children by second marriage : — 

2. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1818; md. George 

W. Todd, son of Joshua Todd, q. v. 

3. Rebecca, b. Aug. 20, 1821 ; md. Joseph S. 

Hubbard, son of Le^i Hubbard, q. v. 

4. Julia, b. Dec. 19, 1823; md. Sept. 18, 1853, 

M. V. Fiske. Reside in Berlin, Mich. 

IV. Isaac, b. July 16, 1784; md. Aug. 5, 1816, Betsey 

Peabody, dau. of Dudley and Rebecca (Towne) 
Peabody, of Andover. They resided upon the 
farm previously owned by Obadiah Carlton. 
They had one son : — 

1. Abner Foster, b. April 26, 1822. + 
Capt. Chadwick d. July 30, 1860, aged 76, and 
his widow md. (2d) April 27, 1865, Roswell 
Keyes, son of James and Miriam (Babcock) 
Keyes, of Northborough, Mass. They reside 
with her son, A. F. Chadwick. 

V. Rebecca, b. Oct. 1, 1786 ; d. June 2, 1789. 
VI. Rebecca, b. Aug. 15, 1789; md. Aug. 4, 1813, 
Stephen Adams, of Jaffrey, where they resided. 
She d., s.i?., Nov. 22, 1857. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 471 

VII. James Cntmhie, b. Aug. 1, 1792 ; md. Jan. 20, 1825, 
Hannah Twitchel, dau. of Joshua and Sarah 
(Cozzens) Twitchel, of Dublin, N. H. She d. 
Feb. 16, 1843 ; nid. (2d) Mrs. Hannah (Bemis) 
Pratt. She d. Jan. 18, 1849 ; md. (3d) Mrs. Eliz- 
abeth Varnum, of Brighton, Mass.; rad. (4th) 
Mrs. Maria (Smith) Bacon, widow of Jacob 
Bacon, of Jaffrey. Mr. Chadwick resided, a 
farmer, in Rindge until his last marriage, when 
he removed to Jaffrey. Two sons by his second 
wife: — 

1. George C, b. Jan. 1, 1845; d. Feb. 19, 1868. 

2. James, ; d. May 3, 1855. 

vm. Nanc}/,h. Aug. 8, 1796; md. May 15, 1822, John 
Gilniore, of Jaffrey, where they resided. 

1. Son ; he was thrown from a carriage and 

killed at about four years of age. 

2. Daughter; d. young. 

Mr. G. d. July 19, 1827. His widow md. (2d) 
Arthur Taylor, of Jaffrey. 

3. A child ; d. young. 

Mrs. T. d. June 29, 1845, aged nearly 49. 

IX. Sally, b. Aug. 12, 1799; md. May 22, 1823, Le\d 

Howe, son of Thomas Howe, q. v. 
X. mtza, b. Dec. 1, 1802; md. Oct. 11, 1827, William 
R. Kent, a chairmaker, in Rindge. She d. Dec. 
9, 1829, and an infant a few days subsequently, 
leaving an elder dau. 

1. Sarah A.; md. Dec. 18, 1850, Henry M. 
Roys, now of Rindge. 



Abner F. Chadwick, son of Capt. Isaac, went to New 
York city, and was engaged in electrotyj^ing and fitting 
matrices for type casting. He md. Nov. 2, 1842, Eliza 
Ann Bertholf. She d. May 10, 1848 ; md. (2d) May 16, 
1849, Harriet Ellen Ward. In 1869 Mr. C. returned to 
Rindge, and here pursues the same occupation. Two sons 
by first marriage. 

1. Charles I., b. Sept. 25, 1843 ; md. Sept. 20, 

1871, Hattie M. Converse, dau. of Ira 
Converse, q. v. Reside in Rindge. 

2. William E., b. June 16, 1846. 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Augustus A. ChamberLxVust, son of David Chamber- 
lain, of Jaffrey, md. Nov. 19, 1839, Sarah A. Towne, dau. 
of Greene Towne, q. v., and resided in Rindge until about 
1855, when he removed to Jaffrey. 

I. Sarah. 
II. Lucy. 



CHAPLIN. 

HuoH Chaplin and wife Elizabeth were among the earliest settlers of 
Rowley, Mass. He was there previous to 1643, when his name occurs as 
the owner of a house lot. He was admitted freeman 1642, and d. 1660. 
His sons, John, Joseph, Thomas, and Jonathan, were b. between 1642 and 
1052. The line of descent between these and the Chaplins of Rindge and 
vicinity is direct, although a few connecting Hnks have not been secured. 
Ebenezer and Samuel Chaj)lin were here previous to the Revolution, and 
Micah came a few years subsequently. 

1 I Ebenezer Chaplin was b. in Rowley, Mass., and after 
a brief residence in Atkinson, he removed about 1769 
with his wife Mary, and settled near the bend in the road 
between the residences of T. and C. G. Buswell and 
Joshua Norcross. He was twice md. By his first wife, 
Rebecca, he had three or four children. The second wife 
of Jabez Norcross was probably his dau. 



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I. Samuel^ came to Rindge. -[- 
II. Micah, b. 1744; came to Rindge. -|- 
in. Lucy, b. 1750 ; md. Jeremiah Norcross, q. v. 

By wife Mary he had six children. 



IV. Rebecca, 



md. Thomas Graton, of Winchen- 



don, and d. at an advanced age. 
V. IlezeJciah, b. in Atkinson Aug. 5, 1767 ; md. in Jaf- 
frey Feb. 20, 1788, Deborah Mower. He was 
taxed in Rindge until 1796. 

VI. Jeremiah, b. in Rindge March 2, 1770. 

VII. Polkj, b. July 20, 1772 ; md. Dec. 2, 1792, James 
Murdoch, son of James and Deborah (Williams) 
Murdock, of Winchendon, where they resided. 
She d. April 9, 1849. Their second, seventh, and 
eighth children d. young. 

1. Cloe T., b. Sept. 7, 1793 ; md. Feb. 25, 1819, 

James Wilson. 
8. Edward N., b. April 22, 1797 ; md. Philinda 

Walker. 

4. Tabitha M., b. Feb., 1800; md. Aaron L. 

Phelps. 

5. James, b. June 29, 1802 ; md. Silence Nut- 

ting. 



GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 473 

6. Daphne P., b. March 25, 1806; md. Paul 

Pierce. 
9. Maria, b. March 15, 1816 ; md. Asa P. Rand, 

son of Gates Rand, of Rindge, q. v. 

VIII. Hannah, b. Aug. 31, 1774; md. Dec. 29, 1794, 
Jacob Parks, son of William Parks, of Winch- 
endon. They were md. in Rindge by Dr. Pay- 
son, and resided in W. 

1. Polycrates, b. Jan. 10, 1796. 

2. Thomas G., b. Jan. 6, 1798. 

3. Sophronia, b. Sept. 5, 1799. 

IX. John, b. June 30, 1777. 



Samuel Chaplin, son of Ebenezer, was here from 1775, 
or earlier, until 1797. He was in Col. Baldwin's regi- 
ment 1776, in Capt. Brown's company 1777, and in Capt. 
Rand's company later in the same year. If he had a 
family, no record of it has been found. Perhaps he was 
younger than Micah. 



MicAH Chaplin, also a son of Ebenezer, was b, in 
Rowley 1744. After several years' service in the Revolu- 
tionary aiTny, he came to Rindge and settled in the north- 
west corner of the town, and very near the site of the old 
Methodist meeting-house. He was a farmer and a school- 
teacher. Late in life he removed to Fitzmlliam, and 
resided with his son, where he d. in 1819. He md., pre- 
vious to his removal to this town, Betsey Philbrick, by 
whom he had six cliildren. 

I. Hannah, ; md. 1791, Cornelius Towne, of 

Rindge, and later of Dublin. Vide registers of 

Towne family in this volume. 
II. JJiicretia, ; md. March 8, 1795, David Norcross, 

son of Jeremiah and Lucy (Chaplin) Norcross, 

q. V. 
ni. Betsey, b. ; md. Oct. 8, 1794, Bulkley Hunt, 

son of Peter and Sarah (Leighton) Hunt, of 

Littleton, Mass., and Rindge, q. v. Removed to 

Brandon, Vt. 
IV. Btith, b. 1770 ; md. May 15, 1792, Timothy Met- 

calf, of Rindge, q. v. She d. Feb. 8, 1865, aged 

94. 
V. Moses, b. 1772; md. Martha Bent. -\- 
VI. Mary, b. 1782 ; md. May 2, 1809, Artemas Beard, 

of Fitzwdlliam. He d. June 4, 1853, aged 79; 

she d. Sept. 19, 1870, aged 88. Lydia, the eldest 

child of Mr. Beard, named below, was by a 

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HISTORY OF RINBGE. 

1. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1801 ; md. John Colburn, 

of Rinds^e, q. v. 

2. Mary F.,^b. Feb. 7, 1810; md. John P. 

Symonds, Esq., of Rindge, g. v. 

3. Riisina, b. April 18, 1812; md. Elisha H. 

Tolman, of Troy, N. H. 

4. Elizabeth B., b. "Dec. 20, 1814; md. 

Bemis, of Ashburnham. 

5. Bethyah Emeline, b. Sept. 27, 1817; md. 

Curtis Drury, of Fitzwilliam. He d. 1866. 

6. Sarah N., b. March 23, 1820 ; md. George 

W. Whitcomb. 

7. Laura E., b. Feb. 19, 1826; md. Clifford 

Alexander, of Troy. 



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Moses Chaplin was taxed in Rindge until 1800, when 
he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he md. Sept. 25, 1800, 
Martha Bent of that place. He was a respected citizen. 
He d. Nov. 21, 1859. 

I. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1801; md. Martin Streeter, of 
Fitzwilliam. 

II. Zurena, b. Jan. 22, 1803; md. Dec. 30, 1824, Elisha 

Gregory. 

III. Milton, b. April 7, 1805; md. Nov. 30, 1830, Caro- 

line Allen, dau. of John J. (Esq.) and Cynthia 
(Amidon) Allen, of Fitzwilliam. He was one of 
the pioneer manufacturers of wooden ware. Has 
been a successful merchant in Fitzwilliam, Bos- 
ton, and Adrian, Mich. He now resides in Fitz- 
william, and is a deacon of the Unitarian Church, 
Treasurer of the Fitzwilliam Savings Bank, and 
has frequently held positions of a municipal 
character. 

1. Frances A., b. Sept. 30, 1831 ; md. Feb. 11, 

1852, Philip S. Batcheller, Esq., son of Dr. 
James Batcheller, of Marlborough. She 
d. Dec. 28, 1871. Mr. B. resides in Fitz- 
william. Popular and respected, he has 
been frequently appointed to positions of 
trust. He was two years in the Legis- 
lature, and has been postmaster for the 
past twenty years. 

2. Elliot M., b. June 8, 1834; md. Nov. 8, 

1860, Jennie E. Lazilier; resides in Iowa. 

3. Martha A., b. Oct. 1, 1842 ; md. Dec. 14, 

1867, Charles Newton, of Fitzwilliam. 

IV. Julia, b. Oct. 1, 1807 ; md. Aug. 8, 1826, Lyman 

Deeth. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 475 

40 1. Moses Sumner, b. May 24, 1827; md, Oct. 
24, 1848, Lois A. Ingalls, clau. of Josiah 
Ingalls, of Fitzwilliam Residence in 
Rindge. She d. 1870. 

41 2. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 2, 1828; md. George A. 
Parker, son of Hon. A, A, Parker, of F. 

42 3. Martha A., b. May 25, 1830 ; md. Samuel 
M. G. Colburn, of Rindge, q. v. 

43 4. Lyman C, b. Jan. 6, 1832. Resides in 
Jaffrey. 

44 5. Jane R., b. Oct. 4, 1833; md. William 
Newell, of Jaffrey. Resides in Sunder- 
land, Vt, 

45 6. Martin S., b. Jan. 30, 1835 ; md. Jane E. 
Bent, dau. of Elisha Bent ; md. (2d) Addie 
N. Stiles. 

46 V. Boxanna, b. Oct. 18, 1812; md. Nov. 27, 1833, 
Ephraim Whitney Weston, son of Dea. Stephen 
and Susan (Whitney) Weston, of Winchendon. 
He d. Oct. 29, 1854. She md. (2d) Oct. 16, 1861, 
Edwin Parks, son of Luke Parks, of Winchen- 
don. They now reside in Keene, N. H. By her 
former marriage she had one son : — 

47 1. Irving E. Weston, b. May 11, 1835; md. 
Sept. 1, 1859, Hattie Mason, of Sullivan. 
They have three children, who are the 
sixth generation from Ebenezer Chaplin, 
of Rindge, whose name stands at the head 
of this family. Mr. Weston is engaged 
in manufacturing in Winchendon, and has 
efficiently served the town several years in 
the supervision of the public schools. 

48 VI. Misha, b. Oct. 27, 1816 ; md. Jan. 31, 1844, Sarah 
R. Marshall, dau. of Capt. Abel Marshall, of 
Jaffrey. A farmer in Fitzwilliam. 

49 1. Martha Abbie, b. Jan. 4, 1854. 

50 2. Marshall EHsha, b. Sept. 28, 1858. 

51 VII. Martha, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. unmd. aged 19. 

52 VIII. Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1828; md. Nov. 26, 1849, Abi- 
gail Marshall, dau. of Capt. Abel Marshall, of 
Jaffrey. He d. in Fitzwilliam. 

53 1. Emma Frances, b. Feb. 4, 1854. 

2. Julia R., b. April 26, 1856. 

3. Winfield M., b. June 8, 1868. 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Jeremiah Chapman, with wife Mercy, came to Rindge 
very soon after the date of incorporation. In early deeds 
he is styled a cordwainer, a name at that time applied to 
shoe-makers ; but later he was engaged in some kind of 
manufacturing where are now the mills of A. S. Coffin, 
Esq. He probably d. in this town about 1793. His 
widow d. Ai^ril 16, 1835, aged 90. 

I. tTohn, bap. 1775. 
II. Amos, bap. 1777. 



George Clark was in town in 1770, and was md. by 
Enoch Hale, Esq., July 10 of that year. Two years later 
owned the covenant, and subsequently had three children 
baptized. William 1772, Hannah 1773, and Elizabeth 
1775. This is the last heard of him. If he had remained 
in the town during the next few years, his name j^robably 
would have appeared upon the records. 



David Clark, son of David, was b. at South Danvers, 
Mass., Oct. 19, 1789 ; md. April 4, 1813, Rhoda Sprague. 
They removed to Rindge 1819, and settled in the south- 
east part of the town on the farm subsequently occupied 
by Dea. Adin Cumniings. A short time previous to his 
death he built the house on the Jonathan Ingalls place, 
now occupied by Harris Hale. He d. Nov. 15, 1838, and 
his widow March 19, 1865. 

I. David Porter, b. Feb. 19, 1814. Although a mute, 
he is a man of intelligence, and is thoroughly 
informed of the current topics of the day. He 
md. May 7, 1840, Elvira Derby, of Lowell, Mass. 
She d., leaving one daughter, April 14, 1841 ; md. 
(2d) Feb. 22, 1844, Mary McVennan, who was 
the mother of four children, and d. Jan. 1, 1849 ; 
md. (3d) Oct. 1, 1857, Sophronia Titcomb, dau. 
of Capt. George Titcomb, of Falmouth, Me. 
Reside in Rindge. 

1. EMra D., b. March 29, 1841 ; md. May 26, 

1864, William D. Hickok. 

2. Isabella L., b. Sept. 9, 1845 ; md. James P. 

Blair, of Peterborough, N. H., where they 
reside. 

3. Frank A., b. Nov. 3, 1847 ; d. Aug. 28, 1850. 

4. Clara M., b. April 16, 1851 ; d. Sej^t. 10, 

1852. 

5. George M., b. Feb. 27, 1856. 

II. Zavina, b. Dec. 31, 1815; d. unmd. Oct. 19, 1841. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 477 

III. Senri/, h. Dec. 31, 1817 ; md. Esther W. Gilbert, 

of Croyden. He d., s. p., Jan. 1, 1849. His 
widow md. (2d) E. D. Walton, son of Nathan 
Walton, q. v. 

IV. Theodore, b. Dec. 26, 1819 ; md. Frances A. Fer- 

nald, and resides in Wilmot, N. H. 
V. Augusta A., b. April 21, 1823 ; md., 1844, C. M. 
Beckley, of Providence, R. I. He d. Jan. 1, 1864, 
and she md. (2d) 1868, John A. Bisho]). Reside 
in Pawtucket, R. I. 
VI. Zoicensa £., b. Jmie 20, 1825; d. Aug. 11, 1840. 
VII. Louisa B., b. Jan. 14, 1828 ; md., 1848, Andrew W. 

Sawyer. Resides in Worcester, Mass. 
VIII. Alfred, b. Nov. 30, 1829; md. July 23, 1848, Sarah 
M. Sawyer. 
IX. Adolphus, b. Feb. 4, 1832 ; md. Oct. 9, 1860, Nellie 
Jewett. He has been in Europe several years, 
attending to the extensive business of the firm 
of Dows, Clark & Co., of which he is a member. 
X. Jane E., b. Feb. 11, 1836; d. June 29, 1849. 



Ja:mes Clay, of Putney, Vt., and Rachel Prescott, dau. 
of Benjamin Prescott, Esq., of Jaffrey, were md. in Jaf- 
frey, Nov. 14, 1815, and settled in the north part of this 
town, near Long Pond, a few years later. He d. Jan. 4, 
1838, aged 54. His widow, b. Aug. 30, 1783— the oldest 
person in Rindge, — resides with her son, on the old 
place. 

I. James P., b. . Is a farmer in Rindge. 

II. Rachel, b. April 15, 1819; d. unmd. about 1867. 
III. Susan B., b. Feb. 13, 1826. 



JosiAH CoBUKN resided in the north-west part of the 
town, and afterwards upon the farm now of Addison Bau- 
ci"oft. No record of his marriage has been received. A 
short time previous to his death he went to Hancock to 
reside with one of his children, where he d. 1835. His 
wife d. 1832. 

I. Josiah, md. March 10, 1803, Olive Pollard. Re- 

sided in Boston, and subsequently in St. Louis, 
Mo. 

II. Elizabeth, md. Maj. John Bancroft, q. v. 

III. Joshua, md. Sept. 21, 1808, Eunice Jones, dau. of 

Asa Jones, q. v. Lived and d. (1874) in Boston. 
His wife d. April 19, 1871. 

IV. Luke, unmd.; <\..,felo de se, June 2, 1816. 
V. Nancy, md. John Streeter, Jr., q. v. 

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HISTORY OF EINBGE. 



COFFEEN. 

Families bearing this name were early in Rindge. They were no t 
related to the more numerous Coffin family, of jSTewbury, and, later, of 
other New England towns. This name, on Topsfield and Lunenburg 
(Mass.), Rindge, Jaffrey, and Acworth (N. H.), Cavendish, and other Ver- 
mont records, has been spelled Coft'een, Coffien, Coffein, Coffen, and Coffin, 
and more rarely as Cuffeen ; but the orthography here adopted invariably 
appears in original signatures of the family while resident in this town. 
Michae 1 Coffeen, the father of those who resided in Rindge, was a native 
of Ire land, and of wealthy and respectable parentage. Emigrating to 
Ameri ca at the age of sixteen, four years later he md., and settled in 
Toi^sfi eld. In 1738, he and his wife Lydia were admitted to the chiu'ch 
in Lunenbm-g, where they continued to reside for several years. They 
subsequently were found in Winchendon; but no record of their death, 
or removal from that town, has been discovered. 



John Coffeen, the eldest son of Michael, was b. in 
Topsfield. After folloAving the seas for a few years, he 
md., about 1752, Susannah Goldsmith, of Boston, and 
came to Rindge in 1758, and possibly a year or two earlier. 
In 1755 he was in Middletown, Conn., but he did not long 
remain tliere, — nearly a year. He resided upon the farm 
now of Thomas and Charles G. Buswell, and was an 
active, enterprising citizen. In 1769 he removed to 
Cavendish, Vt., and w^as the first settler in that town, 
Mr. Coffeen was subsequently prospered in his worldly 
estate, and was honored with many promotions in civil 
affairs. He was the first representative from Cavendish 
in the Assembly, and held the office several years. There 
were several children, but the names of only two can be 
given. 

I. Eleazer, bap. in Rindge 1766. 

II. Lake, b. in Rindge about 1762. A graduate of 
Dartmouth College. Vide page 358. 



Henry Coffeen, a brother of John, was b. in Lunen- 
burg April 6, 1738. He was also one of those who joined 
in the petitions concerning the minister tax. An equal of 
his brother in ability, he was prominent in the affairs of 
the proprietary and subsequently of the town. His house 
was near the Jaffrey line, and not far from the western 
extremity of Long Pond. He was selectman in 1770, and 
removed to Jaffrey a short time after, where he was select- 
man in 1774, a captain of the first military company, and 
otherwise honored by the citizens of that town. He 
removed to Acworth, N. H., in 1780, and was drowned, 
1785, in a freshet which carried away his mill. He md. 
previous to 1765, Lucy Hale, dau. of Moses Hale, senior, 
q. V. At this date, Lucy, his wife, joins in the conveyance 
of a tract of land in this town. The date of her death is 
unknown, but probably about 1776. He md. (2d) Mehita- 



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He Smith, of Acworth. "Moses, David and Liicv, children 
of Henr}^ Coffeen, deceased," are named in Cheshire Pro- 
bate Records for 1785, and a guardian appointed. The 
six first named were children of the first wife. 

I. Henry. 

II. Nathan. Removed to State of New York, 
in. Moses. 
IV. David. 
V. Lydia. 
VI. Jjucy. 

VII. Daniel., a son of the second wife, md. Polly Cur- 
rier. Resided in Acworth and in Johnson, Vt. 
Five of his ten children are now living, of whom 
Mrs. liucy M. Tyler, of Cambridge, Vt., is the 
eldest. 



Eleazer Coffeen was b. Sept. 14, 1731, and lived in 
Rindge about twenty years. In 1778 he removed to 
Cavendish, Vt. In 1771 he was not md. 



Priscilla Coffeen, a sister of John, etc., b. Sept. 2, 
1742 ; md. Caleb Huston, of Rindge, q. v. 



Silas Coffin, son of Dea. George and Abigail (Ray- 
mond) Coifin, of Winchendon, was b. June 27, 1792. He 
learned the trade of clothier in Marlborough, N. H. 
Thoroughly familiar with the early and laborious process 
of manufacturing woolen fabrics, he became one of the 
pioneers in the introduction of the power loom. He is 
the originator of the bobbin for hohling the yarn which 
is employed with this class of machinery, and upon 
which its early success was greatly dependent. He soon 
became associated in the manufacture of woolen goods 
in Royalston, Mass., with Rufus Bullock, the father of 
Gov. Bullock. Their mill was burned in 1832. Eight 
years later Mr. Coffin removed to this town, and estab- 
lished the business now conducted by his son, A. S. Coffin, 
Esq. He md. Sally Rogers, dau. of John Rogers, of Marl- 
boro, N. H., who d. July 5, 1869, and he md. (2d) Charlotte 
(Moors) Raymond, widow of Charles Raymond, and dau. 
of Nathaniel and Lucy (Gary) Moors, of Jaffrey. His sons, 
Dr. Silas N., a physician of East Chatham, N. Y., Perley S., 
of Newport, and Samuel B., have not been permanent resi- 
dents of this town. Two daughters d. young. 

I. George S., md. Sarah R. Scovill, Resided in 
Rindge 1840-42, and 1860-1864. For many 
years he has been a dealer in wool, and exten- 
sively engaged in the manufacture of woolen 
goods. Resides in Winchendon. 



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II. JVancy M, md. Sept. 22, 1862, Francis W. Thissell, 
son of Richard Thissell. They reside in New- 
port, N. H. 

III. Arba Sherwin, md. Nov. 10, 1857, Jeanette C. 
Billings, dan. of Thomas and Amy (Haskell) 
Billings, of Ludlow, Vt. He is a manufacturer 
in Rindge. 

1. Willie H., b. May, 1864. 



Ebenezer Colbuen md. Mercy Everett, and after a 
residence of several years in Natick, they removed to this 
town in the year 1779, where they lived to an advanced 
age. They were highly respected, and are still pleasantly 
remembered by not a few of the aged residents of the 
present time. He d. Sept. 17, 1824, aged 86; she d. 
March 25, 1828, aged 87. As far as known their children 
were : — 

I. Nancy, b. Sept. 16, 1763 ; md. Dr. Stephen Jewett, 

q. V. 
II. JEbenezer, b. April 2, 1765 ; md. Hannah Jewett. -\- 
in. Jonathan, b. in Rindge Feb. 9, 1780 ; d. 1798. 
IV. Isaac, b. 1782; md. Feb. 2, 1808, Sally Putnam. 

He d. in Rindge, leaving four children, April 2, 

1837. 

1. Luman, b. Nov. 21, 1808; md. Emeline 

Howe, dan. of Peter Howe, q. v., and lived 
upon the homestead of his father several 
years. 

2. Elmira, b. Oct. 10, 1811. 

3. Harriet, b. Sept. 28, 1814. 

4. Ellis, b. June 30, 1818; d. in Boston about 

1850. 

v. Mary, ; md. April 29, 1813, Talmon Jennings. 

She d. Feb. 18, 1818 ; he d. Sept. 10, 1856, aged 
91. 

1. Mary, b. 1816 ; d. unmd. Nov. 22, 1841. 



Ebenezer Colburn md. Oct. 17, 1790, Hannah Jewett, 
dau. of Ezekiel, q. v. They resided in Rindge. He was 
familiarly styled Dea. Colbum in recognition of his 
blameless life and unimpeachable character. He d. May 
1, 1822, and his mdow md. (2d) March 9, 1826, George 
Buffum, of Richmond, N. H., where they resided until his 
death. She d. in Rindge May 20, 1856. The children of 
Ebenezer and Hannah (Jewett) Colburn were as follows : 

I. ]Vahum,h. March 20, 1791 ; d. July 22, 1793. 
II. JVancy, b. Nov. 7, 1792 ; md. Benjamin Davison, 
q. V. 



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III. David, h. March 2, 1794 ; md. Lydia Sears ; (2d) 

Mary E. Foster. He d. June 26, 1834. Of six 
children, the only one living is Lydia, wife of 
Marshall N. Cutter, Esq., a prominent citizen of 
Charlestown, Mass. 

IV. Infant, b. March 2, 1795 ; d. same month. 

V. Leonard, b. Feb. 29, 1796 ; md. Polly Corey ; (2d) 

Mrs. Wilder, -f- 
VI. Infant, b. March, 1797 ; d. same month. 
VII. Infant, b. March, 1798 ; d. same month. 
VIII, John, b. March 15, 1799 ; md. Dec. 1, 1825, Lydia 

Beard, of Fitzwilliam. See Chaplin, No. 17. He 

d. in Richmond, March, 1870. Their children 

were: (1) John W.; (2) Ann E.; (3) Fanny; 

(4) Charles O.; (5) Henry; (6) Artemas B. 
IX. Ahram, b. Oct. 2, 1800 ; md. Nov. 26, 1840, Mrs. 

Hannah Clough, of Salem, Mass. No children. 

He d. May 27^ 1852. 
X. Mercy, b. Feb. 9, 1802; md. Nathan Upton, of 

Peterborough, N. H. Removed to Columbus, O. 

She d. May 29, 1828, leaving (1) Julia A., (2) 

Mercv S. 
XI. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1804; md. Nov. 2, 1845, John 

Walker. She d., s. p., Oct. 16, 1855. 
XII. Isaac, b. Oct. 27, 1805; d. Oct. 16, 1806. 

XIII. Fanny, b. March 26, 1807 ; md. J. Lyman Wether- 

bee, q. V. 

XIV. Morris, b. April 17, 1809 ; md. Martha L. Carter, 

dau. of Joseph Carter, of Fitzmlliam. He was 
killed by the Indians, between Santa Fe and St. 
Louis, April 5, 1847. Three children: — 

1. George N. 

2. Martha A., ; md. George A. Whitney, 

q. V. 

3. Nancy D. 

XV. Clarissa, b. Dec. 9, 1812; md. Jan. 31, 1833, Eben- 
ezer Carter, son of Joseph Carter, of Fitz- 
william. Resides in Fitzwilliam. Nine children. 
1, 2, 3, and 8 d. in cliildhood. 

4. Henrietta C, b. Oct. 9, 1840; md. 

Whitney ; md. (2d) Bethnel Ellis, Esq., of 
Winchendon. 

5. Florence M., b. March 12, 1843 ; md. 

Fiske. 

6. Herbert E., b. Sept. 9, 1845. 

7. Norris C, b. Aug. 26, 1848. 

9. Sarah T., b. Feb. 16, 1854; md. Charles 
Whitcomb, son of Henry and Fanny 
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Leonard Colburn md. Polly Corey, of New York; 
md. (2d) Mrs. Currency Wilder, by whom he had six 
children. He resided many years in this town, where he 
d. July 7, 1859. 

I. Samuel M. G., md. Martha A. Deeth, dau. of 

Lyman and Julia (Chaplin) Deeth. 
II. Clarissa. 

III. Hannah. 

IV. Maria 31. , md. Charles D. Kimball, son of Samuel 

M. Kimball, q. v. 
V. George. 
VI. JEstella. 



Asa Cole md. Anna Goldsmith, and resided in Harvard 
several years previous to his removal to Rindge in 1796. 
He resided in West Rindge, and was active in securing 
the construction of the canal from Grassy Pond, which 
has greatly increased the value of the mill sites in that 
locality. He removed to Westmoreland about 1805, 
where he subsequently d. It was his eldest son, Asa Cole, 
who was taxed in this town a few years about 1830. Only 
one other of the sons has been permanently located here. 



Capt. Charles H. Cole, the youngest son of Asa Cole, 
senior, followed the seas for several years, and was sometime 
in command of a ship in the whaling service. He md. 
May 17, 1746, Caroline G. Cutler, q. v. He d. from 
wounds received on the sea from the bursting of a gun. 
His widow md. (2d) Oct. 4, 1854, Dr. Edmund Seyffarth, 
Vide Chap. XVIL, who d. in Lawrence, Mass., July 21, 
1874. Charles W. Cole, son of Capt. Charles, b. Oct. 23, 
1848 ; md. Amy Hoag, of Barnard, Vt. Resides in Bos- 
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CONVERSE. 

The original seat of the Converse family was in Navarre, France, from 
whence was Roger de Coigniers who emigrated to England near the end 
of the reign of William the Conqueror, and to whom the Bishop of 
Durham gave the Constableship of Durham. Anaong his descendants, 
Conyers of Horden, Dm'ham, was created a baronet July 14, 1628. Sir 
Hmnphry, the eighth generation, wi'ote the name Coigners, and Sir Chris- 
topher, the twentieth generation, adopted the orthography of Conyers. 
In Navarre, in the sixteenth century, the residence of a family of this 
name was known as the Chateau de Coigniers. Those bearing the name 
were Huguenots, or French Protestants. In the massacre on St. Barthol- 
omew's day, in 1572, many of this family feU victims to the rage of the 
Papists, and Pierre Coigniers, who was attached to the Court of Henry 
rV. of France, having witnessed the assassination of his kinsman, 
Admiral CoUigney, and fearful of his own safety, escaped with his wife 
and two infants to England, and settled in the County of Essex, where his 
son md. a lady of considerable possessions in that and an adjoining 
county. It was Ralph, a son of this marriage, who was created a baronet 
by King Charles II. From the same locality there possibly were other 
emigrations of members of this family to England, where the name was 
naturally changed to Conyers, corresponding with the English pronuncia- 
tion, and members of the family still spell the name in this manner, 
while others in the change of a single letter have taken the name of Con- 
vers. From some of these emigrations to England is descended the 
Converse family of this country. The name was spelled Convers for 
several generations after the emigration to New England. The Coat of 
Ai'ms of Coigniers, Conyers, and Convers, is essentially the same, which 
sustains the tradition that aU are of a common origin. Tlie engraving 
which stands at the head of this paragrai^h was taken from an illustration 
received through the kindness of Rev. J. K. Converse, of Burlington, Vt. 
It presents the emblems of heraldry which for many generations have 
been associated with the family name, and is read as follows : Ar7ns. 
Argent, upon Bend Sable between two JNIaunches Azure, Trefoils. On 
Crest an Arm in Armor out of a Mural Crown Gold. The term argent 
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484 • HISTORY OF niNBGE. 

black ; the bend is a scarf of honor given for courage in battle ; the 
trefoils are emblems of the Trinity, and were bestowed for sendee in the 
maintenance of the Church ; the maundies or empty sleeves were added 
to the Arms of those who had been celebrated in the councils of the 
sovereign ; the mm-al crown rej)resents a battlement, and was bestowed 
on those who first mounted the walls and there lodged a standard ; and 
the motto, In Deo solo confido, " In God alone I trust." Vide, Baronets of 
England. London, 1729, and Dictionaire de la Noblesse France et Navarre. 

Dea. Edward Convers, or Converse, as the name is now written, with 
his wife, Sarah, and children, arrived in New England in the fleet with 
Gov. Winthrop, 1630, and settled in Charlestown. In 1631 a grant was 
made to him of the first ferry from Boston to Charlestown, of which he 
had the control for several years iinder the favor of the General Court. 
The same year he was admitted freeman, and was selectman 1635 to 
1640. His name is first of seven commissioners appointed by the chm'ch 
in Charlestown for effecting the settlement of Woburn. Uniting with 
others, he removed thither, and ably assisted in the settlement of the new 
township, and after its incorporation he became one of its most useful 
and honored citizens. He was selectman of the town of Woburn from 
1644 until his decease, and one of the Board of Commissioners for the 
trial of minor causes. He was also one of the founders of the church in 
AVoburn, and a deacon for many years. The place of his residence is 
now included in Winchester, where he d. Aug. 10, 1663, aged seventy- 
three years. By his wife, Sarah, who accompanied him from England, 
Dea. Converse had three sons, Josiah, James, and Samuel, and a dau. 
Mary, who md., 1643, Simon Thompson, and (2d) 1659, John Sheldon, of 
Billerica. Sarah, the wife of Dea. Converse, d. Jan. 14, 1662, and he md. 
(2d) Sept. 9, 1662, Joanna Sprague, widow of Ralph Sprague. 

James Converse, commonly styled Ensign or Lieutenant Converse, was 
b. in England, and emigrated to America with his father, Dea. Edward 
Converse. He md. Oct. 24, 1643, Anna Long, dau. of Robert Long, of 
Charlestown, by whom he had ten children. He d. May 10, 1715, aged 
95. " Through a long life he was a very valuable and highly esteemed 
citizen, and was repeatedly honored by the town with the jarincipal 
offices which it had to conifer." (Sewall's "Woburn.") Major James 
Converse, eldest son of Ensign James Converse, was b. in Woburn, Oct. 
or Nov. 16, 1645, and d. July 8, 1706, in the 61st year of his age. Not 
only prominent in civil affairs, he won considerable distinction in the war 
with the French and Indians. For his daring and successful defence of 
Storer's Garrison at Wells, in the year 1691, and during the war usually 
styled the " Ten Years " or " King William's War," he was promoted by 
Gov. Phipi")S to the rank of Major. Concerning this gallant exploit, a 
commendatory mention is found in " Belknap," Vol. 1, Chap. X., and 
in " Hutchinson," Vol. 2, p. 67, and an interesting account in Sewall's 
"Woburn." Major Converse was ten years a member of the General 
Com-t, and was tlu-ee times elected Speaker of the House. He md. 
Jan. 1, 1668-9, Hannah Carter, b. Jan. 19, 1650-51, dau. of Capt. 
John and Elizabeth Carter, of Woburn. By her he had nine chil- 
dren, four of whom d. in infancy, or in youth unmd. John Con- 
verse, a son of Major James, was b. in Woburn, Aug. 22, 1673. 
He md. May 22, 1699, Abigail Sawyer, b. March 17, 1679, dau. of 
Joshua Sawyer, of Woburn. The births of their children, Joshua 
and Patience, are recorded in Woburn previous to 1708, and his name 
probably does not again appear upon the records of that town until July 
31, 1728, when the birth of John, his son, is recorded. It is presumed 
that his residence during these twenty years had been elsewhere. 



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Joshua Converse, their son, was b. in Woburn, June 3, 1704, but early 
in life he removed to Dunstable, and perhaps his father resided there 
also. He md. July 31, 1729, Rachel Blanchard, b. March 23, 1712, 
dau. of Joseph and Abiah (Hassel) Blanchard, and a sister of Josei^h 
Blanchard, who was the agent of the Masonians, and who granted the 
charter of this township. Vide pp. 46 and 52. This marriage is 
recorded in " Woburn," and the jiarties are described as " both of Dun- 
stable." In the year 1739, or ten years after their marriage, they 
removed to lot Number 4, within the present to^vn of Merrimac, N. H., 
then constituting a part of the tract lying both sides of the river, and 
known by the name of Naticook, or Litchfield. The records of this 
township for the period previous to the incorporation of INIerrimac in the 
year 1746, are deposited in Litchfield, from which it appears that he was 
frequently elected to ofiice, his name appearing as modei'ator, assessor, 
selectman, and upon several important committees. In 1744, he was 
drowned in the Merrimac River, and the succeeding year the homestead 
was taxed to his Avidow. From the Probate Records, it appears that 
administration was granted, April 11, 1746, to Joseph Underwood, of 
Westford, Mass., and in the return of an inventoi-y of his estate, dated 
June 17, 1746, it is stated that •' said Converse died in the year 1744." 
His estate, amounting to £1205 14s. 4f/., was as follows : — 

" His home place Lot No. 4, now in Merrymac town, £ 600 Os. Od. 

"Also his part of the farm called Tyness farm, bought of 
Mr. Jonathan Fox, of Woburn, exclusive of what 
Converse sold to Jonathan Bowers and the one-half 
of a saw-mill and irons belonging to the same, 
standing on said land on Penechuck Brook, in said 
town of Merrymac, 

" Bonds due to him, 

" Sundiy notes due to him, 

" Book debts owing him, &c.," 

Many articles of personal property specified in the inven- 
tory amou.nting to 



It is possible that there were other and older children than those 
named below. The date of birth of Joseph and Jesse is found upon the 
records of the ancient town of Naticook, or Litchfield, then including 
the present town of Merrimac : (1) Joseph, b. Nov. 13, 1739 ; (2) Jesse, 
b. Dec, 1741 ; (3) Zebulon, b. March 21, 1744. Joseph rad. Elizabeth 
Davis, and resided many years in Bedford, Mass., where his ten children 
were born. Late in life he removed to Chesterfield, N. H., where he d. 
Feb. 16, 1828. Betsey, his eldest dau., md. Levi Mead, son of Matthew 
and Martha (Danforth) Mead. They resided in Chesterfield, and were 
the grandparents of Larkin G. Mead, the distinguished sculptor. It was 
James Converse, the third son of Joseph, who studied divinity in Rindge 
with Dr. Payson, and was many yeai's pastor of the church in Weathers- 
field, Vt. 

Of Jesse, the second son of Joshua, less is known. Probably he was 
the Jesse Converse who was a member, in 1758, of Capt. Nehemiah Love- 
well's company, in Col. John Hart's regiment, raised for the expedition 
to Crown Point. Zebulon, the youngest son, b. the year in which his 
father d., settled in Rindge, where, as will appear, many of his descend- 
ants stiU reside. 

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Zebulon Converse, b. March 21, 1744 ; nid, April — , 
1773, Sarah Merriam, b. Oct. 10, 1753, dau, of Nathaniel 
and Olive (Wheeler) Merriam, of Bedford, Mass. They 
removed to Rindge, and upon the first lot in the first 
range, in 1773 or 1774, which in 1778 he sold to Eben- 
ezer Muzzey, and purchased the succeeding year lots 
four and five in the fourth range. Later he resided at 
Converseville, and in 1786 he removed to the farm, now 
of George G. Rice, where he d. Nov. 10, 1805, and his 
wife the 28th of the same month. 

I. Nathaniel., b. Nov. 17, 1774; d. unmd. in Beau- 
fort, S. C, April 10, 1815. 
II. Sarah., b. March 15, 1776; md. Eliakim Russell, 
son of Nathaniel, q. v. 

III. Rachel, b. July 3, 1777 ; d. young. 

IV. Olive, b. May 15, 1779; md. Solomon Sawtell, son 

of Obadiah, q. v. 
V. Joshua, b. April 23, 1781 ; d. young. 
VI. Ira, b. May 28, 1783 ; d. young. 
VII. Joshua, b.'july 2, 1786. -f- 

VIII. Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1788; md. Daniel Jones. 
Vide p. 487. + 
IX. Ira, b. March 1, 1791. + 
X. Rebecca, b. Feb. 18, 1794; md. Charles Stearns. 

Vide p. 488. + 
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JosHUA Co]srvERSE, EsQ., was the only child of Zebu- 
Ion Converse, who has left descendants bearing the family 
name. In addition to the management of a farm, he was 
much employed in other pursuits. In 1845, he purchased 
the mills and removed to the locality now known as Con- 
verseville, where he became extensively engaged in the 
manufacture of coarse lumber and wooden-ware, in which 
he was subsequently associated with his sons, Zebulon 
and Omar D. Converse. With generous foresight Mr. 
Converse was engaged in several enterprises from which 
he neither hoped nor expected remunerative returns. 
The system of flowage secured through his efforts and 
influence, comprising the capacious reservoirs constructed 
mainly at his expense, may properly be regarded as public 
improvements which have advantageously affected the 
material interests of the town. As a citizen he was 
highly respected. Possessing superior abilities, warmed 
into activity by an earnest solicitude for the public good, 
his services wei-e frequently sought by his townsmen. 
He represented the town in the Legislature, 1840 and 
1841, and was a member of the Constitutional Conven- 
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board of selectmen, a longer period, of service than has 
fallen to the lot of any other individual in the town's 
history; and other public services efficiently rendered 
were neither few nor unimportant. He md. May 6, 1808, 
Polly Piper, dau. of Thomas Piper, q. v., who d. Feb. 7, 

1840, lea-\dng thirteen children. He md. (2d) May 20, 

1841, Polly Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. He 
d. Nov. 1, 1862; his widow d. Sept. 10, 1866. Two chil- 
dren not named below d. in childhood. 

I. Lucius 3fanlius, b. July 20, 1809.-]- 
II. Ebenezer Hartshorn, b. Nov. 14, 1811. -|- 

III. tToshua, b. June 15, 1813. -|- 

IV. Christopher Columbus, b. Dec. 20, 1814.-)- 

V. Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1816; md. David Stowe, q.v. 

VI. Abraham Jewett, b. Aug. 18, 1818. -|- 

VII. Levina Piper, b. May 21, 1820; md. Reuben 

Ramsdell, q. v. 
VIII. Zebulon, b. May 20, 1822. + 
IX. Omar Duane, b. March 9, 1824. -|- 
X. Alfred Collins, b. March 17, 1827. + 
XI. Ama7ida 31., b. Feb. 11, 1829; md. May 15, 1850, 
Edward Miller, of New York city. They 
resided in Milwaukee, Wis. She d. March 8, 
1869. Buried in Rindge. 
xii. George Washi7igton, h. Aug. 29, lSoO.-\- 
XIII. Gustavus Adolphus, b. Jan. 21, 1833. -{- 



Rachel Converse md. July 9, 1811, Dea. Daniel Jones ; 
b. Dec. 23, 1788, son of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) 
Jones. They resided in Ashburnham, where he d. March 
14, 1843. After the death of Dea. Jones, she resided 
several years in Winchendon, but d. at the residence of 
her dau., Mrs. Sawtell, in Ayer, Mass., April, 1873. 

I. Mary, b. March, 26, 1813 ; d. immd. Aug. 30, 1846. 

II. Stdtyna, b. April 26, 1815; md. June 2, 1840, Asa 
Elbridge Woods, son of Sewell and Anna (Whit- 
aker) Woods. They resided in Mason, N. H., 
where he d. July 25, 1850. She md. (2d) March 
26, 1856, Ezra H. Sawtell, son of Asa Sawtell, 
q. V. Reside in Ayer, Mass, 

III. Eliza, b. Oct. 4, 1821 ; d. Feb. 22, 1824. 

IV. Miza Rachel, b. Aug. 1, 1826 ; md. Jan. 3, 1854, 

Horace O. Whitcher, son of Jeremiah and Persis 
(Craig) Whitcher. Reside in Barton^ Vt. 
V. Daniel Wayland, b, Jan. 14, 1829. A physician, 
formerly of Rindge, now of Newton, Mass. 
Vide Chap. XVII. He md. July 13, 1853, 
Minerva A. Tyler, dau. of Ephraim and Mary 
(Bissell) Tyler, who d. Jan. 31, 1858; md. (2d) 



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Dec. 24, 1860, Josephine D. Bullard, dan. of 
Elias and Persis (Daniels) Bullard, of HoUiston, 
Mass. She d. May 25, 1871. 



Iea Converse md. Susan Tiklen. For many years he 
was an overseer in a corporation in Waltham, Mass. He 
returned to Rindge in the year 1850, and d. March 21, 
1862. He was a worthy, blameless citizen. His widow 
d. Sept. 13, 1867. 

I. Hattie 31., md. Sept. 20, 1871, Charles I. Chadwick, 
son of Abner F. Chadwick, q. v. Reside in 
Rindge. 

II. Tra, d. at four years of age. 



Rebecca Coi^verse md. Oct. 19, 1821, Charles Stearns, 
son of William and Lydia (Davis) Stearns, and grandson 
of Hon. Isaac Stearns, of Billerica, Mass. They resided 
in New Ipswich, where he d. March 6, 1838. Subse- 
quently she removed to Lowell, Mass.; d. Sept. 3, 1870. 

I. Udwin Jones, b. Oct. 6, 1823; d. April 16, 1842. 
II. Susan Davis, b. , 1826; d. unmd. March 23, 

1868. 
in. Charles Converse, b. , 1830; d. unmd. Oct. 24, 

1860. 
IV. Jane Behecca, b. 1835; d. Oct. 29, 1836. 



Zebulon Converse md. Ann Harris, who d. without 
issue 1865. He was a merchant and postmaster for sev- 
eral years at Cape Vincent, New York, where he d. 1874. 



Lucius M. Converse md. April 12, 1827, Cynthia Saw- 
tell, dau. of Solomon and Olive (Converse) Sawtell, q. v. 
He was a farmer, and resided upon the farm still owned by 
the family. He d. March 14, 1864, aged 54. 

I. Charles Stearns, d. young. 
II. Shneon Farv.iell, d. young. 

III. Clovls 3Ianlius, b. Sept. 27, 1832. Resides in 

Rindge. 

IV. Cornelia Lestina, b. Dec. 11, 1834. Postmaster at 

East Rindge. 
V. Marion Witlshire, b. Oct. 23, 1837; d. June 4, 
1863, in New Orleans; a member of Co. F, 16th 
N. H. Vols. 

VI. Conrad Rodolphus, b. June 10, 1840; md. 

Martha H. Dewhurst, dau. of William Dewhurst. 
They reside in Newton, Mass. 

VII. Anza Merovius, b. June 3, 1842; d. June 16, 1850. 
VIII. Ealsamond De Witt, b. April 29, 1844. 

IX. Cleros Sherebia/t, b. March 13, 1846. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 489 

X. Hondo Hemon, h. Feb. 8, 1848. 
XI. Ulric Achera, b. Oct. 21, 1849. 

XII. Cynthia Anna, b, Jan. 27, 1853; md. July .31, 
1873, William H. Smith. Reside in Rinds^e. 



Capt. Ebenezer H, Converse md. Oct. 8, 1835, 
Sarah Darlino-, dan. of Jewett B. and Hannah (Murdock) 
Darling, of Winchendon. With the exception of a resi- 
dence of a few years in New Ipswich, he has resided in 
this town. He was four years an officer of the Rindge 
Light Infantry, and commanded the company 1836 and 
1837. Enjoying the confidence of his townsmen, he 
easily and promptly raised a company for the 6tli New 
Hampshire Volunteers, in the aTitumn of 1861, of which 
he was commissioned captain, and of which he continued 
in command until his resignation the following year. 

I. Jlorton JEJ., b. Sept. 17, 1837 ; md. Aug. 19, 1869, 
Hattie M. Atherton, dau. of Thomas and Susan 
Atherton, of Lowell, Mass. He resides in 
Rindge, and is a manufacturer of wooden-ware 
and pyroligneous acid, iron liquor, acetic acid, 
and other chemicals obtained from a wood acid 
base. 
II. JVettie jS., b. Aug. 29, 1841; md. May 1, 1871, 
Albert A. Spear, son of Palmer M. and Eliza- 
beth (Proctor) Spear, of Warren, Me. He is a 
dealer in stoves, ranges, and furnaces, in Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 

III. Oscar Irving, b. Aug. 9, 1843 ; md. March 8, 

1867, Coralie S. Mix, dau. of Hon. James D. 
Mix, of Walla Walla, Washington Territory. 
He is an officer in the United States army. 

IV. Clarence, b. Oct. 8, 1855 ; resides in Fitchburg. 



Joshua Converse in early life engaged in the manu- 
facture of cotton fabrics. He was Superintendent of the 
Suffolk Corporation of Lowell several years. In 1859 he 
removed to Salmon Falls, IST. H., and accepted an appoint- 
ment of Agent of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Com- 
pany, a position in which he has been highly successful. 
While a resident of Lowell he was a member of the 
Massachusetts Legislature and of the Common Council 
and Board of Aldermen. He was a Director and subse- 
quently President of the Traders and Mechanics Insur- 
ance Co., a Director of the Prescott Bank, and a Trustee 
of the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, from the organi- 
zation of these associations until he removed from Low- 
ell. Since 1860 he has been a Director of the Salmon 
Falls Bank, and Vice-President of the Rollinsford Sav- 



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ings Bank. In the discharge of these important trusts, 
and in the management of the business of an extensive 
manufacturing corporation, the ability and integi'ity of 
Mr, Converse have commanded the unqualiiied respect of 
his associates. He md. Oct. 18, 1835, Jane B. Damon, 
dau. of Galen and Jane (Bowker) Damon. She d. 
March 4, 1868. He md. (2d) Aug. 80, 1869, H. Jennie 
Dearborn, dau. of Joseph and Han-iet (Drew) Dearborn. 

I. Mary tTane, b. June 10, 1837; md. June 2, 1864, 
James A. Place, son of James H. and Lydia 
(Chesley) Place. They reside at Salmon Falls. 

11. William. Renry, b. 1840 ; d. 1842. 

III. Josephine^ b. 1843; d. 1844. 



Christopher C. Coisr verse md. Dec. 3, 1840, Susan 
B. Daniels, dau. of William B. and Susannah (Bowker) 
Daniels. Was five years in the livery business in LoAvell, 
thirteen years a dealer in flour and gi-ain in Boston, and 
returned to Rindge 1855, where he continues to reside. 

I. Charles B., b. March 27, 1842; d. Aug. 18, 1842. 
II. Susan M., b. June 6, 1846; md. Sept. 1, 1869, 
Geoi-ge A. Whitney, Esq., son of John Whit- 
ney, q. V. 



Abraham J. Converse, a farmer in Rindge, resides 
upon the fai'm formerly of his father; md. April 25, 1843, 
Adaline F., dau. of Daniel and Eliza (Foster) Peacock. 
She d. Jan. 3, 1874; md. (2d) Dec. 24, 1874, Lizzie Dear- 
born, dau. of Joseph and Harriet (Drew) Dearborn. 

I. Addie A., b. June 3, 1844 ; md. Henry W. Stearns, 

son of Col. George W. Stearns, q. v. 
II. Mson A., b. July 22, 1850. 



Zebulo?^ Converse Esq., a manufacturer in Rindge. 
He was first a member of the firm of J. Converse tfe Co., 
of Z. & O. D. Converse, and now of R. Ramsdell & Co., 
who are engaged in the manufacture of nest and fruit 
boxes. He was selectman for the years 1851, '53, '54, '56, 
a representative 1862 and '63, and a commissioner for 
Cheshire County 1864 to 1867. He md. Aug. 12, 1845, 
Ann Mixer, dau. of Charles Mixer, q. v. 

I. Ann ZebuUna, b. May 8, 1846; d. Dec. 21, 1852. 
II. Marianna, b. Dec. 29, 1853; d. July 6, 1854. 

III. Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. Aug. 22, 1856. 

IV. Idella Emeretta, b. Sept. 13, 1857. 

V, Infant son, b. Nov. 21, 1866 ; d. same day. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 491 

Dea. Omar D. Con^veese, formerly a member of the 
firms mentioned, and now associated with his son in the 
manufacture of coarse himber, and also dealers in corn 
and meal. They have the only grain mill remaining in 
Rindge. He was representative 1871, '72, and has been a 
deacon in the Congregational Church since 1856. He md. 
Aug. 16, 1847, Harriet Henry, dau. of Francis and Per- 
melia (Brown) Henry, of Chesterfield, N. H., who d. July 
15, 1860, and he md. (2d) Dec. 26, 1865, her sister, Jane 
E. Henry. 

I. .Francis Duane, b. Dec. 17, 1848 ; of the firm of 

O. D. Converse & Son. 
II. Harriet Amanda., b. Oct. 9, 1852 ; md. June 3, 
1874, Frederick W. Forristall, son of John M. 
and Mary J. Forristall, of Winchendon. Reside 
in W. 
III. Irving Omar., b. March 9, 1856. 



Alfred C. Converse removed to New York in 1850, 
and to Boston 1854. Is a type founder, now a partner in 
the well known firm of Phelps, Dalton & Co. The t}^^3e 
from which this volume is printed is of their manufacture. 
Residence in Chelsea, Mass. He md. Nov. 13, 1855, Julia 
A. Woods, b. Nov. 22, 1883, dau. of Aaron B. and Ellenor 
(Eggleston) Woods, of Hillsboro', N. H. She d. Jan. 5, 
1868 ; md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1869, Hulda H. Mitchell, dau. of 
Nahum and Mary (Hatch) Mitchell, of Marshfield, and 
later of Medford, Mass. 

I. Julia Luella, b. Feb. 4, 1859. 
II. Lillia Frances, b. May 10, 1865; d. Sept. 15, 1866. 

III. Son, b. and d. Oct. 23, 1870. 

IV. Alfred Otis, b. Dec. 21. 1871. 



George W. Converse resided in Winchendon, where 
he d. Sept. 19, 1872. He md. Aug. 26, 1856, Ellen A. 
Knapp, dau. of Orris and Milley (Flagg) Knapp, of 
Mason, N. H. 

I. Georgie A., b. Dec. 27, 1857 ; d. Jime 19, 1863. 
II. Nellie i., b. Aug. 27, 1862. 
III. Willie K., b. Sept. 25, 1870. 

GusTAvus Converse resides in Winchendon. He md. 
Nov. 19, 1856, Phebe J. Larrabee, dau. of Joseph C. and 
Eunice (Larrabee) Larrabee, of Bangor, Me. 



Thomas Cowdin, son of Thomas, was from Fitchburg, 
Ma;SS. His father and relatives were leading men of that 
place. He md. March 11, 1798, Betsey Sawyer, dau. of 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Abner SaAvyer, q. v. He resided on the Dea. Goddard 
farm, and the parents of his wife had a home with him. 
The family removed from town 1820. 

1, JSJxperience, b, Feb. 1, 1799. 
II. Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1801. 

III. Augustus, b. May 16, 1803. 

IV. Horace, b. May 27, 1805. 
V. Addison, b. June 28, 1807. 

VI. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 27, 1810. 
VII. Mary F., b. Oct. 26, 1818. 
VIII. Thomas, b. July 15, 1816. 



CRAGIN. 

John Cragin was b. in the south of Scotland about 1634. While 
young he was pressed into the royal service, and was one of the prisoners 
taken by the army of Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, 1650, and 
shipped to America the following year with other prisoners taken in the 
same battle. Nov. 4, 1661, he md. Sarah Dawes, a native of England, 
and settled in Woburn, where he d. Jan. 27, 1708. Among his eight 
children was John, Jr., b. Sept. 9, 1677 ; md. April 13, 1700, Deborah 
Skilton. His three children were b. in Woburn. The eldest of these 
was John ; md. Judith Barker, and, after a residence of several years in 
Acton, he removed to Temple, N. H. Benjamin, the sixth of nine chil- 
dren, was b. in Acton July 8, 1740 ; md. May 2, 1766, Mercy Bobbins. 
They resided in Temple and Mason, now GreenviUe, N. H., where he 
closed an active, useful life April 20, 1816. 



Aaron Ceagin, son of Benjamin, was b. in Temple 
April 16, 1772; md. Feb. 16, 1797, Sarah Wilkins, of 
Carlisle, Mass. He removed from Temple to Rindge 1812, 
and remained a citizen of this town about nine years, when 
he removed to New Ipswich, and subsequently to the 
State of New York, where he d. Feb. 13, 1849. Three 
children were b. in Rindge. Of these one d. Sept. 1, 1817. 



Moses Cragin, a brother of Aaron, b. in Temple Dec. 
4, 1778; md. May 5, 1799, Lucy Felt, and is said to have 
resided in Rindge a short time immediately after his mar- 
riage ; but his name is not found upon the tax lists. He d. 
in Temple April, 1804. His widow md. Joseph Bullard, 
q. V. She had three children by the first, and four by the 
second marriage. 

I. Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1800; md. 1822, Sarah Chamber- 
Iain. She d. Aug. 20, 1842, aged 38; md. (2d) 
1843, Elleanor Walton, who d. Nov. 27, 1845 ; 
md. (3d) Sept. 22, 1846, Fanny Bidwell. He 

lived in Rindge ujion the farm now of 

Sawin until 1847, when lie removed to Mario w, 
N. H. Seven children b. in Rindge. 



GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 493 

II. Orlando, b. Aug. 24, 1802; md. Dec. 25, 1825, 
Malinda G. Christie; md. (2d) Emily (Ware) 
Cragin, widow of Stephen Cragin. Resides in 
East Jaffrey. His son, George W. Cragin, re- 
sides in Rindge. 

III. Tiynothy, b. March 4, 1804; md. March 24, 1830, 
Melissa Holman. Hotel keeper in Rindge. He 
d. Oct. 25, 1856. 

1. Harvey, b. March 13, 1835. Resides in 
Chicopee, Mass. 



James Crumbie, with his wife Mary and five children, 
came to Rindge, from Andover, Mass., in June, 1772. 
With him came Phinehas Ames, an apprentice. Mr. 
Crumbie was a cai'penter and joiner, then generally called 
housewrights. He was clerk of Capt. Hale's company in 
1775, and a lieutenant in Capt. Smith's company in 1776. 
Early in the year 1777, upon the organization of the 
three continental battalions, he was commissioned a lieu- 
tenant in Col. Nathan Hale's regiment. After a few 
months' service in this regiment he was injured by a fall 
from his horse, and was permitted to return to his home. 
He resided at West Rindge, and d. Oct. 7, 1802, aged 65; 
his widow survived him a few years. This name is here 
spelled as it appears upon the Rindge records ; but the 
form of Crombie perhajis more generally prevails in other 
places. 

I. Mary, b. in Andover, , 1761 ; md. Joshua 

Chadwick, q. v. 
II. /Sally, b. in Andover. 

III, e/bse/:»A, b. in Andover, Nov. 19, 1765; ;nd. Mary 

Wright. + 

IV. Anna, b. in Andover, Aug. 22, 1768. 
V. benjamin, b. in Andover, July 8, 1770. 

VI. Thomas, b. in Rindge, April 25, 1773 ; d. Feb. 14, 

1800. 

VII. Ja7nes, b. March 26, 1775 ; d. Oct. 21, 1776. 
VIII. Betty, b. Sept. 11, 1777. 

IX. Jaines, b. Sept. 28, 1779; d. July 30, 1804. 
X. Behecca, b. Feb. 16, 1782. 
XI. Enoch Poor, b. May 26, 1784; d. May 4, 1786. 



Joseph Crumbie lived at West Rindge, where O. P. 
Allen, Esq., now resides. He was a tanner, and had a 
yard nearly south from his house, and between the two 
roads as now traveled. He md. June 25, 1794, Mary 
Wright, dau. of Francis Wright, of Jaffrey. She was b. 
Feb. 13, 1773. He d. at the residence of his son, wlio a 
short time previous had removed to Jaffrey, Oct. 31, 

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1746, and was buried in the cemetery at East Jaffrey. 
The gravestone records his death as Oct. 81, 1747, an 
error of one year. His widow d, July 1, 1749. Children 
all b. in Rindge. 

I. Na7icy, b. April 7, 1795 ; md. Sept. 24, 1820, Dr. 
John Peirce, of Lunenburg, son of Jonathan 
and Sarah (Cha])lin) Peirce. He d. March 13, 
1848, aged 63 ; she d. in Fitchburg, Feb. 5, 1874. 
They had two children : — 

1. Nancy C, b. March 18, 1829; md. June 20, 

1854, Charles A. Emory, of Fitchburg, 
son of Daniel Emory, Jr., q. v. 

2. Abby A., b. June 18, 1840; md. Sept. 5, 

1860, Charles A. Brick, of Fitchburg. 

11. Sally, h. Nov. 4,1796; md. Nov. 21, 1816, Peter 
J. Gayety. He d. in Pittsburg, Pa., June 28, 
1826; she d. in Franklin, Pa., May 10, 1842. 
They had four children. 

III. Po%, b. March 31, 1798 ; d. May 30, 1799. 

IV. Thomas, b. Sept. 3, 1800; md. Dec. 25, 1828, 

Vesta L. Metcalf, dau. of Timothy Metcalf, q. v. 

They resided several years in Rindge ; are now 

in Orange, Mass. 
V. I'olly, b. Jan. 9, 1803; md. Nov. 12, 1826, Daniel 

French, son of Daniel, of Jaffrey. She d. July 

5, 1850. 
VI. Joseph, b. May 6, 1805; md. Aug. 20, 1851, Mary 

S. French, dau. of Thomas and Sophia (Jewell) 

French, of Jaffrey. They reside in Jaffrey. 
VII. Dolly, b. June 9, 1807 ; md. Nov. 18, 1830, Elijah 

Bowker, a manufacturer of pails and tubs in 

FitzAvilliam. 
VIII. JBeiiJamin, b. March 28, 1810. 
IX. Martha, b. Aug. 13, 1811 ; md. July 17, 1834, Jason 

Mooar. They removed to Watertown, N. Y., 

where he d. 1868. 
X. Eebecca, b. June 14, 1814; md. Sept. 3, 1835, 

Reuben Barrett. He d. 1870. She resides in 

Amherst, Mass. 
XI. Elizabeth, b. April 27, 1817; md. May 18, 1846, 

Perkins Bigelow. They reside in Jaffrey. 



EzEKiEL CuDwoETH, b. in Greenfield, N. H. March 14, 
1784, md. Lydia Lewis, who was b. Feb. 17, 1783. Pre- 
vious to their removal to Rindge, in 1843, they had resided 
in Marlborough and Westmoreland, N. H. He d. Sept. 
15, 1866. His widow d. Jan. 5, 1869. Their children 
were : — 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 495 

d. young. 



II. Zeicis, h. Jan. 15, 1814; d. 1839 in Marlboro. Left 
a family. 

III. Ornery, b. Aug. 2, 1815 ; d. in Marlboro. Left a 

family. 

IV. Timothy, b. Sept. 6, 1818. Resided in Rindge 

since 1841; md. Dec. 23, 1841, Ruth S. Sawtell, 
dau. of Aaron Sawtell, q. v. Four children liv- 
ing, two of whom are md. 

1. Willard, b. Oct. 16, 1842 ; md. 1864, M. Net- 
tie Hall, dau. of Horatio Hall, of Fitz- 
william. Resides in Rindge. 

8. Martha J., b. June 29, 1847; md. D. S. 
Cummings. Reside in Phillipston, Mass. 

V. Ezekiel, b. Aug. 8, 1820 ; md. April 3, 1844, Achsa 

Tarbell, daut of Reuben Tarbell, q. v. Mr. Cud- 
worth removed in 1872 to Littleton, N". H., 
where he is extensively engaged in the maniifact- 
ure of coarse lumber. While in Rindge he was 
selectman three years, and held other local offices. 
They have six children living. 
VI. Moses, b. April 27, 1827; md. Lavilla Moore, who 
d. Jan. 5, 1855; md. (2d) Mary A. Kendall, b. 
Dec. 23, 1831, dau. of Joseph Kendall, of Troy. 
They reside near the Fitzwilliam line, and have 
several children. 



Dea. Adin Ctj'mmings, who had passed several years of 
his minority in this town, md. 1820, Sarah (Wetherbee) 
Breed, widow of Enoch Breed, q. v. She d. June 29, 
1840, and he md. (2d) Nov., 1841, Cynthia Brigham, of 
Waltham. Removed to Jaffrey 1855. 

I. Adin Milton, b. July 20, 1821 ; md. Dec. 5, 1843, 

Elizabeth M. Peaslee. 
II. John Calvin, b. Feb. 27, 1843 ; d. . 

Nathan P. CTimiiisrGS removed to Rindge about 1828. 
He lived upon the farm next west of the Amos Keyes 

farm. He md. JosUn, of Rindge, q. v., and removed 

from town about twenty years ago. 

I. Langdon. 
II. Harriet, md. McCrilKs. 

III. Nathan P., md. Mary Ann Whitcomb, q. v. 

IV. Charles, md. Eliza Moore, dau. of Dea. Nathan 

and Sarah (Russell) Moore, of Sharon. They 
reside in Lyndeboro, N. H. 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



CUTLER. 

Solomon Cutler, the ancestor of the Cutlers of Rindge, was from 
Lexington, Mass., where his kinsfolk have been numerous. He was a 
descendant of James Cutler, the emigrant, who was b. in England about 
1606, and settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1635. About 1648 he 
removed from Watertown to Cambridge Farms, now Lexington, where 
he d. May 17,1694. His first wife, Anna, d. in Sept., 1644; he md. (2d^ 
March 9, 1645, Mary King, widow of Thomas King, who d. Dec. 7, 1654, 
and he md. (8d) about 1662, Phebe Page, a dau. of John Page, the emi- 
grant, ancestor of numerous Page families in Rindge. James Cutler, 
the eldest son of James and Anna Cutler, was b. Nov. 6, 1635, and md. 
June 15, 1665, Lydia (Moore) Wright, widow of Samuel Wright, of 
Sudbury, and dau. of John Moore, also of Sudbury. He d. in Lexing- 
ton, July 31, 1685. Thomas Cutler, his son, b. Dec. 15, 1677; md. Sarah 
Stone, dau, of Dea. Samuel and Dorcas (Jones) Stone, of Lexington. 
They resided in Lexington. He was selectman several years. Their 
eldest son was David Cutler, b. Aug. 6, 1705 ; md. Mary Tidd, dau. of 
Joseph and Mary Tidd. They resided on the old homestead, near the 
Bedford line. He was selectman 1749, 1750, 1751. He d. of small-pox, 
Dec. 5, 1760, and his widow d. May 25, 1797. They had nine children. 
Of these the sixth was Solomon, who settled in Rindge. Vide Hudson's 
" Histoiy of Lexington." 



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Solomon Cutler was b. in Lexington, May 10, 1740 
(not May 15, as stated by Dr. Bond and by Hudson). 
He was md. by Benj. Read, Esq., of Lexington, Dec. 23, 
1761, to Rebecca Paige, of Bedford, a sister of John 
Paige, of Hardwick, who md. Mary Cutler, a sister of 
Solomon. Rebecca was b. in Bedford, Aug. 23, 1743. 
They came to Rindge, probably in 1771, and were 
admitted to the church by letter from the church in 
Lexington, March 21, 1772. Capt. Cutler lived many 
years as a farmer and innholder, about one-half mile from 
Rindge Centre, on the farm subsequently occupied by Dr. 
Thomas Jewett. He was styled Lieutenant in 1775, and 
Captain in 1777, and subsequently, on account of commis- 
sions held in the home organizations. In 1777 he was a 
member of Capt. Stone's company, which marched in 
response to an alarm at Ticonderoga, but is not known to 
have been in the service at any other time. He was 
selectman 1775, 1777, and 1788. His wife, the mother of 
eight children, d. Oct. 18, 1782, and he md. (2d) Hepsi- 
beth Bush, of Sterling, Mass., by whom he had two 
children. 

I. Amos, b. Sept. 20, 1762. + 

II. Hebecca, b. May 20, 1765 ; md. Thomas Demary, 
q. V. 

III. Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1767 ; md. Joshua Hale, Esq., q. v. 

IV. JPol'ly, b. April 16, 1770 ; md, Lemuel Kimball, q. v. 
V. /Solomon, b. March 16, 1773 ; md. Rhoda Whipple, 

and removed to Vermont. (?) 



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VI. Callia, h. Oct. 12, 1775 ; md. Sherburne Hale, (j. v. 

VII. Anna, h. Jan. 1, 1780 ; md. Heath, and 

removed to Vermont. 
VIII. Infant, h. Oct., 1782 ; d. same day. 

Chiklren of second wife : — 

IX. JTepsibeth, b. ; md. John Townsend, q. v. 

X. /Sophia, b. Jan. 30, 1794 ; md. June 14, 1818, Col. 
A. B. W. Tenney, of Newbury, Vt. They 
resided in the same house during fifty-five years 
of married life. Their many Christian graces 
and blameless characters are inseparable from 
their memory ; he d. Sept. 13, 1873 ; she d. Aug. 
7, 1873. 

1. Asa, b. March 31, 1819; d. July 29, 1829. 

2. Mary, b. April 2, 1821 ; d. Feb. 11, 1858. 

3. Sophia Cutler, b. April 4, 1824; md. Jan. 4, 

1844, Joshua Hale, of Newburyport, Mass. 
Their dau., Alice Little, md. Cyrus King 
Hale, of Boston. They have four chil- 
dren. 

4. H. Ann, b. Oct. 12, 1827 ; md. Jan. 29, 1851, 

James D. White, of Haverhill, Mass. 
They have three children : Elizabeth, P., 
b. July 27, 1856 ; Sophia Tenney, b. March 
31, 1859; d. Julv 22, 1861; and Abner 
Tenney, b. Jan. 29, 1862. 

5. Asa A., b. Sept. 29, 1829 ; d. Dec. 23, 1849. 

6. Martha Jane, b. July 23, 1832. Resides in 

Haverhill, Mass. 



Amos Cutler, son of Capt. Solomon, md. Dec. 29, 
1785, Elizabeth Carlton, dau. of James and Elizabeth 
(Sherwin) Carlton, q. v. He resided in several places in 
Rindge ; was a constable several years. Many of his 
quaint original sayings are not forgotten by the aged who 
remember him. He d. Aug. 9, 1838, aged 76, and his 
widow Feb. 14, 1859, aged 93. 

I. James, b. Feb. 26, 1787 ; d. unmd. about 1860. 
II. Amos, h. Jan. 4, 1789; md. Nov. 21, 1811, Polly 
Raymond, dau. of Capt. Joel Raymond, q. v. 
Mr. Cutler resided in Rindge until a few months 
previous to his death. He was interested in the 
shoe business while it continued in this town, and 
later occupied the Raymond farm. One or two 
children Avere b. to them and d. in infancy. 

1. Caroline G. Cutler, an adopted dau., was b. 
Feb. 2, 1825; md. Capt. Charles H. Cole, 
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III. William, b. Sept. 27, 1791 ; d. May 11, 1848, unmd. 

IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 8, 1793 ; d. Sept. 10, 1795. 
V. Charles, b. Nov. 28, 1796. + 

VI. JEliza, b. Nov. 12, 1798 ; d. unmd. Feb. 27, 1826. 
VII. Leonard, b. March 20, 1802. Is living m Rindge 

unmd. 
VIII. Avalina, b. March 23, 1808; d. April 4, 1808. 

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Charles Cutler, son of Amos, md. Oct. 18, 1831, 
Melinda Wright, dau. of Abel and Zilpha (Rice) Wright, 
of Ashby. Slie was b. July 22, 1805, and d. Aug. 9, 1847. 
He md. (2d) March 5, 1848, Esther Whitcomb, dau. of 
John and Esther (Morse) Whitcomb, of Swanzey, b. Feb. 
3, 1805, who was the mother of one child. Mr. Cutler 
was a farmer and resided on the farm formerly of Capt. 
Asa Sherwin. He d. Feb. 15, 1864. His widow resides 
in Winchendon. 

I. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 30, 1832; md. Jan. 14, 
1863, Elizabeth A. Burnham, of Windsor, Vt. 
Reside in Keene, N. H. Three children living. 
II. e/oAw Harrison, b. Feb. 16, 1834. A physician in 
Peterboro. After receiving a liberal academical 
education, he commenced his professional stud- 
ies, under the direction of Dr. O. H. Bradley, of 
Jaffrey, and graduated at the University of Ver- 
mont, in 1861, having been indebted to his own 
industry for the means which enabled him to 
continue his studies. After a brief practice in 
New Ipswich and Mason, N. H., he was appoint- 
ed Assistant-Surgeon in the army, and remained 
in the service imtil the close of the war, when 
he located in Peterboro, where he has continu- 
ally enjoyed a liberal and appreciative patron- 
age. He md. June 6, 1865, Martha L. Ryan, 
dau. of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Shedd) Ryan, 
of Jaffrey. 

III. Merrirk A., b. Jan. 26, 1836; d. March 10, 1842. 

IV. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 26, 1839 ; d. Sept. 4, 1843. 

V. Frances Augusta, b. June 30, 1841; md. Feb. 13, 
1861, Charles H. Stanford. Reside in Keene. 
Four children living. 
VI. Marianna C, b. Oct. 28, 1843; md. April 19, 
1863, William L. Streeter, son of Lucius and 
Mary J. (Stratton) Streeter (Stratton family, 
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vii. Emily M., b. Aug. 9, 1847. 

VIII. Virgil 31. , b. Aug. 20, 1851; resides in Winchen- 
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CUTTER. 

The number of families in this town by the name of Cutter has been 
limited, and none of them have continued a residence here during many 
years. E. B. Cutter, a present inhabitant, has remained longer than any 
other person bearing the same name. By reference to the Cutter Gene- 
alogy, recently published, the ancestry of the persons named in this 
paragraph will be easily traced. 



Ja^^ies Cutter, son of Gershom and Anna (Fillebrown) 
Cutter, b. in March, 1742, removed from Waltham to 
Rindge previous to March, 1775, when he was chosen 
surveyor of the highways. He was a member of Cajjt. 
Hale's comjiany, which was called into service by the 
alarm at Concord and Lexington. In 1776 his signature 
was added to the association test, and July 21 of that 
year "Mary, daughter of James Cutter, was baptized." 
This dan. was then about three months old, and conse- 
quently was b. in this town. Mr. Cutter subsequently 
removed to Jaffrey, where he d. April 13, 1790. His 
wife was Catherine, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Hammond) 
Benjamin, who was the mother of seven children. In 
Bond's "Watertown," 191 and 192, the name of this 
person is given Cutler, and there is probably an error in 
the date of the letter from the church in "Waltham to the 
church in Rindge. 

Nathaniel Cutter, b. in Charlestown, now Winches- 
ter, Mass., Aug. 6, 1739; md. Oct. 24, 1758, Sarah 
Wyman, dau. of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) 
Wpnan, who was the mother of his children ; he md. 
(2d) Nov. 20, 1777, Mary Locke, dau. of Samuel and 
Deborah (Butterfield) Locke. At this time, he was a 
resident of Princeton, Mass., from whence he i-emoved to 
Rindge- (Cutter Gen., 91.) He removed between the 
date of his marriage and March 16, 1780, the date of "the 
seating of Rindge meeting-house," in which appears the 
name of " Lt. Nathaniel Cutter and his wife." His resi- 
dence in this town must have been brief, since he d. in 
Skeensborough, now Whitehall, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1783. 
He had ten children, three of whom became associated 
with Rindge families, and Sarah, a dau. of his eldest son, 
Nathaniel," became the wife of Henry Payson, Esq., son 
of Rev. Seth Payson, D.D. 

III. Hepsiheth, the third child, b. Aug. 29, 1863 ; md. 

Daniel Lake, son of Daniel, q. v. 

IV. John, b. March 16, 1765 ; remained in Rindge until 

1789, or 1790. He md. Abigail Demary, dau. of 
John, q. w., and removed to Jaffrey, where he 
became an enterprising and honored citizen. 
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dan. of Nathan and Abigail (Hale) Hunt, q. v. 
He succeeded to the business established by his 
father — the manufacture of leather, — in which 
he has been prospered. He is President of the 
Monadnock National Bank, and has held many 
positions of trust. Mr. Cutter has devoted con- 
siderable time to historical researches, and no 
one is more conversant with the annals and 
former inhabitants of Jaffrey and vicinity. 
VIII. Esther, the eighth child of Lieut. Nathaniel Cutter, 
b. Sept. 26, 1771 ; nid. John Carlton, son of 
James, q. v. 



Elizabeth, or Betsey, Cutter, a dau. of Jonathan and 
Elizabeth (Hastings) Cutter, and granddau. of John and 
Rachel (Powers) Cutter, of Lexington, was b. in Lexing- 
ton, Mass., Dec. 28, 1753. The date and place of her birth 
are found upon Rindge I'ecords. She md. James Phil- 
brick, q. v., and became the mother of twelve children. 



Rachel Cutter, dau. of Nathan and Hannah Cutter, 
of New Ipswich, and granddau. of John and Rachel 
(Powers) Cutter, xud. Andrew Kimball, son of Lieut. 
Richard, q. v., and her sister Rhoda md. in Rindge, June 
9, 1793, Amos Whitney. 



Ebenezer Bancroft Cutter, a camage-maker in 
Rindge, wash, in Jaffrey Oct. 30, 1837; md. March 20, 
1860, Ann J. Bennett, dau. of James, q. v. He is a son of 
Joel and Mary S. (Jones) Cutter, of Jaffrey, grandson of 
Joseph Cuttei', Esq., of Jaffrey, who was a son of John 
and Susannah (Hastings) Cutter, of New Ipswich, and he 
was a son of John and Rachel (Powers) Cutter mentioned 
above. Franklin H. Cutter, who md. Anna S. Bennett, is 
a brother of E. B. Cutter. 



Thomas Danforth was b. in Billerica, Mass., Dec. 28, 
1773. His name appears upon the early records of that 
town, and others in the vicinity. He resided several 
years between the residences of Han*is Hale and A. F. 
Chadwick. He md. 1794, Abigail Davis, b. Dec. 4, 1774, 
dau. of Josiah and Abigail (Hubbard) Davis, of New 
Ipswich; he d. March 24, 1841; his wife d. April 17, 
1833. They had eight children ; first, second, third, fifth, 
and eighth d. young. 

IV. J^enjamin FranMin., b. April 11, 1801. -f- 
VI. John^ b. March 3, 1806; md. Sophia Haynes, and 
resided in Lowell, Mass. He d. Sept. 22, 1843. 



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His son, Charles H., b. Aug. 24, 1839, md. 
April 25, 1859, Roxanua Haley. They 
reside in Rindge. 
vii. Thomas D., b. Sept. 1, 1810 ; d. imnid. at sea. 



Benjamin F. Danforth md. May 15, 1826, Lydia 
Cass, dan. of Jonathan and Abigail (Dow) Cass, of Can- 
dia, N. H. He is a farmer in Rindge ; was four years 
captain of the Rindge and Jaffrey Cavalry Company. 
They have four children. 

I. Henjamin Frankliii, b. Feb. 10, 1827 ; md. Sarah 
M. Rhodes, dau. of Capt. James Rhodes, of 
Grafton, Vt. He is a farmer, and resides in 
Rindge. Three of their four children are living. 
Their eldest son, when twenty years of age, 
weighed two hundred and seventy pounds. 
II. Abigail Z>., b. May 3, 1835; md. Dexter Dickin- 
son, then of Keene. They reside in Aurora, 111. 

III. Zydia A., b. June 21, 1888; md. March, 1863, 

Charles S. Walton, son of Daniel S., q. v. Re- 
side in Shrewsbury, Mass. 

IV. Jrene Amanda, b. Oct. 26, 1840; md. James E. 

Carr, son of Emery and Abby (Rice) Carr, b. 
Dec. 30, 1833. Resides in New Ipswich, near 
the Rindge line, where he has a mill, and is 
engaged in the manufacture of coarse lumber. 

Eliakim Darling, from Andover, settled in Rindge in 
1771. His ^^nie, Martha, d. July 6, 1779; he md. (2d) 
Nov. 10, 1781, Lucy (Wood) Prichard, widow of John 
Prichard, of Rindge, q. v. His children were : — 
I. William,, b. in Andover, Aug. 11, 1769. 
II. Daniel, b. in Rindge, April 1, 1772. 
in. Thomas, b. April 26, 1775. 
IV. Samuel, b. Aug., 1777. 
V. Infant, b. July 2, 1779. 
VI. Martha, dau. of wife Lucy, b. March 2, 1782. 



Amos Darling, also from Andover, md. in Rindge, 
Oct. 19, 1787, Ede Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon, q. v. 
He was a blacksmith. In 1794 he removed fi-om the 
Daniels farm, in the south-west part of the town, to 
Rindge Centre. He d. Oct. 9, 1846, aged 80. 

I. Eliakim, ; md. Mary Grosvenor. 

II. Ede, ; md. Abiel Holt, q. v. 

III. Rocksena, b. May 26, 1802 ; md. Micajah Kent. 

IV. Liberty, b. June 8, 1806 ; d. young. 

V. Martha, ; md. Stephen Brooks (2d), q. v. 

VI. Susan, ; md. Nahum Robbins, q. v. 

VII. Rebecca, ; md. Eli S. Whitmore, q. v. 

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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



DAVIS. 

The Da-vds families in Rindge have been very niimerons. Eight of 
this name signed the association test (Vide p. 122), and the number was 
subsequently increased by other removals to this town, and in marked 
contrast only two of this name are found upon the tax-list for 1807. In 
some instances it is impossible to indicate the kinship existing between 
these families. Some of them were from Groton, and others from Lin- 
coln, Littleton, and Weston. 



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Benjamin Davis, son of Benjamin, was b. in Groton, 

Mass., April 8, 1744; md. May 28, 1765, Anna Farns- 
worth, dau. of Dea. Isaac and Anna (Green) Farns- 
wortli, b. in Groton, Jan. 23, 174G. They removed to 
Rindge in 1767. He was a sergeant in Capt. Thomas' 
company in 1775, and is presumed to have been one of 
the forty-five men in the service in 1776, which accounts 
for the absence of his name on the association test. He 
was styled ensign in 1778, and subsequently was a major 
in the militia. His name disappears from the tax-lists 
after 1797. The children, except Lucy, were b. in 
Rindge. 

I. Zucy, b. May 29, 1766; md. Aug. 28, 1788, Jonas 

Wheeler. 
II. Jesse, b. April 27, 1768; md. Esther Page.-|- 

III. Benjamin, b. Sept. 20, 1770. 

IV. Joshua, b. July 18, 1773. 
V. An7ia, b. March 11, 1775. 

VI. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1778. 
VII. Betty, b. June 13, 1780 ; d. April 18, 1783. 
VIII. James, b. Nov. 13, 1782. 



Joseph Davis, a brother of Major Benjamin, b. in 
Groton, Sept. 27, 1765 ; md. at Little Cambridge, Jan. 11, 
1791, Lydia Shedd, probably a dau. of William and Lydia 
Shedd, of Groton. They came from Groton to Rindge 
in 1794. He is not taxed after 1798. 

I. Joshua, b. in Groton, Nov. 30, 1791. 
II. Harriet, b. in Groton, Sept. 30, 1793. 

III. Lydia, b. in Rindge, Nov. 25, 1795. 

IV. Lucinda, b. in Rindge, Sept. 19, 1797. 



William Davis came from Lincoln in 1778. He md. 

in Rindge, May 10, 1774, Martha Whitney, dau. of Solo- 
mon and Martha (Fletcher) Whitney, of Rindge, q. v. 
He served one enlistment in the army, and was at the 
battle of Bennington. In 1780 he removed to Peterbor- 
ough Slip (Sharon), but returned in one or two years to 
Rindge. 



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I. jStisannah, b. May 7, 1775. 
II. Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1777. 

III. Ztccy, b. Dec. 27, 1778. 

IV. Zydia, b. Jvxne 2, 1781 ; md. Feb. 22, 1808, Stephen 

Davis, of Enosburg, Vt. 
V. Bathsheba, b. Oct. 2, 1783 ; d. Sept. 2, 1787. 
VI. Solomon Whitney, b. May 15, 1785. 
VII. Israel, b. Jan. 17, 1788. 
vm. Bathsheha, b. May 13, 1793. 
IX. Timothy, b. March 23, 1795. 



Richard Davis, also from Lincoln, was here in 1773. 
He md. in Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1771, Lois "Whitney, b. in 
Weston, 1733. She was a sister of Martha Whitnev, 
wife of William Davis, and perhaps William and Richard 
Davis were brothers. The two youngest children were b. 
in Rindge, but the family probably removed previous to 
1780. 

I. Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1772, in Weston. 
11. Solomon, b. "April 24, 1774. 
III. Lois, b. Nov. 8, 1775. 



Amos Davis and Hannah Spaulding were md. in 
Rindge, by Mr. Dean, Dec. 7, 1775. The family removed 
previous to 1793. Five children were b. in Rindge. 

I. Amos, b. Sept. 3, 1776. 
II. Joseph, b. July 23, 1778. 

III. Ruth, b. Feb. 17, 1780. 

IV. Jonathan, b. July 13, 1781. 
V. Jonas, b. Feb. 21, 1783. 



Daniel Davis was b. in Bedford, April 3, 1742. He 
md. May 1, 1765, Susanna Lane, of Bedford, b. 1737. 
After a few years' residence in Jaffrey they came to 
Rindge in 1774, but probably did not remain many years. 
Children recorded in Rindge: — 

I. Susannah, b. in Bedford, Nov. 6, 1767. 
II. Sarah, b, in Jaffrey, Feb. 1, 1770. 

III. P(i;ul, bap. in Rindge, Aug. 4, 1771 ; probably d. 

young. 

IV. Hannah, b. in Jaffrey, April 5, 1773. 
V. Daniel, b. in Rindge, June 15, 1775. 



Randall Davis and wife were seated in the meeting 
in 1780. He was here several years pre\dous, but no 
record of his family has been secured. They removed 
previous to 1793, and if all the Davises who Avent from 
this town about that time had gone to the same place 
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(3) Jesse Davis, son of Major Benjamin, nid. Nov. 27, 
1788, Esther Pa^e, dau. of John, q. v. She d. March 14, 
1790; nid. (2d) Dec. 20, 1791, Mille Farwell, of Rindge. 
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I. Seioell, b. May 3, 1789 ; d. Oct. 4, 1790. 
II. Sewell, b. July 4, 1792. 

III. Esther, b. Sept. 6, 1794. 

IV. Joshua, b. June 22, 1796. 
V. Betstj, b. April 18, 1798. 

VI. Jesse, b. Jan. 28, 1800. 

The three youngest were b. in Ludlow. 



Peter Davis, a clock-maker, resided several years in 
this town. He md. Aug, 28, 1783, Hannah Eaton, dau. 
of John Eaton, of Jaffrey. His wife d. May 20, 1818. 
Hannah, his dau., was the bandbox-maker of Jaffrey. 



Lieut. Ebeistezer Davis, a son of Simon Davis, was 
from Littleton, Mass. Resided in Rindge a few years 
previous to his marriage ; md. Nov. 26, 1777, Maria 
Whitney, of Littleton. His farm was east of and adjacent 
to the farm of Ebenezer Stratton, senior. He was styled 
Lieutenant from and after 1778, and was respected for 
his ability and integrity. He d. Dec. 10, 1831, aged 88; 
his w^ife d. May 4, 1830, aged 84. 

I. Simon, b. Nov 



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1841. He was a school-teacher of good repute. 
II. Ebenezer, b. May 10, 1780 ; d. Feb. 17, 1808. 

III. Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1781 ; md. in Rindge, May 4, 
1808, Rufus Bullock, Esq., of Royalston, Mass. 
Ex-Gov. A. H. Bullock, of Massachusetts, is a 
son of this niamage. 

IV. Joseph, b. May 13, 1784; d. unmd. April 27, 1849. 
V. Polly, b. July 14, 1790 ; d. unmd. Aug. 11, 1869. 

55 ; Simon Davis resided in Rindge a part or all of the time 
between 1770 and 1780. He was in the Revolutionary 
service from this town. No information of his family is 
found. 



Calvin Davis, b. 1799, resided several years in the 
north-east part of this town. He d. by suicide, Jan. 19, 
1838. No complete record of his family is received. 



Joseph Davis, b. 1794, was a son of Ebenezer Bennett 
Davis, and a grandson of Deliverance and Dorothy 
(Wood) Davis, of Littleton, Mass., and a great-grandson 
of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis. He md. May 26, 1828, 



GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 605 

Hiildah La^vTence, of Ashby, and settled in Ashbnrnham, 
where she d. Dec. 9, 1838, aged 38 years. He md. (2d) 
April 15, 1839, Jane Melntire, of Jefferson Co., New 
York. He removed to Rindoe 1840, where his second 
wife d. Feb. '2'2, 1846, and he^ md. (3d) Feb. 11, 1847, 
Rachel Brooks (Brooks family No. 7). He was a farmer 
and a respected citizen. He d. Oct. 10, 1873. 

I. Harriet Augusta^ b. in Ashburnham, Aug. 16, 
1829; md. Derostns P. Emory, q. v. 

II. George TFi, b. in Ashburnham, May 22, 1832 ; md. 
Aug. 16, 1861, Melissa A. Metcalf, dau. of Eras- 
tus Metcalf, q. v. He resides, a successful mer- 
chant, in Hudson, Mass. 

1. Fannv M., b. July 16, 1867. 

2. George Fred, b. Feb. 19, 1869. 

III. Andrew Lysander, b. in Ashburnham, Dec. 14, 

1834; d. Feb 27, 1836. 

IV. Emily F., b. in Ashburnham, Sept, 15, 1836; md. 

Samuel Warren Kimball, son of Samuel M. 
Kimball, q. v. 
V. Joseph Lysander^ of second wife, b. in Rindge, 
May 29, 1843 ; drowned in Deerfield River, Deer- 
field, Mass., Oct. 14, 1869. 



Benjamin Davison had resided in Fitzwilliam j^revious 
to his removal to Rindge in 1837. Four of his children 
d. in childhood, between 1822 and 1830. He md. (2d) 
about 1820, Nancy Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer Colburn, 
Jr., q. V. He was many years an officer in the Methodist 
Society, and was an esteemed citizen. He d. Sept. 20, 
1860, aged 71 ; his widow d. March 21, 1874. 

I. benjamin Srigham, b. 1818; md. Dec. 7, 1843, 
Almira Peirce, dau. of Zebadiel Peirce, of Jaf- 
frey. He was a farmer, and resided upon the 
farm with his father. He d. Nov. 16, 1861. 
11. Abigail, md. Sept. 12, 1841, Daniel C. Prescott, of 
Jaffrey. 

Children of second wife : — 

III. David, md. Lydia Sears, of East Dennis, Mass., 
and (2d) Mary E. Foster, of Brewster, Mass. 
Five of his six children are deceased. 

1. Lydia S., md. Cutter, of Cambridge, 

Mass. 



Rev. Seth Dean, the first settled minister in Rindge, 
a son of William Dean, of Plainfield, Ct., and a grandson 
of James Dean, of Stonington and Groton, was b. in 
Plainfield, Ct., Aug. 7, 1715. Graduated at Yale 1738. 



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After preaching in several places lie came to Rinrlge early 
in the year 1765, and was ordained in November of that 
year. Vide Chap. IX, Upon his dismissal in 1780, he 
returned to his native State, and sui)plied the pulpit in 
North Killingly, now East Putnam, where he d. in April, 
1782. Mr. Dean md. Mercy Fenner, of Providence, R. I. 
She d. about 1776, and he md. (2d) widow Allen, of 
Brookline, Ct. The following baptisms are found upon 
the church records : — 

John, son of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized April 13, 1766. 

Anne and Eunice, daughters of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized 

Aug. 10, 1766. 

Sarah, daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized Dec. 6, 1767. 

Esther, daughter of Rev. Seth Dean, baptized Aug. 25, 1771. 

John, who was bap. in 1766, was md. in 1772, and con- 
sequently was a youth when bap., and it will hereafter 
appear that he was b. in 1746 or 1747. Esther was md, 
in 1774, and her baptism may possibly have occurred on 
the occasion of admission to the church. The fact that 
her name does not appear in the record of membership 
does not destroy the siipposition, since the early records 
of the church are fragmentary and imperfect. Through 
the kindness of John Ward Dean, Esq., the efficient libra- 
rian of the New England Historical Genealogical Society, 
additional information of the children of Rev. Seth Dean 
is gleaned from a copy of a letter written by John Dean, 
son of John, and grandson of Rev. Seth Dean, under date 
of Feb. 18, 1847. The oi'der in which they are named is 
conjectural. 

I. Amy^ md. Isaac Allen, probably the Isaac Allen of 

Rindge, q. v. 

II. Seth^ killed when thirteen years of age by the over- 

turning of a cart. 

III. John, b. 1747; md. Prudence Page. -f- 

IV. Esther, md. Dr. Asher Palmer, q. v. ; (2d) David 

Main. 
V. Anne. S'CZ^>Lc*'-iA^ 

VI, Eunice, md, — r^^ Brooks, and settled in Reading, 

Vt. ; and (2cl) Crofut, of Grai^ville, N. Y. 

VII. Sarah. 



John Dean md. July 14, 1772, Prudence Page, dau. of 
Nathaniel, of Rindge, q. v. He was a member of Capt. 
Stone's Company in 1777, and was at the battle of Ben- 
nington. " My daughter Prudence Dean " is mentioned 
in the will of Nathaniel Page, dated Aug. 26, 1779. 
" Leonard, Seth, and John, children of John and Prudence 
Dean, baptized Dec. 21, 1777." In 1780 he removed with 
his father to Connecticut, and ten years later to Haver- 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 507 

hill, N". H., the home of a brother of his wife. From 
Haverhill he removed to Bradford, Vt., where he d. 1796, 
aged 49. Their children Avere: (1) Leonard, d. about 
1830, leaving a, family; (2) Seth, lived in Mayfield, O. ; 
(3) John, md. Elizabeth, dan. of Gen. Moody' Bedell, of 
Haverhill ; resided in Lunenburg, Vt. ; his son John was 
a lawyer in Montpelier ; (4) Nathaniel P., went to Ohio ; 
(5) Fenner, d. about 1830, leaving a family; (6) Dan- 
forth, settled in Wells, Vt. ; (7) Silas; (8) William, 
resided in Pawlet, Vt.; had a family; (9) Caleb, d. unmd. 
in Mayfield, O. 



Hiram Dean, not known to have been a kinsman of 
Rev. Seth Dean, was a steelyard-maker. He was a 
roving planet, and his frequent removals were perhaps an 
incident of his occupation and in quest of new markets 
for his wares. He came from Groton to Rindge in May, 
1779. Two years later he removed to Townsend, and 
subsequently to Jaffrey. By his wife Eleanor he had six 
children : — 

I. Hiram, b. previous to 1779. 

II. Meanor,h. previous to 1779; md. May 21,1801, 
Thomas Wilson. 

III. Elizabeth, b. in Rindge Feb. 17, 1780. (Rindge 

records.) 

IV. Molley, b. in Townsend Dec. 17, 1781. (Townsend 

records.) 
V. Moses, a cripple, d. about 1807. 
VI. Dudley. 



EzEKiEL Demaey, the son of a French emigi-ant, was 
b. in Boston 1738, and resided in Rindge with his brother 
John, and with other families, during the greater portion 
of the last thirty or more years of his life. He was an 
ardent patriot, and is said to have been of the party who 
threw the tea into Boston harbor. He served sevei-al 
years in the Revolutionary army, enlisting from this town. 
He was never md., and d. in Rindge 1811. 



John Demaey, older than his brother Ezekiel, was also 
b. in Boston about 1728. He md. Rebecca Corneille, — 
whose parents were also natives of France. Previous to 
their removal to Rindge they had resided in Billerica and 
Lunenbui-g, Mass. They were admitted to the church in 
Lunenburg by letter from the church in Billerica Sept. 1, 
1751. In 1763 he removed with his wife and six children, 
and settled upon the farm occupied for many years by the 
late Hubbard Moors. He d. in Nov., 1807; his wife d. 
pre\4ous to this date. He served two short terms in the 
army. 



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I. John, b. in Lunenburg Aug. 27, 1751, Killed by 
Indians while in the Revolutionary army, Nov. 1, 
1781, after more than four years of continuous 
service. 

II. Rebecca, b. Feb. 24, 1754 ; md. John Buswell, q. v. 

ni. Hannah, b. Feb. 13, 1756. 

IV. Anna, b. April 15, 1758 ; md. Ensign Ezekiel Rand, 
q. V. 

V. SaraJi, b. June 1, 1760 ; md. Lemuel Page, q. v. 

VI. Thomas, b. July 15, 1762 ; md. Rebecca Cutler, 

VII. Ezekiel, b. in Rindge ; bap. in Lunenburg Aug. 5, 

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VIII. Silas, bap. in Rindge Aug. 10, 1766; md. Dec. 23, 
1794, Sally Rand, q. v., and removed to Weath- 
ersfield, Vt. 
IX. Abigail, b. Aug. 21, 1768; md. John Cutter, q. v. 
X. Peter, bap. May 26, 1771. 

XI. Netccomb, bap. April 30, 1775. Lived in New 
York State. 



Thomas Demary, md. May 4, 1786, Rebecca Cutler, 
dau. of Capt. Solomon, and resided in Rindge until 1798, 
when the family removed to Lebanon, N. H. He was a 
soldier in the Revolution, and his name appears in the 
history of that period. 

I. Rebecca, b. July 9, 1787. 
II. Cynthia, b. Sept. 29, 1790. 

III. Polly, b. — — . 

IV. Thomas, b. March 31, 1795. 
V. Nancy, b. May 30, 1797. 



Ezekiel Demaey, md. Nov. 23, 1786, Maria Parker, 
dau. of Josej^h and Abigail (Page) Parker, of Groton, 
Mass., where she was b. Oct. 6, 1768. Her father 
removed to Maine and she came to Rindge when a child, 
and lived with her grandfather, Lieut. Joseph Page. Vide 
No. 40, of the Page family. Mr. Demary settled upon 
the farm now of James Damon, where he resided many 
years. He d. May 1, 1840 ; his widow d. Aug. 5, 1842. 

I. Clarissa, b. May 6, 1787; md. Capt. Freeborn 

Stearns, q. v. 
II. John, b. Dec. 21, 1789; md. Catharine Johnson, 

q.V.^ 

III. Jlaria, b. 1791 ; md. John Y. Platts, q. v. 

IV. Eanny, b. Oct. 25, 1794; md. Feb. 18, 1822, Elias 

Whitney. 
V. Linda, b. Feb. 7, 1797 ; md. Jedidiah Foster. 
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VII. Miza, b. Feb. 18, 1802. 
viii. JETarriet, b. Dec. 9, 1806 ; md. Oliver Hale, q. v. 

John Demabt, md. July 19, 1813, Catharine Johnson, 
dau. of Nathan, q. v. He was a tanner, and for a short 
time was in business at the yard formerly of Benjamin 
Bancroft, in Rindge Centre. He left his home and cred- 
itors with hasty words of farewell, about 1815. His only 
child, 

I. Nathan Johnson., b. April 22, 1814, was a man of 
many eccentricities, but of superior natural abil- 
ity. He d. unmd.,/e?o de se, Nov. 29, 1859. 



James Locke Demakt, md. Oct. 24, 1822, Olive Page, 
dau. of Elias and Olive (Smith) Page, q. v. She d. 
Dec. 7, 1825; md. (2d) March 15, 1826, Esther Page, 
a sister of Olive; she d. May 11, 1868. 

I. Olive, b. June 18, 1824; md. Ezekiel Haskell. 
II. Joseph P., b. Nov. 20, 1826 ; d. Sept. 15, 1829. 

III. JEJsther S., b. Dec. 5, 1828 ; d. April 1, 1829. 

IV. James X., b. Dec. 25, 1829 ; md. Laura Metcalf, 

dau. of Timothy, q. v. 

V. JVancij IT., b. Dec. 11, 1831 ; md. Leonard P. Well- 

ington, q. V. She d. April 15, 1859. 

VI. John 31., b. Jan. 11, 1834; md. Lydia Church, and 

resides in Winchendon. 
VII. Aherlino J., b. Feb. 11, 1836; md. Angeline E. 

Tarbell, adopted dau. of Samuel Tarbell. 
VIII. Christopher C, b. Feb. 16, 1838; md. Oct. 4, 
1859, Olive Page, dau. of Jonathan Page. Re- 
sides in Rindge. 
Tx. Esther A., b. Dec. 2, 1839 ; md. Abram Richards, 

son of John Richards. 
X. Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1842 ; d. in the armv, Feb. 1, 

1863. 
XI. Hannah JS.,\). Feb. 1.3, 1844; md. Rufus Whit- 
ney, of Fitzwilliam. 

Nathax Derby was b. in Princeton, Mass., about 1765. 
He md. Susan Thompson, of Sterling, Mass., and after a 
residence of several years in Leominster, Mass., they 
removed to the south-west part of this town in 18 — . 
Several years later he removed to Andover, Vt. He d. 
1838 ; his widow d. 1848. 

I. Nathan, md. Betsey Thomas, dau. of Capt. Philij) 
Thomas, q. v. She d. July 11, 1822, and he md. 
(2d) Betsey Dowse. He resides in Andover, Vt. 

II. Oliver, md. Betsey Hadley, and removed to 

Groton, Mass. ; d. 1869. 

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III. Betsey^ d. young. 

IV. Deliverance, md. Betsey Whitney, and resided in 

Groton and in Harvard, Mass. He d. in the lat- 
ter town 1837. 

V. Sophia, md. Asa Prescott, of Westford, and re- 

moved to California. 

VI. EpJiraim, md. Betsey Whitney; has resided in 

Westmoreland ; is now in Nashua, N. H. His 
wife d. 1861. 

VII. Milo, b. 1802; md. Nov. 27, 1833, Clara Cook, dau. 

of John and Anna (Beals) Cook. He d. in Ash- 
burnham June 8, 1851, and his widow md. (2d) 
David Nutting, who d. Feb. 24, 1863. There 
were three children of Milo and Clara Derby. 

1. Edward M., b. May 16, 1836 ; d. Nov. 27, 

1844. 

2. Wilbiir M., b. May 6, 1841 ; md. May 10, 

1865, Martha A. Page, dau. of Warren 
and Mary (Brown) Page, of Winchester, 
N. H. They reside in East Rindge. 

3. Lizzie C, b. March 29, 1848 ; md. May 10, 

1865, Willard Page, son of Warren and 
Mary (Brown) Page. She d. Sept. 27, 
1867. He resides in East Rindge. 

VIII. 3Iary, md. Eli Green, of Westford, Mass., and d. 

1837. 
IX. Josiah, md. Betsey Whitney, and resides in Ash- 

burnham. 
X. Emily, md. Dwell Whitney, of Ashburnham. She 
d. 1868, and he md. (2d) Rebecca (Gilson) 
Crouch, widow of Joel Crouch. 



Silas Dutton md. in Lunenburg, May 3, 1763, Sarah 
Whitney, and removed the following year to this town. 
After 1771 this family disappear from the records. Their 
children, as far as known, were : — 

I. Silas, b. in Lunenburg May, 1764. 
II. Polly, bap. in Rindge Aug. 31, 1766. 

III. Oliver, bap. in Rindge April 26, 1767. 

IV. Jane, bap. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1771. 

V. Zacariah, bap. in Rindge Nov. 10, 1771. 



Reed Dutton^ md. Betsey Burnap, and resided a few 
years from 1829 on the farm now of Dea. James Bancroft. 
They were subsequently divorced, and he is again md. 
and resides in Milford, N. H. Two children were b. in 
Rindge. 

I. Daughter, d. young, Jan. 6, 1829. 



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II. Zois E., b. Jan. 18, 1830; md. May 31, 1848, 
Abram G. Lawrence, of Ashby, Mass. They 
resided in Rindge from 1856 until 1869. Now 
reside in Fitchburg, Mass. Mr. Lawi'ence is a 
son of Benjamin and Sally (Gibson) La^vi-enee, 
of Ashby, and a grandson of Peter Lawrence, 
who was several years in the army during the 
Revolution. He was b. Oct. 17, 1742, and was a 
son of Pea. Jonathan Lawrence, of Littleton, 
and a grandson of Major Eleazer Lawrence, of 
Groton and Littleton, and he a son of Peleg 
LaAvrence, of Groton, who was a son of John 
Lawrence, the emigrant, who settled in Water- 
town in 1635, and subsequently removed to 
Groton. 



Bartholomew Dwi^^xel enlisted in 1780 into the Con- 
tinental service. The same year he and his wife were 
seated in the meeting-house, and he was subsequently 
elected to minor offices. 



Bartholomew Dwinnel, i)erhaps the same person, md. 
June 23, 1785, Rebecca Towne, dau. of Dea. Francis 
Towne, and removed to Keene, N. H. 



Michael Dwixnel md. Dec. 3, 1795, Lydia Towne, 
sister of Rebecca, and removed to Keene, N. H. 



Sarah Dw^xxel md. Aug. 14, 1781, Abel Jewett, sou 
of Ezekiel. 



Rebecca Dwinxel md. Nov. 12, 1812, Solomon Saw- 
tell, (2d) q. V. It is impossible to indicate in what man- 
ner the above were related. 



EARL. 

"William Earl was residing in Bosford, Mass., in 1719, and was 
taxed there for several succeeding years. He md. in Middleton, Nov. 10, 
1719, Elizabeth Curtis, by whom he had five children. He d. previous to 
1736, and his widow was living in 1785. He spelled his name Eills, and 
upon the records the name is frequently written lies ; but his descendants 
have restored the original orthography of the name. 

1 Williajsi Earl, son of William, of Boxford, was b. 

March 25, 1723; md. Aug. 23, 1744, Martha Booth, of 
Middleton. He resided in Boxford until 1750, and prob- 
ably until a later period. At an advanced age he re- 
moved to this town, where he d. 1799. Of his six chil- 
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John Earl, son of William, grandson of "William, was 
b. in Boxford, May 16, 1746, and came to Rindge soon 
after the incorporation of the toAvn. He md. in Groton, 
Jnly 17, 1773, Rebecca Page, dan. of Joseph Page, then 
of Groton, but subsequently of this town. In Butler's 
" History of Groton " the record of this marriage styles 
him John Ellis, an easy mistake for Eills. He settled 
upon the farm more recently occupied by Josiah Stratton, 
senior and junior, where he d. May 10, 1803, and his 
widow d. Sept. 25, 1830. He was several years collector 
I of taxes and constable, and during the Revolution the 
town's proportion of the State tax was frequently paid 
j by him. 

I. Hebecca, b. Feb. 21, 1774; md. May 6, 1794, 
! Thomas Cutler, son of Thomas and Abigail 

(Reed) Cutler, of Lexington, Mass., and a 
nephew of Capt. Solomon Cutler, of Rindge, 
They resided in Lexington and in Ashby. He 
d. in Boxford, Mass., Feb. 14, 1833, aged 64. 

1. Charles, b. Feb. 3, 1795; md. Prudence 
Holden. Two children. 

2. Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1796 ; md. Abel Greene, 
of Carlisle, Mass., and d. Sept. 30, 1837. 

3. Marshall, b. June 10, 1800 ; md. Catherine 
Wood, of Dunstable, and d. in Mobile, 
Ala., Aug. 25, 1850. 

4. Thomas C, b. Jan. 16, 1803; md. Maria 
Wood, of Dunstable; md. (2d) Louisa 
Wheat. He removed to Bedford, Mass. 

5. Rebecca, b. April 14, 1805 ; d. unmd. Aug. 
15, 1826. 

6. Nathaniel C, b. Aug. 21, 1808 ; md. Susan 
Lane; (2d) Catherine Wheeler; (3d) 
Elizabeth Reed. He settled in Bedford. 

7. Leonard N., b. April 13, 1811; d. unmd. 
Jan. 19, 1835. 

8. Alice S., b. July 7, 1815; md. S. Harring- 
ton; d. May 10, 1839. 

II. Sally,^ b. Sept. 8, 1775 ; md. Aug. 6, 1798, Lsaac 
Smith, of Lexington, son of Josiah and Hannah 
(Brown) Smith. He d. Dec. 6, 1840; she d. 
Sept. 25, 1861. Five children : — 

1. Eliza, b. Jan. 22, 1800; md. March 24, 
1831, Charles Blodget. 

2. Susan P., b. July 2l, 1801 ; md. May 8, 
1823, Francis Kjttridge. 

3. Mary, b. Jan. 16, 1803; md. 1835, Wm. B. 
Smith. 



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4. John, h. Oct. 17, 1804; md. Oct. 16, 1831, 

Hannah Fillebrown. 

5. Martha B., b. Jan. 20, 1809 ; d. nnnid. Mqy 

30, 1851. 

III. Eunice, b. Sept. 16, 1777; md. Capt. Leonard 

Wellington, q. v. 

IV. JVabbi/, l\ Aug. 16, 1779 ; nid. Isaac Wood, q. v. 
V. Ccdli/, b. Oct. 30, 1781 ; d. in Rindge unmd. Jan. 

20, 1862. 
VI. 3fari/, b. Nov. 11, 1784; md. David Wood, q. v. 
VII. Ilepsibeth,h. Oct. 26, 1787; md. Josiah Stratton, 

q. V. 
viii. John, b. Oct. 30, 1789; md. in Burlington, Vt., 

Rhoda Carter. He resided in Burlington, and 

later in tlie States of Ncav York and Michigan. 

Four of his nine children d. young. The others, 

if living, reside in the boundless West. 
IX. Grata, b.^Aug. 10, 1792 ; md. 1818, John A. Gillet, 

of Burlington, Vt. 



Aaeon" Easty, or Estt, resided in town only a few 
years. He md. Oct. 22, 1766, Molley Hopper, probably of 
Lynn. With two children they removed to Rindge in 
1770 or 1771. They were here in 1776, but the name dis- 
appears from the records previous to 1780. It is tradition 
that he returned to Topsiield or vicinity. 

I. Joseph, b. in Topsfield Sept. 5, 1767. 

II. Hannah, b. in Topsfield July — , 1769. 

III. William, b. in Rindge May 26, 1771. 

IV. John, b. in Rindge June — , 1773. 



Joseph Eato" for a short time was interested in the 
manufacture of shoes, and Charles and Lott Eaton were 
workmen in the same business; but none of them were 
more than temporary residents here. 



EDDY. 

John Eddy, a brother of Samuel, of Plymouth, was a son of Rev. Will- 
iam Eddy, of Craiubrook, Kent County, England. He came to America 
1630, and soon after settled in Watertown, where he was selectman 1635, 
'36, '37. He d. Oct. 12, 1684, aged 90. His son Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 
1640, d. Nov. 2, 1711, leaving seven childi-en, the eldest of whom was 
Samuel, b. June 4, 1668 ; md. Dec. 13, 1693, Elizabeth Woodward, dau. 
of George and Elizabeth (Hammond) Woodward, of Watertown. Benjar 
min, their seventh child, b. Nov. 30, 1707, removed from Watertown to 
Newton, where he md. 1733, Elizabeth Truesdale, dau. of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Hammond) Truesdale. Their third child and eldest son was 
Benjamin, b. Oct. 21, 1739. He served three years in the Revolution. In 
Dec, 1760, he md. Sarah Holland, by whom he had eleven childi-en, and 
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Dea. Benjamin Eddy, the sixth generation from John 
Eddy, the emigrant, was b. Sept. 13, 1764. He md. 
Zelida Peirce, who was the mother of his five children. 
In 1821 he removed to this town, and in Oct. of that year 
md. Mrs. Mary Stone. She d. Sept. 17, 1826. Two years 
later he removed to Newton, where he d. in 1852. He 
was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church Aug. 4, 
1823, and continued in the office during his i-esidence in 
this town. 



Benjamin F. Eddy, a grandson of Dea. Eddy, md. Mary 
Goodridge, dau. of David and Susan Goodridge. After 
his decease she md. (2d) William A. Sherwin, of Rindge, 
q. v., and her two children became residents of this town. 

I. J^etijamin Websfer, b. July 4, 1842; md. June, 
1868, Lizzie Wilson. He is a dealer in books 
and stationery, Fitchburg. 

II. Mary A., b. July 3, 1844; md. Frederick Spauld- 
ing, of Jaffrey. 



John Emory^, the ancestor of the Emorys of Rindge, 
was probably a descendant of the Newbury family. The 
change in the orthography from Emery to Emory was 
adopted since the emigration to this town. He was b. in 
Topsfield, 1750, where he md. Elizabeth Perkins. They 
came to Rindge in 1771, and settled in the south-west 
part of the town. He was unpretending in his manner 
and upright in character. He d. March 26, 1839, aged 88. 

I. Francis, b. Aug. 14, 1770, in Topsfield. -|- 

II. Daniel, b. July 5, 1772. -|- 

III. Joh7i, b. Oct. 14, 1774.-}- 

IV. Isaac, b. March 25, 1776 ; lived and died in the State 

of New York, 
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VI. Betsey, b. April 25, 1782; d. unmd. Sept. 1, 1844. 
VII. Olive, b. Sept. 26, 1784; d. unmd. Aug. 20, 1855. 
VIII. Enos, b. Oct. 23, 1791. + 



Francis Emory md. Jan. 18, 1796, Eunice Philbrick, 
dau. of James, q. v. They resided a few years in Graf- 
ton, Vt., and subsequently in Winchendon. They had 
seven children. 

I. Grata, b. in Grafton, Oct. 17, 1797; d. Oct. 13, 

1801. 
II. Elizabeth P., b. in Grafton, Aug. 23, 1799; d. Oct. 
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III. John, b. in Winchendon, Nov. 20, 1800 ; md. Sept. 

24, 1823, Sarah F. Barrett, who d. May 9, 1830 ; 
md. (2d) Almira Jones, dau. of Daniel and Lucy 
(Ames) Jones, of Framingham, Mass. He d. 
Dec. 4, 1866. Three children by first wife. 

1. Jane, md. Henry O. Blanchard. Reside in 

Wisconsin. 

2. Maria, md. David M. Parker. Reside in 

Wisconsin. 

3. Justin, md. Elizabeth Barber, of Winchen- 

don. Now reside in Rindge. 

IV. Eunice, b. April 30, 1803; md., about 1825, Milo 

Stone, son of Capt. Ebeuezer and Sybil (Howe) 
Stone, of Townsend, Mass. He was a merchant 
and hotel-keeper in Rindge a short time. He d. 
Julv 16, 1834. She md. (2d) George French, 
and d. Feb. 25, 1837. 
V. Lucretia, b. Feb. 24, 1805 ; md. Hubbard Moors, 
q. V. 

VI. Louisa, b. Oct. 3, 1807; md. April 3, 1834, Hollis 
Chaffin. They lived in Rindge a few years, and 
now reside in Providence, R. I. 

VII. Sarah S., b. Aug. 26, 1809; md. July 3, 1838, Hos- 
ley Shedd, of Tewksbury ; resided there. He d. 
June 16, 1874. She d. Dec. 9, 1873. No chil- 
dren. 



Daniel Emory md. Betsey Curtice, dau. of Abner and 
Ruth (Hale) Curtice. She was b. in Boxford, Mass., July 
14, 1772, and when a child her parents removed to Win- 
chendon. Mr. Emory was engaged in the manufacture of 
nest-boxes in this town until 1806, when he removed to 
Jaffrey. Aboixt 1825 he went to Pennsylvania, where he 
was a farmer and manufacturer, and for several years Avas 
postmaster. He d. in Mehoopany, Wyoming Co., Pa., 
1855. His wife d. in Jaffrey, 1848. 

I. Permelia, b. Nov. 1, 1794; d. unmd. in Ware, 

Mass. 
II. Prentice Burr, b. July 17, 1797. He was a physi- 
cian. Resided and d. in New Jersey. 

III. Alvah, b. June 11, 1799. He was a hatter, and 

after his marriage resided in Leominster, Mass. 
Hed., s.p., Sept. 24, 1851. 

IV. Ambrose, b. Nov. 12, 1802; md. Mary Godding, 

dau. of Henry Godding, q. v., and resided in 
Rindge and Jaffrey. 

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V. Cynthia, b. ; md. Levi Joslin, of Rindge, q. v. 

She d. leaving two sons. 

1, Levi. 

2. Judson. 

VI. Daniel,\). Jan. 16, 1809. -f- 

VII. Sophia, b. ; md. Jonatlian J. Ayers, of North 

Brookfield, Mass. 



John Emory md. Dec. 25, 1806, Deborah Towne, dau. 
of Dea. Francis Towne. He was a farmer in Rindge. 
He d. June 7, 1838 ; she d. Oct. 14, 1832. 

I. Charles Pinckney, b. Oct. 15, 1817; d. unmd. 

April 5, 1853. 
n. Francis Towne, b. July 24, 1811 ; md. Nov. 5, 

1844, Mary Smith. Lived in Rindge until 1856, 

when he removed to Prairie City, 111. They 

have three sons. 

III. Elizabeth P., b. June 10, 1815 ; md. Nov., 1857, 

Walter Brooks ; resided in Rindge until 1866, 
and then removed to Prairie City, 111., whei'e she 
d. Aug., 1870. 

IV. Deborah, b. Dec, 1820 ; md. Jacob Newell, of Jaf- 

frey. He d. April 5, 1863, a member of Co. F, 
16th N. H. Vols. 

1. George A., b. Jime 19, 1850; md. Feb. 9, 

1871, Sarah M. Wright, dau. of Edward 
and Maria (Sawin) Wright, of Rindge. 

2. Henry O., b. Feb. 8, 1856 ; d. young. 

3. Francis H., b. April 8, 1857 ; d. young. 



Capt. Stephen Emory md. Feb. 15, 1804, Betsey 
Wood, dau. of Isaac, senior, q. v. She d. March 2, 1807; 
md. (2d) May 30, 1810, Polly Ingalls, dau. of Jonathan, 
q. v.; she d. May 20, 1826; md. (3d) July 19, 1827, Hep- 
sey Buswell, dau. of John, q. v. He d. Jan. 13, 1874, 
aged 95 years and 8 months, being more than five years 
older than any person living, at the time, in Rindge. His 
wife d. March 7, 1858. Capt. Emory was a farmer, and 
for many years was engaged in the manufacture of nest- 
boxes and drums. He was a captain in the militia, select- 
man, and frequently elected to other offices, and was 
universally resj^ected for integrity and honesty. 

I. Derostus Wood, b. Feb. 22, 1807. + 
II. Albert, b. March 5, 1811; resides in Canton, 111,; 
md. Sarah Jane Capps. 

1. Eliza Jane. 

2. Charles Albert. 



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in. Augustus, b. Sept. 27, 1813; resides in Canton, 
111. ; md. Pernielia Woodworth. 

1. Herbert. 

IV. miza, b. May 31, 1816; d. Sept. 16, 1816. 

V. Eliza, b. Feb. 21, 1819; resides in Rindge. 

VI. Infant,\^^ j^, ^g^g ^^ ^^^^ month. 

VII. Infant, ) -^ ' ' 

VIII. Stephen B., b. Sept. 1, 1828; d. Dec. 17, 1847. 

IX. Elizabeth, b. April 23, 1833; d. May 24, 1836. 

X. Caroline J/:, b. June 26,1834; d. April 22, 1836. 

XI. Ellen, b. Jan. 7, 1836; d. unmd. Sept. 30, 1864. 



Enos Emory md. April 22, 1817, Zipporah Hale, dau. 
of David Hale, q. v. They resided in Keene, Groton, 
and Ashburnham. She d. of small-pox, Sept. 14, 1848 ; 
he d. Feb. 20, 1867. They had four children. 

I. Mary J., b. Jan. 23, 1818; md. Jime 15, 1839, 
George E. Lane, son of Elias and Anna (Jones) 
Lane. They reside in Fitchburg. 

II. William If., b. March 27, 1821"; md. June 11, 
1856, Mary A. Lane, dau. of John and Anna 
(Cook) Lane. They reside in Ashburnham. 

Ill Charles H., b. March 29, 1823; md. Oct. 11, 1848, 
Eliza M. Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna (Jones) 
Lane. He is a machinist in Fitchburo-. 

IV. Pascal P., b. July 21, 1825; md. Nov. 27, 1850, 
Marilla J. Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna (Jones) 
Lane. Merchant in Springfield, Mass. 



Daniel Emory, son of Daniel, md. Sept. 30, 1829, 
Susanna (Coolidge) Peirce, b. Jan. 31, 1807, dau. of Lieut. 
Stephen and Drusilla (Patterson) Peirce, of Lunenburg. 
He was an extensive dealer in hats, caps, and furnishing 
goods, in Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. March 31, 1858. 
His widow resides with her dau, in Cambridge, Mass. 

I. Charles Augustus, b. April 21, 1831 ; md. June 20, 
1854, Nancy C. Peirce, of Lunenburg. Yide 
Crumble Register, No. 14. He continued for 
several years the business of his father, and is 
now a provision dealer in Fitchburg. 

1. Nellie Frances, b. July 24, 1855 ; d. March 

27, 1863. 

2. Minnie Louisa, b. March 20, 1859 ; d. April 

9, 1863. 

3. Charles Lincoln, b. March 15, 1861; d. 

March 22, 1863. 

4. Frank Eugene, b. Jan. 19, 1866. 

5. Bertram Peirce, b. Aug. 26, 1868. 
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BISTORT OF RINBGE. 



59 11. Sydney Patterson, b. Feb. 28, 1835 ; md. Feb. 24, 
1863, Cynthia E. Osborn, dau. of Leonard Osborn. 
She d. April 10, 1856, leaving one child. He md. 
(2d) Nov. 7, 1867, Sarah (Davis) Newton, b. 
March 21, 1837, widow of Dexter Newton, and 
dau. of Winslow and Lydia (Learned) Davis, of 
Temjileton, Mass. He is proprietor of a restau- 
rant in Fitchburg, and has been successful in 
business. 

60 1. Walter Osborn, b. March 31, 1865 ; d. June 
26, 1865. 

61 2. Louie Patterson, b. March 13, 1871 ; d. May 
29, 1871. 

62 III. William Childs, b. June 23, 1836; md. June 9, 

1859, Georgianna Frances Leavitt, b. June 9, 
1836, dau, of James and Louisa (Lord) Leavitt, 
of Lowell and Wilmington, Mass. He is a pro- 
vision dealer in Fitchburg, and has been success- 
ful in that and other business. 

63 1. Willie Leavitt, b. May 5, 1864; d. May 8, 

1867. 

64 2. Walter Leavitt, b. Nov. 10, 1868. 

65 IV. (7aro^me i^m;?,ces, b. July 5, 1838; d. May 7, 1840. 

66 V. Edward FranJdin, b. April 28, 1841 ; md. Aug.' 29, 

1860, Mary Mildred Colby, b. Feb. 12, 1843," dau. 
of John and Sarah C. (Purington) Colby, of 
Bath, Me. He served three years in the 36th 
Mass. Vols.; was promoted to Lieutenant, and 
detailed as Brigade and later as Division Com- 
missary and Quartermaster. He is now a pro- 
vision dealer in Fitchburg. 



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1. Cora Althea, b. in Fitchburg, Dec. 19, 1861. 

2. Gertrude Susan, b. in Fitchburg, Jan. 10, 

1865. 

3. Frederick Lincoln, b. in Lunenburg, April 9, 

1867. 

VI. Frederick Peirce, b. April 29, 1843; d. May 12, 

1844. 
VII. Sarah Emma, b. April 7, 1845 ; md. June 15, 1869, 
Henry D. Yerxa, son of Benjamin and Isabella 
Yerxa. He is of the firm of Cobb, Bates & 
Yerxa, grocers, Boston. Residence in Cambridge. 

1. Sadie E., b. Sept. 6, 1871. 

2. Henry D., b. March 12, 1874. 

viii. Ahbie Susan, b. Oct. 16, 1847 ; d. Aug. 24, 1848. 
IX. Herbert, b. Feb. 3, 1851 ; a salesman in Boston. 



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(31) I Deeostus W. Emoet md. Mary Peirce, dau. of Benja- 
in, sen., q. v. He is a farmer, and resides in Rindge. 

76 I. George A., h. March 28, 1828; ind. May 20, 1854, 
Mai'tha J. Bass, dau. of David Bass, of Sharon, 
N. H. She d. June 21, 1863 ; md. (2d) June 5, 
1864, Maria E. Stearns,, of Jaffrey. They reside 
in Sharon. 

77 II. Julia Augusta^ b. Sept. 24, 1830; md. Sept. 24, 
1851, Charles F. Stearns, son of Capt. Freeborn 
Stearns, q. v. 

78 III. Derostus P., b. March 27, 1832; md. Nov., 1858, 
H. Augusta Davis, dau. of Joseph Davis, q. v. 
They reside in Sharon, N. H., where Mr. Emory 
is extensively engaged in the manufacture of 
coarse lumber. 

79 IV. Jane E., b. Feb. 13, 1835 ; md. Rodney A. Hub- 
bard, son of Eliphalet, q.v. 

80 V. Warren W., b. Feb. 12, 1837; md. Nov., 1860, 
Caroline Lake, dau. of Alison, q. v., who d. May 
17, 1867 ; md. (2d) May 19, 1868, Abbie T. Lake, 
dau. of Ira, q. v. He is a merchant in Rindge, 
of the firm of Fletcher & Emory, and has been 
town clerk since 1868, and is town treasurer the 
present year. 

81 VI. Albert A., b. July 7, 1842; md. Nov., 1866, Mary 
Anna Wilder, dau. of Frederic A. Wilder, q. v. 
He is a farmer, and resides upon the home place. 

82 VII. llariamia, b. Sept. 18, 1847; md. Sept. 18, 1872, 
William B. Robbins, of East Jaffrey, where they 
reside. 



Abel Fiske Faeeae, of the eighth generation in 
descent from Jacob Farrar, of Lancaster, a son of Jacob 
and Achsah (Fiske) Farrar, and a grandson of Rev. Abel 
Fiske, the second minister of Wilton, N. H., md. Nov. 10, 
1836, Emeline Rice, dau. of Abijah Rice, q. v., and was 
engaged in mercantile pursuits in Worcester and in Bos- 
ton until 1855, when he removed to this town. Vide 
" Farrar Genealogy." 

I. Arthur, b. Dec. 3,1837; md. Fannie Cook. He 
resides in Chicago, and is of the firm of Farrar 
& Wilson, who are general agents and control 
the sale of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing 
Machines in the North-west. 

II. Emma, b. July 25, 1839; has piirsued a liberal 
course of study, and is a physician in Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

III. Oscar, b. March 23, 1841 ; resides in Rindge. 

IV. Walter, b. Nov. 29, 1843 ; d. Sept. 23, 1849. 



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V. FisJce, b. Jan. 9, 1848 ; a real estate broker in Den- 
ver, Col. 

VI. Jacob Hamilton,]:). SvXy 21,1849; a graduate of 

Harvard, class of 1874. 

VII. Lillian, b. Aug. 3, 1851 ; a teacher in Pittsburg. 
VIII. Jennie Greene, b. April 18, 1854. 



Jonas Faulkner, b. 1764; md. Eunice Stone, dau. of 
Silas Stone, of Boxborough, Mass., and removed upon the 
farm subsequently of John P. Symonds, Esq., in 1793. 
He was in the Revolutionary army, and was a pensioner. 
He d. June 24, 1837, and his widow d. a few years later. 

I. Sophia, b. Feb. 28, 1794 ; md. John Whitney, q. v. 
II. Sukey, b. March 16, 1799 ; d. young. 
III. Susannah, b. June 26, 1803 ; md. John P. Sy- 
monds, q. V. 



John Faulkner, a brother of Jonas, was in Rindge 
several years. He was not md. 



John Fenno, son of Joseph and Helen (Derby) Fenno, 
of Westminster, Mass., b. March 22, 1793. Came to this 
town 1813. June 17 of that year he md. Hannah Stiles, 
dau. of Hezekiah Stiles, q. v. She d. Aug. 15, 1822 ; md. 
(2d) Oct., 1823, widow Betsey (Fletcher) Reed. The 
date of her death is unknown ; and he md. (3d) May 2, 
1834, Susannah (Stone) Reed, widow of James Reed, 
q. V. She d. May 11, 1840. Mr. Fenno was in the serv- 
ice in 1814, at Portsmouth. He removed, about 1840, to 
Hinsdale, N. Y., where he md. (4th) Mary E. Houghton, 
by whom he had five children. He d. in Waterford, 
Penn., Aug. 9, 1860. His widow resides in Lodi, Seneca 
Co., N. Y. 

I. John Stiles, b. Nov. 22, 1814; md. June 4, 1837, 
Susan R. Fenno, dau. of Amos Fenno, q. v. She 
d. April 28, 1843; md. (2d) Nov. 30, 1843, 
Eveline W. Stiles, dau. of Samuel Stiles, q. v. 
He resided many years in Rindge ; now lives in 
Waltham, Mass. 

1. William Orville, b. Aug. 25, 1839; d. May 

6, 1840. 

2. Susan Helen, b. April 28, 1841; md. 

Edward R. Hastings, of Waltham. 

3. Eliza Stearns, b. April 24, 1843; md. 

George W. Wood, of Waltham. 

Children of second wife : — 

4. Isabel, b. 1844; md. M. H. Hughes, a tailor 

in Fitchburg, Mass. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 521 

5. Infant, d. young March 9, 1847. 

6. Infant, d. young March 31, 1848. 

II. Stepheti, b. April 13, 1816; md. Oct. 19, 1841, Eliz- 
abeth Cram. Reside in Somerville. 

1. Edward H., b. May 10, 1843. A fanner in 

Warwick, Mass. 

2. Lizzie, b. Nov. 4, 1845 ; md. Jaynes, of 

Somerville. 

3. Martin, b. March 5, 1851. Resides in Som- 

erville. 



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Ajvios Fenno, a brother of John, b. May 19, 1790 ; md. 
June 11, 1813, Hepsibeth Reed, dau. of James Reed, q. v. 
She d. July 22, 1823 ; md. (2d) Eudocia Russell, dau. of 
Simeon Russell, q. v. 

I. Susan Ji., b. Dec. 21, 1813; md. John S. Fenno, 

q. V. 

II. Charlotte, b. Aug. 22, 1815; md. June 8, 1845, 

Edward Tobey. Reside in Vassalboro, Me. 

1. Charles E., b. Feb. 17, 1846. Resides in 

Minnesota. 

2. Eunice H., b. Dec. 29, 1847 ; md. Silas Bush. 

3. Rowena A., b. May 18, 1850 ; d. June 10, 

1874. 

III. Sophronia, b. Dec. 12, 1816; md. James Stowe, of 

Sharon, N. H. Now reside in Minnesota, Sev- 
eral children. 

IV. Elvira, b. Feb. 6, 1819; md. Charles Robinson, 

q. V. 
Children of second wife : — 
V. Amos Derby, b. Sept. 5, 1824; d. in Waltham, 

Mass. 
VI. Eunice mien, b. Nov. 12, 1825; md. Feb. 12, 1853, 
Oliver R. Fletcher, son of Abel and Susan (Rich- 
ardson) Fletcher. Reside in Waltham. 

VII. JRoioena A., b. March 19, 1827 ; md. Jerome S. 

Buttrick, son of Samuel, and a nephew of Amos 
Buttrick, of Rindge. She d. April 16, 1859, 
leaving one child : — 
1. Amos J. 

VIII. Martha E., b. March 12, 1829; md. Geo. W. 

Wood, son of Lewis Wood. She d. Jan. 26, 
1861, and he md. (2d) Eliza, dau. of John S. 
Fenno, q. v. 

JoHir Fitch, who was captured by the Indians, as stated 
in Chap. IV., with his wife and two children removed in 
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now mcluded in Ashby. His wife d. Dec. 24,1748; he 
nid. (2d) Feb. 14, 1750-1, Elizabeth (Bowers) Peirce, 
widow of David Peirce, of Lunenburg, and not his dau., 
as stated, in Bond's "Watertown," p. 400. He took an 
active part in securing an act for the incorporation of 
the town of Fitchburg, and was first named on a com- 
mittee chosen for that purpose. He also was a member 
of the committee which appeared before the General 
Court to procure the incorporation of Ashby, and on the 
organization of that town he was chosen constable and 
one of the selectmen. He came to Rindge, where he 
owned several lots of land, in 1772. After a residence 
of several years in this town, he returned to Ashby, 
where he d. April 8, 1795. Issue : — 

Catherine, b. April 28, 1735, 

John, b. May 6, 1737. 

I'aul, b. Jan. 4, 1743. + 

Jacob, b. June 29, 1744; a school-teacher in 

Rindge, and a clerk in the store of Dr. John 

Taylor, in Lunenburg. 
V. Stisannah, b. Feb. 18^ 1748 ; md. Joshua Chase, 

of Shirley, Mass. 

Children by second wife : — 

VI. Molleij, b. Nov. 23, 1752. 

VII. Sarah, b. June 11, 1755. 



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Paul Fitch md. April, 1767, Mary Jaquith, of Bil- 
lerica, Mass., b. June 25, 1747, who was the mother of his 
nine children. He purchased the mills formerly of James 
Streetei", at Converseville, and removed to this town 1774 
or 1775. He was a member of Capt. Stone's company in 
1777, and soon after removed to Jaffi-ey, and subsequently 
to Marlborough, N. H, His mfe d. Feb. 18, 1800, and he 
md. (2d) in Rindge, Jan. 7, 1802, Joanna (Rice) Walker, 
widow of SamuerWalker, q. v. He d. in Marlboro, May 
2, 1818. 

I. IIannah,\i. June 23, 1768; md. John Moore, of 
Sharon, N. H., son of David and Margaret 
(Taggart) Moore. 

II. John^\). Oct. 11, 1770; md. Hannah ; d. in 

Cleveland, O., 1841. 

HI. Paul, b. June 21, 1773 ; md. Nov. 25, 1802, Sarah 
Walker, dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) 
Walker, of Rindge. She d. Nov. 14, 1814; md. 
(2d) Dec. 21, 1815, Sarah Davis. He resided in 
Marlboro and Claremont; d. Dec. 18, 1843. 
Descendants reside in Marlboro and in Sullivan 
County. 



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IV. Mary, h. in Rindge, Mai'ch 15, 1776; md. in Jaf- 
frey, by Dr, Payson, of Rindge, April 15, 1799, 
"William Moore, of Sharon, son of David and 
Margaret (Taggart) Moore. He d. Oct. 6, 1823. 
She d. Oct. 23, 1835. Their third, fourth, sev- 
enth, ninth, and eleventh child d. young. 

1. Nathan, b. Feb. 10, 1800; md. Sarah Rus- 

sell ; resides in Sharon. 

2. Abner, b. July 21, 1802 ; md. Abigail Cook ; 

resides in Jaffrey. 

5. William, b. Feb. 14, 1805; md. Roxana 

Blodgett ; (2d) Priscilla Blodgett ; resided 
in Jaffrey, where he d. 1859. 

6. Mary Fitch, b. April 20, 1807; md. Samuel 

Stearns, of Rindge, q. v. 

8. Isaiah, b. May 3, 1811 ; md. Mary Wheeler; 
resided in Winchendon; now in Minne- 
sota. 

10. Jeremiah, b. May 9, 1815 ; md. Margaret 
Jewett ; resides in Lancaster, Mass. 

V. Alice, b. April 11, 1779; d. uumd. 1859. 
VI. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1782 ; md. Joseph Piper, of 
Jaffrey. 
Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 1785 ; d. unmd. 
Susan, b. Oct. 2, 1789; md. David Blood; (2d) 

Joseph Tolman. 
Luther Jaquith, b. Sept. 8, 1792 ; md. Jane Hoyt ; 
resided at Hopkinton, N. H. 



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Thaddeus Fitch, then of Rindge, was a quartermaster 
in 1777 in Col. Nichols' Regiment, Gen. Starke's Brigade, 
and is also named in Capt. Stone's letter of July 3, 1777. 

Lieut. Ebenezer Fitch came from Bedford, Mass., in 
May, 1779. When he was "warned out" no mention was 
made of his wife, as was usual when a man was thus 
encumbered; but in 1780, "Lieut. Ebenezer Fitch and 
wife " appears in the report of the committee who seated 
the meeting-house. He was here in 1782, and but little 
is known of him or of Thaddeus Fitch. 



FLETCHER. 

Robert Fletcher, the ancestor of the families in Rindge bearing this 
name, probably came from Yorkshire, in England. In 1630, then about 
thirty-eight years of age, with three sons, Luke, William, and Samuel, he 
arrived in New England, and settled in Concord, INIass. He was a 
wealthy and influential man, and d. in that town April 3, 1677. William 
Fletcher, son of Robert, was b. in England 1622, and was admitted free- 
man May 10, 1643. He md. Oct. 7, 1645, Lydia Bates, and in 1653 
removed to Chelmsford, Mass. He was an extensive proprietor of lands. 



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HISTOBY OF RINDGE. 



and owned nearly or all of what is now the city of Lowell, and a farm of 
200 acres in Chelmsford is still owned by his descendants. He d. Nov. 6, 
1677 ; his widow d. Oct. 12, 1704. Joshua Fletcher, his son, b. March 30, 
1648, md. May 4, 1668, Grissies Jewell, who d. Jan. 16, 1682, and he md. 
(2d) July 18, 1682, Sarah Willey. He d. Nov. 11, 1713. Capt. Joseph 
Fletcher, son of Joshua by his second wife, was b. in Chelmsford June 
10, 1689 ; md. Nov. 17, 1712, Sarah Adams, of Concord, Mass. They 
resided in Westford, Mass., where their ten children were b. He was a 
man of influence, and highly respected. He d. Oct. 4, 1772 ; his wife d. 
April 24, 1761. Their eighth child was Dea. Joshua Fletcher, who was 
b. Nov. 20, 1731. He md. Elizabeth Raymond, by whom he had nine 
children. They resided in Westford, and about two miles from the home- 
stead of his father. He d. June 10, 1783. Joshua Fletcher, his son, b. 
Feb. 27, 1760, was three years in the Revohitionary army, and was at the 
battle of White Plains, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He md. April 
20, 1815, Lucy Jones, b. May 20, 1779, dan. of Enos and Mary (Whit- 
more) Jones, of Ashburnham. He resided in Westford and in Ashburn- 
ham, and d. in the last named place April 14, 1843 ; his widow d. in 
Rindge Dec. 21, 1850. Two of their children now reside in Rindge, and 
are named hereafter. Lyman Fletcher, also a son of Dea. Joshua and 
Elizabeth (Raymond) Fletcher, was b. June 12, 1758 ; md. 1794, Louisa 
Gates, of Ashburnham. He resided in Westford, where he d. 1834 ; his 
widow d. 1861. Their son, Walter Fletcher, was b. July 20, 1805; md. 
Aug. 31, 1828, Mary Chamberlain, and about 1830 removed to Vermont, 
residing in Plymouth, Mt. Holly, and Weston in that State. His wife d. 
May 12, 1841, and he is now living with his tliird wife. His eldest son is 
Samuel W. Fletcher, of this town. 



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Mary E. Fletcher, dan. of Joshua and Lucy (Jones) 
Fletcher, b. in Westford May 1, 1816 ; md. Dea. Joseph 
Wetherbee, of Ashburnham ; md. (2d) George W. Todd, 
of Rindge, q. v. 



Joshua Fletcher, son of Joshua and Lucy (Jones) 
Fletcher, b. in Ashburnham Aug. 27, 1820 ; md. April 24, 
1846, Emeline Stimpson, who d. Sept 16, 1847, leaving 
one dan. who d. young. He md. (2d) April 14, 1852, Mrs. 
Frances (Partridge) Sampson. He resides a farmer in 
Rindge. 

1. Emeline F., b. Jan. 15, 1853 ; d. March 18, 1854. 
II. Arthur J., b. Feb. 22, 1855; d. April 27, 1855. 

III. Ada Maria, b. June 24, 1856. 

IV. Walter Irving, b. Jan. 28, 1858. 

V. Winsloto Ordioay, b. March 15, 1859. 

VI. William Frederick, b. June 9, 1861. 

VII. Myrtilla lues, b. Feb. 14, 1864. 

VIII. Edwin C, b. Aug. 25, 1866. 



Samuel W. Fletcher, son of Walter and Mary 
(Chamberlain) Fletcher, was b. in Westford Jan. 24, 1829. 
He md. in Rindge, April 25, 1850, Emily T. Brooks, dau. 
of Joseph Brooks, q. v. She d. June 24, 1852, and he md. 
(2d) Nov. 9, 1852, her sister, Caroline M. Brooks. Mr. 



GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 525 

Fletcher resided a few years in Bennington, N. H., and 
Haverhill, Mass. Returning to Rindge in 1857, he has 
continued his residence in this town. He is a merchant, 
and since 1869 has been postmaster of the Rindge post- 
office. Vide pp. 382, 390. 

I. Henry W., b. Dec. 8, 1851. Is postmaster of the 
West Rindge office, and was formerly engaged 
with his father in trade. 
II. Frederick Perley^ b. and d. 1855. 

III. Frank Leslie^ b. and d. 1860. 

IV. 3Iary Emma, b. April 24, 1866. 
V. Irving Taylor, b. April 24, 1868. 

Augustus Fowle was b. in Woburn, Mass., 1781. He 
md. Susan Brown, dau. of Edward Brown, q. v., and after 
a residence of eight years in Hubbardston, Mass., he 
removed to Rindge in 1817, and soon after purchased the 
farm now of Ivers H. Brooks, where he resided until his 
death, Oct. 26, 1855. His \7id0w d. April 10, 1860. 

I. Catherine, md. Oct. 29, 1829, Luke Minot, of West- 

minster, Mass., who d. about 1850. She resides 
his widow in W. Five children. 

II. Mary, md. Nov. 19, 1834, Samuel G. Kendall. 

They reside in Westminster. No children. 

III. Augustus A., md. April, 1837, Cynthia Platts, dau. 

of John V. Platts, q. v., who d. Dec.' 19, 1839; 
and he md. (2d) April 6, 1841, Fanny D. Platts, 
her sister. She d. Nov. 27, 1845. Mr. Fowle 
resides in Rindge Centre. 

IV. Susan, md. Elbridge G. Tarbox, of Rindge. He 

was a shoe-maker, and resided many years in 
Rindge. He d. about 1866. 

1. Mary Jane, md. J. M. M. Lacy, of Jaffrey. 

2. Edward A., b. April 2, 1841 ; md. Esther L. 

Heath, of Stoddard. 



Jacob Foster and wife Hannah were in Rindge sev- 
eral years, but his name does not appear upon the records 
after 1786. Two children were b. in this town. 

I. MoUeiy, b. A])ril 15, 1779. 
II. Maria, b. Feb. 18, 1783. 

Lieut. Benjamin Foster was from Boxford, Mass. 
With wife Lucy and three children he removed to Rindge 
in 1777. His wife d. April 8, 1778, and he md. (2d) 
March 13, 1780, Elizabeth Carey, dau. of Barnabas Carey, 
q. V. He d. Feb. 23, 1813. He was a successful school- 
teacher, and was familiarly styled " Master " Foster. He 
was much employed in town affairs, and proved a faithful, 

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efficient officer. For fifteen years he was town clerk, and 
transcribed the records with unusual neatness and legi- 
bility. During the same number of years he was select- 
man, and was also employed in the transaction of other 
public business. 

I. Samuel, b. in Boxford, April 18, 1765. 
11. Eunice, b. July 1, 1767. 

III. Benjamin, b. Nov. 1, 1770. -|- 

IV. Lucy, b. in Rindge, Dec. 25, 1782 ; md. Jonathan 

Sawtell, son of Hezekiah, q. v. 
V. Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1790. 

Benjamin Foster, Jr., md. March 4, 1795, Susannah 
Wetherbee, dan. of John Wetherbee, q. v. They resided 
in Rindge until about 1803, when they removed to New 
York State, where he d. Returning to Rindge, his widow 
lived here several years, and d. Sept. 12, 1866, aged 93. 

Benjam,in, b. March 24, 1796. 

Susannah, b. May 31, 1798 ; md. Eddy. 

Eunice, b. March 14, 1800. 
Lucy, b. April 8, 180^2. 
Deborah, md. Lyons. 



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Abner Foster was b. in Rowley, Mass., Oct. 8, 1760 ; 
md. Betsey Towne, dan. of Joseph Towne, of Andover, 
b. May 15, 1763. They settled in Rindge, upon the farm 
of the late John A. Gibson, about 1785. He d. Jan. 3, 
1841 ; his widow d. Oct. 10, 1854. They had no children. 



Capt. John Fox resided from 1802 to 1821 upon the 
farm of James P. Clay, which he sold during the latter 
year to Augustus Fowle. He buried a child in 1813 and 
one in 1815; perhaps they wei-e first and third, or possibly 
children b. after 1807. 

I. Lovina, b. Feb. 22, 1804. 
II. George, b. Oct. 16, 1805; d. Oct. 11, 1806. 
III. George, b. Nov. 16, 1807. 



James French md. April 13, 1781, Hannah Russell, 
dau, of Jabez Russell, q. v. She d. about 1805, and he 
md. (2d) July 12, 1809, Olive Sawyer, and removed from 
town about 1813. The following children were b. in 
Rindge, except Isaac, the eldest, who was b. in Jaffrey. 
He was a manufacturer of baskets, and resided upon the 
Calvin Davis farm, in the north-east part of Rindge. 

I. Isaac, b. June 22, 1781, in Jaffrey. 
II. Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1783; d. March 6, 1783. 

III. Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1784. 

IV. Sally, b. Feb. 17, 1786. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 527 

V. James, b. Feb. 28, 1789. 
VI. Samuel brooks, b. Aug. 2, 1791. 
vii. Betse)/, b. May 13, 1793. 
viiT. ISdioard Jevjett, b. June 29, 1795. 

IX. Mahala, b. May 25, 1804. 

'' X. Francis Sawyer, b. May 31, 1810, a child of 
second wife. 



Nathaniel Feost, son of Stephen and Sally (Twad- 
dle) Frost, b. in West Cambridge, Mass., March 25, 1805 ; 
rad. March 5, 1829, Sophrdnia" Cass, b. March 18, 1805, 
dau. of Jonathan and Abigail (Dow) Cass, of Candia, 
N. H. After a brief residence in Cornish, N. H., they 
removed to Rindge. He is a mason, and resides at East 
Rindge. 

I. Ahhie, b. Feb. 2, 1834; md. June 9, 1856, George 
W. Tarbell, q. v. ; md. (2d) Sept. 19, 1871, Jacob 
M. Cass, of Sheffield, Vt. 

Col. William Gardner came to this town in 1785. 
He was b. m Brookline, Mass., 1761, and consequently was 
twenty-four years of age at the time of his removal. On 
the 19th of April, 1775, his father, Isaac Gardner, Esq., one 
of His Majesty's justices of the peace, with the minute-men 
of Brookline, marched for Lexington. Meeting the retreat- 
ing column near Watson's Corner, he was instantly killed 
in a skirmish which ensued, receiving no less than twelve 
ball and bayonet wounds. It is of him that Bancroft, the 
historian, writes: "Isaac Gardner, one on whom the 
colony rested many hopes, fell about a mile west of Har- 
vard College." About the time of his emigration to 
Rindge, Col. Gardner md. Rebecca Raymond, a dau. of 
Dr. Raymond, an Englishman. She was a lady of talent 
and refinement, and, during her residence «in this town, 
was an intimate friend of the wife of Dr. Payson. Col. 
Gardner is described by the aged citizens of this town as 
a man of commanding personal appearance, comely in 
feature and proportions, and unusiially pleasing and 
affable in his manner. His promotion in civil and in mil- 
itary affairs was rapid and uninterrupted. He soon rose 
to the command of the regiment to which the two compa- 
nies of militia in this town were assigned, and was 
exceedingly popular with both his superior and inferior 
officers. He was three years a member of the Legislature, 
and was chosen by his townsmen to many other positions 
of trust. He built the spacious mansion now owned by 
Mr. Washington Snelling, and the store occu|)ied by 
Fletcher & Emory, In 1809, Mr. Gardner removed to 
Boston, and soon after to Manlius, Onondaga County, 
N. Y., where he became a prosperous merchant and man- 



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ufacturer. He d. of apoplexy, 1833 ; his wife survivetl 
him some six or seven years. Their children were b. in 
Rindge. 

I. William, b. May 13, 1787. He resided several 
years in Lowell, Mass., but passed the later years 
of his life in Texas, and d. upon his plantation 
near San Antonio, about 1855. 

3 II. Charles, h. Feb. 13,1789; became a merchant in 
New Orleans, La., where he d. in 1860. 

4 III. Rebecca, b. April 24, 1791; md. Oren Stone, a 
merchant, and at the time of his marriage a 
partner of the father of Gov. Seymour. They 
early removed to Watertown, N. Y., where she 
d. as early as 1818. 

5 IV. Dorothy, b. March 4, 1794 ; md. Thomas A. Gold, 
a lawyer of Pittsfield, Mass., where she resided 
until her death, in 1857. 

6 V. Addison, b. March 19, 1797. He entered upon the 
practice of law in Rochester, N. Y., in 1822. 
Three years later he was appointed District 
Attorney. In 1829, at the age of thirty-three 
years, he was appointed Circuit Judge, which 
position he resigned after nine years of efficient 
service. In the autumn of 1844 he was elected 
Lieutenant-Governor on a ticket with Hon. Silas 
Wright for Governor. At the succeeding elec- 
tion, in 1846, he was again elected to the same 
office, which he resigned in 1847, and was elected 
Judge of the Court of Appeals. In all these 
positions Mr. Gardner has served the State with 
distinguished ability. He is now spending the 
evening of an active, useful life at Rochester. 

VI. Andu Lucia, bap. May 4, 1800; the date of her 
birth does not appear upon the Rindge records ; 
md, Hon. Elijah Rhoades, of Manlius, a merchant 
and State Senator. He d. at Pittsfield, Mass. 
His widow resides, with an adopted daughter, in 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
VII. Adaline, d. young. 

Note. — The name has been spelled in this register as it appears upon 
the records, and as spelled by the family through several generations. 
The sons of Col. Gardner, restoring the original orthography of this 
ancient name, have written it Gardiner. 

1 I Stephen Gates had resided in Sharon, Ct., previous to 

jhis removal to this town, where the only child of whom 

any record appears was b. The family was here previous 

to the incorporation of the town, but the name soon 

fades from the records. The name of his wife was Betty. 



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2 I. Timothy, h. Jan. 25, 1746-7. 

1 William P. Gerry resided upon the Dea. Goddard 
farm, and where N. C. Russell now resides. He was in 
Rindge from 1821 to 1832. 

2 I. William, bap. July 9, 1825. 

:} II. Martha A., bap. May 4, 1828. 

4 III. Sarah C, bap. Oct. 7, 1832. 

1 ; Isaac Gibson, the first of the name in Rindge, was a 

j son of Isaac Gibson, of Lunenburg, and a grandson of 
I Timothy Gibson, of Sudbury. " Timothy Gibson of Sud- 
bury" was an original proprietor of two lots of land in 
Lunenburg " for his sons Isaac and Reuben." Isaac, son 
of Timothy, md. Feb. 4, 1744-5, Keziah Johnson, dau. of 
Dea. Samuel and Rebecca Johnson, of Lunenburg. The 
eldest of their children was Isaac Gibson, b. in that part 
of Lunenburg which is included in Fitchburg, Nov. 28, 
1745. He md. Lois Samson, of Bolton, by whom he had 
four children. (1) Hannah, d. young; (2) Joel, d. young; 
(3) Sarah, b. 1776; md. William Stickney, of Grafton, 
Vt. (Wood family 49 and 56) ; (4) Lois, b. 1781 ; md. 
Elijah Houghton. Lois, wife of Isaac Gibson, d. in Fitch- 
burg June 17, 1782, and he md. (2d) Ruth Eaton, and 
removed to Rindge early in the year 1783. They resided 
in the south-west part of the town. He d. Dec. 6, 1815 ; 
she d. Feb. 25, 1835. Their seven children were: — 

2 L Isaac, b. Aug. 4, 1783. -j- 

3 n. Ruth, b. May 22, 1786; d. 1812. 

4 III. Israel, b. Sept. 15, 1789 ; md. Dec. 17, 1815, Betsey 
Rugg, dau. of Thomas Rugg, and resided in 
Rindge until 1838, when he removed to Claren- 
don, Vt. He d. Aug. 16, 1863 ; she d. Aug. 14, 
1855. They d. in Mendon, Yt. 

5 1. Edward, b. Sept. 18, 1816; d. in Clarendon 
April 8, 1845. 

6 2. Clarissa, b. April 14, 1818 ; md. Elisha Fair- 
banks; d. in Aurora, 111., Sept. 13, 1859, 
leaving five children. 

3. Isaac, h. March 20, 1820; resides in Rut- 
land, Vt. He has a family, but no record 
has been received. 

4. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1822; md. March 4, 
1852, Martin Eames, who d. soon after. 
She resides in Winsted, Conn. 

9 5. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1824; d. Aug. 15, 

j 1851. 

10 i 6. Milton, b. April 12, 1827. Resides in Win- 

sted, Conn. 



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7. Julia A., h. Sept. 22, 1829; d. March 8, 1848. 

8. William B., b. Dec. 11, 1831 ; d. Nov. 23, 

1834. 

9. Susan M., b. Jan. 12, 1834; d. Aug. 28, 

1845. 
10. Maria C, b. April 27, 1836. Resides in 
Springfield, Mass. 

IV. Patty, b. Oct. 1, 1791 ; md. Samuel Howard, of 

Clarendon. 
V. John, b. April 4, 1794 ; md. Lucy Day, of Winch- 

endon. He d. 1856. 
VI. Catherine, b. Aug. 13, 1796; d. unmd. March 25, 

1823. 
VII. Nathaniel, twin, b. Aug. 13, 1796; md. Dec. 9, 

1839, Susan Eaton; resided in Binghampton, 

N. Y. Five of their six children d. in infancy. 



Isaac Gibson, son of Isaac, md. Dec. 14, 1814, Nancy 
Kimball, dau. of Aquilla Kimball, q. v., and resided in 
WinChendon until 1827, when he removed to the farm 
now of Charles A. Wilder, and after 1846 he resided in 
Rindge Centre. He d. Sept. 25, 1858; his wife d. Aug. 
29 of the same year. 

I. Alonzo, b. Sept. 30, 1815 ; resided with his par- 
ents; d. unmd. Jan. 2, 1850. His father's house, 
which stood upon the site of the residence of 
Willard G. Jones, was burned in the night, and 
in attempting to secure some articles of value 
he perished in the flames. 
II. Mvira, b. April 16, 1817 ; d. Sept. 16, 1819. 

III. Buth Ann, b. May 10, 1819; md. Oct. 20, 1851, 

E. Henry Howe, of Barre, Mass. He was b. 
July 28, 1830, and d. Nov. 15, 1853. She md.' 
(2d) Feb. 2, 1854, Timothy Jenkins Howland, b. 
in Barre, Nov. 18, 1812. They reside in Barre. 
To Mrs. Howland I am indebted for many facts 
and dates incor])orated in this family record. 
By the former marriage she had one son : — 

1. Edward Alonzo, b. Nov. 21, 1852. Being 
the only grandson of Isaac Gibson, and 
to gratify an expressed desire, his name 
was legally changed to Alonzo Edward 
Gibson. He was drowned in Sterling, 
Aug. 25, 1868, aged nearly 16 years. 

IV. -Elvira, b. May 8, 1821. By an act of the Legis- 

lature her name was changed to Ellen Elvira 
Gibson. For several years she was a teacher in 
the ])ublic schools of Rindge and vicinity, and 



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subsequently became better known to the public 
as a lecturer and contributor to the press. In 
1864 she was ordained by the Religious Philo- 
sophical Society a minister of the Gospel. She 

md. 1861, Hobart, and was divorced 1868, 

when she assumed her maiden name. During 
the war of the Rebellion, she was prominently 
connected with several sanitary fairs in the 
Western States. She accompanied the 8th Wis- 
consin Vols, to the South, and was there con- 
stant in attendance upon the sick. This regi- 
ment was known as the " Live Eagle Regiment," 
and the history of the eagle which during three 
years shared the fortunes of war is familiar to 
the public. In 1864, being recommended to the 
position by the State officers of Wisconsin, she 
was appointed chaplain of the 1st Wisconsin 
Heavy Artillery, which was stationed at Alexan- 
dria, Va. The duties of the position were per- 
formed until the close of the war, although the 
Secretary of War refused to muster her into the 
United States service, for reasons which were 
stated by President Lincoln under date of Nov. 
10, 1864. " This lady would be appointed chap- 
lain of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, only 
she is a woman. The President has nothing 
legally to do with the question, but approves the 
appointment. [Signed] A. Lincoln." Congi-ess 
subsequently passed a bill granting her full pay 
of a chaplain for the time she performed the 
duty; but on account of the phraseology of the 
bill, the j)ayment has not been made. 
v. Amasa,h.Aug. 13, 1823; md. Jan. 1, 1847, Lois 
H. Stevens. They had no children. He d. in 
Barre, Mass., Oct. 1, 1865; she d. Oct. 17, 1865. 
For many years he was successfully engaged in 
the manufacture of palm-leaf goods, and was a 
partner in business with Hon. George M. But- 
trick. He contributed liberally to the Methodist 
Church, with which he was connected, and to 
several benevolent societies, and was esteemed a 
useful citizen and a zealous Christian. 

JoHisr A. Gibson, son of Abel and Achsah (Puffer) 
Gibson, was b. in Sudbury, Mass., May 29, 1811; md. 
Mary Ann Knowlton; md. (2d) Nov. 13, 1847, Mrs. Mary 
S. (Davis) Hooper, dau. of Eli S. and Asenath (Nourse) 
Davis. Thev removed to this town in 1856. He d. Oct. 
27, 1874. 



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I. Charles F., h. Jan. 10, 1839; md. Adaline Parker, 
dau. of Calvin J. and Abigail (Kendall) Parker, 
of Jaffrey. (Jewett Register, No. 28.) 

II. Jbh)i Francis, b. April 21, 1849 ; md. Jan., 1871, 

Joanna G. Damon. Resides in Leominster, Mass. 

III. Stephen W., b. June 22, 1850 ; md., 1872, Mary A. 

Robbins. Lives in Rindge. 

IV. Alonzo W., b. Sept. 23, 1852. 

V. lyucy A., b. Nov. 19, 1854. 

VI. Adaline M., b. Sept. 27, 1856 ; d. Jan. 20, 1858. 
VII. Alwis A., b. Dec. 16, 1858. 

VIII. Samantha L., b. Feb. 26, 1861. 
IX. Estella i., b. April 6, 1863. 

Joseph Gilson, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Sept. 16, 1738, 
son of Jonas and Hannah (Goodridge) Gilson, md. May 
5, 1768, Esther Peirce, b. Feb. 26, 1744, dau. of David and 
Elizabeth (Bowers) Peirce. He was in Rindge three or 
four years previous to his marriage. They removed from 
town in 1770. The name frequently appears Gillson upon 
the records. 

I. Jonas, b. in Rindge, May 11, 1769. 

I Abel Gilson was taxed from 1793 to 1803. He was 
1 here earlier than 1793, but no older tax lists are preserved. 

He md. May 24, 1789, Margaret Gary, dau. of Barimbas 

Gary, q. v. 

I. Abel, b. April 20, 1790. 

II. Hepsibeth, b. Feb. 5, 1792. 

III. Josiah, b. Dec. 22, 1793. 

IV. Prudence, b. Feb. 26, 1796. 
V. John, b. July 1, 1798. 

VI. Betsey, b. March 20, 1801. 



Henry Gipson, b. probably in Lunenburg about 1782. 
Resided in Rindge several years, and was last taxed in 
1827. He d. in Ashburnham about 1860. No record of 
his marriage. He left several children, and among them 
was: — 

I. Henry, md. Mary Perry, dau. of Obadiah and 

Lavina (Piper) Perry. Vide Piper register. He 
d. about 1865, and his widow md. (2d) Charles 
Taylor, of New Ipswich. 

William Gipson, a brother of Henry, senior, md. 
Dolly Hawks, and resided upon the Uriah Keyes place 
several years previous to 1840. 
I. Mary. 

II. Irene. 
III. Caroline. 



GENEALOGICAL REGIS TEH. 



GODDARD. 

William Godoakd, a grocer of London, son of Edward Goddard, a 
wealthy fai'mer of Norfolk, md. .Elizabeth, dan. of Beniainin Miles. He 
came to America in 1H65, and his wife and three children came the next 
year. They settled in Watertown, where their five youngest children 
were b., and where he d. Oct. 6, 1691. His widow d. Feb. 8, 1697-8. 
Edward, their youngest son, b. March 24:, 1674-5, md. in June, 1697, 
Susanna Stone, b. Xov. 6, 1675. dau. of Simon and Mary (AVhipple) 
Stone, of Watertown. He was a teacher in Watertown and in Boston 
for several years. March 25, 1714, he removed to Framingham, and 
there taught a grammar school a number of years, and took a prominent 
part in tlie civil and religious affairs of that town. He was treasurer 
two, selectman ten, and town clerk eighteen, years. In 1733 he 
was chosen to the Provincial Council, in which capacity he sei-A-ed three 
years with distinguished ability. He was a ready writer, and nmnerous 
papers of a religious character were published. He d. Feb. 9, 1754: ; his 
wife Feb. 4, 1754. Rev. David Goddard. the fifth child of Hon. Edward, 
b. Sept. 26, 1706 ; graduated at Harvard University 1731 ; ordained at 
Leicester, Mass, June 30, 1736. He md. Aug. 19, 1736. his cousin, 
Mercy Stone, b. Feb. 2, 1713-14, dau of David and Mary (Rice) Stone, 
who was the mother of his nine children. She d. Jan. 4, 1753; md. (2d) 
Dec, 20, 1753, Martha Nichols, widow of Joseph Nichols. He d. while 
visiting his father's family, Jan. 19, 1754, being only a few days after the 
death of his parents. Edward Goddard, the fifth child of Rev. David 
Goddard, b. in Leicester, Dec. 12, 1742 ; md. Jan. 17, 1771, Ruth Shaw^ 
of Leicester, and passed the active years of his life a farmer in Athol, 
Mass. They had ten children. Lute in life they came to Rindge and 
resided with their son. Deacon Luther Goddard. He d. in Rindge, April 
24, 1826 ; his widow d. March 25, 1827. 



Deacok Luther Goddard, b. in Athol, Oct. 24, 1783, 
was of the fifth generation from William Goddard, the 
emigrant. He md. June 26, 1811, Polly Furhush, who 
was b. Jan. 13, 1785; settled in Rindge 1824; liis wife d. 
Feb. 12, 1854; md. (2d) July 17, 1855, Ruthy Robbins, 
b. Ausf. 9, 1792, dan. of David Robbins, y. v. He d. 
April 26, 1858; liis widow d. Feb. 18, 1869. He was an 
estimable citizen, and universally res])ected. He was 
nearly thirty years a deacon in tlie Congregational 
Church. 

I. Mary Ann, b. May 26, 1813; md. Addison 13 n- 

croft, q. V. 
\\.- Lucinda, b. May 5, 1815; d. unmd. June 15, 1847. 

III. Elmira, b. Feb. 14, 1817 ; d. unmd. A])ril 21, 1846. 

IV. Lysander, b. Oct. 8, 1818; d. unmd. Oct. 12, 1845. 
V. Harriet, b. Jan. 30, 1820; md. March 4, 1847, 

Algernon S. Butler, b. Sept. 23, 1822, son of 
Simon and Olive (Butler) Butler, of Troy, 
N. H. They reside<I a few years in Rin<lge, and 
removed to Troy, where she d., leaving children. 
May 22, 1861. 
VI. Electa, b. Oct. 4, 1821 ; .1. Feb. 13, 1822. 



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VII. Martin Xicther, h. April 29, 1823; resides in 

Rinclge.-|- 
VIII. Charles Edward^ b. Jan. 23, 1826; d. unmd., in 

Boston, Feb. 27, 1857. 



Martin L. Goddard md. June 1, 1847, Louisa D. Bill, 
dau. of David and Lucy (Dort) Bill, of Gilsum, N. H., 
where they resided a few years. With this exception, he 
has lived in Rindge, and was elected to the board of 
selectmen 1859, '60^ '61, '68, '69, '70, '72, '73. Of his chil- 
dren, the first, fourth, and sixth d. young. 

II. Elmer Daniel, b. Oct. 20, 1852. 
III. Leslie Martin, b. July 8, 1855. 
V. Luthera Louisa, b. Feb 12, 1859. 
VII. Charles Edtcard, b. Feb. 18, 1873. 



Henry Godding and wife Sarah came from Lexington. 



They resided first upon 
Deacon Cummings farm, 
the date of incorporation, 
survived him a few years. 



the farm 
They 

He d. about 1795 ; his widow 
Their children were : — 



since known as the 
Avere here previous to 



I. Samuel, bap. in Lexington May 1, 1761. Enlisted 
March 20, 1777, in Col. Nathan Hale's regiment, 
and remained in the service three years. 
II. Mary, bap. Oct. 23, 1766 ; probably d. young. 

III. Henry, b. in Rindge June 15, 1768. -\- 

IV. Judith, ; md. John Gary, q. v. 

V. Sarah, ; d. unmd. at Harvard, Mass. 

VI. Abigail, b. June 20, 1775; md. Sept. 24, 1794, 

John Russell, son of Amos Russell, of West- 
ford. Resided in Dublin. Removed 1828 to 
Alstead, N". H. 

1. Abigail, b. June 28, 1795; md. Eli Brig- 

ham, of Jaffrey, and removed to McDon- 
ough, N. Y. 

2. Mary, b. March 16, 1797 ; d. 1799. 

3. Mary, b. May 17, 1799 ; md. Joseph Rollins, 

and removed to Peru, Vt. 

4. Rebecca, b. April 19, 1801 ; md. Ebenezer 

Crane, of Dalton, N. H. 

VII. Isaac, b. 1777 ; d. unmd., felo de se, June 2, 1852. 



Henry Godding, Jr., md. Feb. 19, 1790, Mary Law- 
rence, of Gardner, Mass. ; she d. May 17, 1790 ; md. (2d) 
Patty Russell, a sister of John, who md. Abigail God- 
ding. They removed to New Ipswich, and occu])ied the 
farm near the town line, recently of Charles W. Huse. 
He d. Aug. 4, 1831. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 535 

13 I I. Ariel, h. in Eindge Oct. 29, 1794; md. Elizn 
i Chickering. -\- 

14 I II- 3Iar)j, h. in New Ipswich March 29, 1797; md. 
Ambrose Emory, son of Daniel, q. v. 

III. Gardner, b. Nov. 7, 1799 ; d. unmd. 1823. 

IV. Sylvia, b. July 5, 1803; d. unmd. 1818. 



Ariel Godding md. Eliza Chickering, dan. of Abner 
Chickering, of New Ijiswich, and a sister of Jonas Chick- 
ei'ing, of Boston, the well known manufactiirer of pianos. 
They removed to Rindge from the old homestead about 
1850. She d. April 14; 1871. 

I. George Gardner, h. Feb. 12,1824; md. Nov. 16, 
1848, Nancy Mersylvia Wetherbee, dau. of 
.Joseph Wetherbee, q. v. They reside in Lunen- 
burg. Five children living. 
II. Mersylvia, b. Nov. 5, 1825; md. Nathan A. Hale, 
son of Nathan Hale, q. v. 

III. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1828; md. Charles Teel, son 

of Samuel and Nancy (Scott) Teel, of Lunen- 
burg, where they reside. 

IV. Louisa, b. Sei)t. 28, 1830; md. John W. Hastings, 

q. V. 
V. Ellen E., b. 1840; md. Oct. 27, 1858, Geo. M. 
Cram. She d. April 11, 1865, and he md. (2d) 
Oct. 5, 1865, her sister Louisa, widow of John 
W. Hastings. They reside in Lyndeboro, N. H. 
VI. Caroline, b. 1844 ; d. Feb. 10, 1862. 



Luther Goodridge came to Rindge about 1806. He 
was a cabinet-maker, and occupied the house now of N. 
H. Eastman. He md. in Rindge, Feb. 13, 1807, Nancy 
Carter, dau. of Jude Carter, q. v. Early in the year 1829, 
they removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. June 5 of 
that year. His widow d. in Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 26, 
1847. This name is now frequently "«a-itten Goodrich. 

I. Sophronia, b. Sept. 8, 1808; md. Oct. 28, 1845, 
Geo. L. Stafford, of Plymouth, N. H. She d. 
Aug. 23, 1857. 
II. Asaph W.,\>. Sept. 24, 1810; md. Dec. 18, 1845, 
Hepsibeth Rugg, dau. of William Rugg, q. v. 
They resided in Rindge a few years, and removed 
to Lawrence, Mass. She d. Oct. 23, 1873. 

1. Annie Josephine, b. Feb. 4, 1847 ; md. Sept. 
10, 1867, James Henry Reynolds. He 
was in the Union army, and Jost an arm 
in the service. They reside in Lawrence. 



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III. Ann 7; b. June 9, 1817; mrl. May 5, 1883, Eri 

ITolflen, i)t' Shirley, Mass.; md. ("id) Francis 
(roodridiie, rnid d. in Sj^rino-field, Mass. 

IV. Luther Calvin, h. M-ircli 24, 18-20; d. in Cincin- 

nati, O., Aug. 13, 1839. 
V. TTenri/ O., 1). Auo-. 31, 1824: nid. Martha Hatcli. 
Thev reside in Worcester. Mass. 



Cai.vin Goss and wife lenioved 18l'2 to the farm now 
of Henry E. Burritt. Durino- their declining- years they 
were supported bv the town. They liad no children. He 
d. May 3, 1836, ;.ged 72. She d. A]^ril 12, 1830, aged 75. 



(X)rLi). 

In the early liistory of the town, and to the close of the llevolution, the 
Goulds were an important element of the population. They were indus- 
trious, peaceable citizens, wlio added much to the wealth and prosperity of 
the settlement. The name disappears from the records a few years before 
the close of the past eeiiturv, although their descendants bearing- other 
names are still numerous. The families in Rindge were descended from 
Zaccheus Gould, who settled in Topsfield about 1640. John, his son, b. in 
England in 1635, md. Sarah Baker. Among their chilcben was Thomas, 
who md. Mercy Sumner. They also resided in Topsfield, and several of 
their children were associated -with the settlement of this town. Among 
their children were Jacob, b. Jan. 16, 1703 ; Benjamin, b. May 29, 1716. 
These settled in Lunenburg, and five of tli.'ir children came to Rindge. 
Abigail, b. ; md. Jonathan Staidey, of Rindge and Jaffrey; Debo- 
rah, b. Sept. 23, 1707; md. Joseph Page; Mercy, b. Jan. 17, 1712; md. 
Nathaniel Page, — both of Rindge. The registers of the Gould, Stanley, 
Page, and other families, found in this volume, present abundant evi- 
dence that the descendants of Thomas and Mercy (Sumner) Gould con- 
stitute no small part of the population of Rindge, Jaffrey, and othei- 
towns in this vicinitv. 



1 j Jacob Gould, son of Cai)t. Jacob ami Dorothy (Good- 

i ridge) Gould, of Lunenburg, grandson of Thomas and 

; Mercy (Sumner) Gould, of Topsfield, was b. in Lunen- 

jburg, Oct. 16, 1737, and came to Rindge in 1760. Capt. 

i Jacob Gould, his father, was one of the original proi)rie- 

I toi's of the township, and was i)r<)minent in its ]n-udential 

affairs. He was the master carpenter in building the 

first meeting-house, but he never resided in this town. 

Mercy, his dan., w;is the wife of Aaron Taylor, of Rindge. 

I June 13, 1763, Jacob Gould, Jr., md. Elizabeth Hale, dau. 

I of Moses Hale, Sr., q. v., and settled in tlie north-west 

part of the town. In 1777 he served in Capt. Stone's 

and in Capt. Rand's company. He was selectman in 

1780, and was frequently cliosen on committees and to 

minor offices. Tlie family removed to Vermont, tradition 

names both R(X'kinghani and Grafton, about 1788. , 



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I. ,7acob, h. March 17, 1764; md. July 19, 1788, Bet- 
sey Townsend, dau. of Dr. Townsend, q. v. 

3 II. Lucy, h. April 18, 1765. 

4 III. i>o%, h. Jan. 4, 1767. 

5 IV. Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1768. 

6 V. Daniel, V. June 17, 1770. 

7 VI. Nathan, b. Feb. 23, 1772. 

8 VII. Lucinda, b. July 4, 1774. 

9 VIII. Betsey, b. Oct. iO, 1776 ; d. Dec. 25, 1777. 

10 IX. daily, b. Nov. 1, 1778. 

11 Oliver Gould, brother of Jacob, Jr., b. in Lunenburg, 
Oct. 3, 1733, md. May 3, 1759, Mary Stockwell, of Peters- 
ham. They resided in Lunenburg until 1766, and per- 
haps longer. In 1776 he was in Rindge, but the date of 
his removal is uncertain, nor do the records indicate the 
date of his removal to Jaffrey, where he passed the 
remainder of his days. In the probate records of Che- 
shire County is found his will, dated in 1792, about three 
years previous to his death, in w^hich he names wife 
Mary, sons Oliver, Jesse, and Sewall, and daughters Sarah 
McClintock, Lucy Parker, Mary, Mercy, Susannah, and 
Sibel. The date of birth of the four eldest children 
appears upon the Lunenburg records. It is probable that 
the order of age of the younger children is not preserved 
in the follomng record. 

12 I. OZiuer, b. in Lunenburg, May 31, 1760 ; d. of small- 

pox about 1795. 
V.\ 11. Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1762; md. McClintock. 

14 III. Lucy,\). in Lunenburg, Sept. 9, 1764; md. April 

21, 1791, Asa Parker, son of Samuel Parker, of 
Jaffrey. He d. 1838; she d. 1819. They had 
I several children. 

15 I IV, Mary, b. in Lunenburg, Oct. 16, 1766. 

Ifi ! V. Susannah, ba]». in Lunenburg, Jan. 8, 1769. 

17 I VI. Mercy, ; md. Enos Mayo. Resided in Lud- 

low, Vt. 

18 I VII. Sihel. 

19 i vui. Jesse. 

20 ! IX. Sewall, b. 1783; md. Catherine Mayo. Several 
children. 



Elijah Gould, brother of Jacob and Oliver, b. Aug. 8, 
1743; md. Feb. 26, 1767, Eunice Patch. They were in 
Rindge a short time, and returned to Lunenburg in 1770. 
Lois, their dau., was b. in Rindge Dec. 22, 1767 ; bap. Jan. 
3, 1768. After their retui-n to Lunenburg, they were 
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BEisrjAivnN Gould, son of Benjamin and Esther (Peirce) 
Gould, grandson of Thomas and Mercy (Sumner) Gould, 
and consequently a cousin of Jacob, Jr., was b. in Lunen- 
burg Jan. 31, 1741; md. May 16, 1764, Sarah Foster. 
They were md. in Lunenburg, but he had been here two 
or three years at that date. In 1780 the family removed 
to Rockingham, Vt. 

I. Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1765. 
II. JBenjamin, b. July 26, 1767. 

III. Martha, b. June 18, 1770; d. March 10, 1776. 

IV. Behecca, b. Nov. 25, 1772 ; d. Feb. 17, 1776. 
V. Joseph, b. Jime 2, 1774; d. Feb. 9, 1776. 

VI. Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1776. 
VII. Sarah, b. May 4, 1779; d. Dec. 27, 1780. 
VIII. Sarah, b. in Vermont June 7, 1785. 



Ebenezer Gould, parentage unknown, and his wife 
Anne may have resided in this town a few years. Their 
names appear only on the church records. Perhaps they 
lived in Jaffrey. 

I, Anna, bap. in Rindge Aug. 13, 1780. 
II. Ebenezer, bap. in Rindge Oct. 21, 1781. 



Daniel Geagg md. in Rindge July 16, 1772, Elizabeth 
Wood, dau. of Michael and Mary (Platts) Wood, q. v. 
They resided in the north part of the town. He d. Oct. 
29, 1801, aged 66. She d. May 21, 1825, aged 74. 

I. Daniel, b. Dec. 14, 1772. One of the few in the 

early part of the present century who -regularly 
received a newspaper. He was accustomed to 
read the news to groups of inquiring listeners 
assembled at Todd's Tavern. Returning on foot 
to his home on the evening of Feb. 12, 1830, he 
perished in the cold within a short distance of 
his home. 

II. Asa, b. July 31, 1774. 

III. Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1776 ; md. Francis Thomas, 

q. V. 

IV. Abel, b. March 14, 1778. 
V. Molley, b. March 21, 1780. 

VI. Btith, b. May 16, 1782; d. unrnd. Oct. 5, 1801. 
VII. Sarah, b. June 27, 1784. 
VIII. Enos, b. Aug. 13, 1790. 
IX. mile, b. Sept. 6, 1792 ; md. Nathan Jewett, son of 

Ezekiel, q. v. 
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John Gray, wife Beulah, and son Eliphalet, came from 
Milton, N. H., in Feb., 1773. He signed the test in 1776, 
and was in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment in 1778. No 
more is known of the family. 

Edward Gray and wife Sarah, from Andover, Mass., 
were warned out in 1773, and perhaps they thought the 
warning was in earnest, for they are not again heard 
from. 



Isaac Green and wife Abigail were in Rindge from 
1795 to 1805, and the following two children were b. in 
this town : — 

I. James, b, March 7, 1795. 
II. Usijier, b. Nov. 6, 1798. 



Francis Green, previous to his removal to Rindge, 
had served in the army, and was a pensioner. He md. 
Lucy Towne, dau. of Jonathan Towne, of Rindge. They 
settled upon the farm fonnerly occupied by Mr. Towne, 
west of the farm now of Col. Perry. He d. Aug. 25, 
1844, aged 90 ; she d. Sept. 8, 1849, aged 82. 

I. Harry, b. Oct. 17, 1793; md. Abigail (Miller) 
Turner, and resided upon the home place until 
1850, when he removed to Hubbardston, Mass. 
He d. June 4, 1865. 

HALE. 

Thomas Hale, the ancestor of very many families bearing the name, 
residing in nearly or quite eveiy State in the Union, was b. at King's 
Walden, Herts., England, May 15, 1606. He was a glover, and was 
residing at Newbury, Mass., as early as 1635, where he d. Dec. 21, 1682. 
His wife Tamosin, or Thomasine, d. on the 30th of the following month. 
They had three sons : Thomas, b. 1633 ; John, b. 1636 ; and Samuel, b. 
1640 ; and one dau., Apphia, who md. Nov. 3, 1659, Benjamin KoKe. 

Thomas Hale, eldest son of Thomas the emigrant, md. May 26, 1657, 
Mary Hutchinson, dau. of Richard and Alice (Boswoi'tb) Hutchinson, of 
Salem. He also resided in Newbury, where he d. Oct. 22, 1688, leaving 
three sons and five daughters. 

Capt. Thomas Hale, son of Thomas, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1658-9, md. May 
16, 1682, Sarah Northend, dau. of Ezekiel and Edna (Lambert) North- 
end. For many years he was a magistrate and a man of distinction in 
Newbmy. His name appears upon the proprietors' records of Lunen- 
burg as ha%dng purchased in that township a lot of land for his son 
Joshua. His children were seven sons and fom- daughters. 



Moses Hale, the youngest son of Capt. Thomas, was 
b. in Newbury 1702 or 1703. His name does not appear 
j in Coffin's " History of Newbury," but he is named, with 
j the other sons, in his father's will. He md. Dec. 4, 1727, 
i Elizabeth "Wheeler, dau, of Jethro and Hannah (French) 



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Wheeler. He resided many years in Rowley, Mass., 
where several of his children were b. From Rowley he 
removed to Hampstead, N, H., about 1740. Previous to 
its incorporation in 1749 the records of Hampstead afford 
little information of its inhabitants. He was town treas- 
urer 1750, selectman 1752, and in 1758 he was chosen one 
of a committee to locate pews in the meeting-house then 
building. In 1760, accompanied by his wife, six children, 
and two grandchildren, he removed to this town. He d. 
June 19, 1762 ; his widow d. Jan. 9, 1780, aged 75. 

I. Nathan, b. Jan. 22, 1729-30 ; d. young. 
II. Moses, b. Feb. 28, 1731-2. -{- 

III. Enoch, b. Nov. 28, 1733.+ 

IV. Elizabeth, b. ; md. Jacob Gould, q. v. 

V. Eumce,h. July, 1739; md. James Fhilbrick, q. v. 

VI. Lucy, b. ; md. Henry Coffeen, q. v. 

VII. Rathan, b. Sept. 23, 1743.-)- 

MosES Hale was b. in Rowley, Mass., Fel>. 28, 1731-2. 
He md. in Hampstead, Feb. 20, 1751-2, Abigail Emerson, 
who was b. in that place, April 16, 1736. Four children 
were b. in Hampstead, two of whom d. young, and were 
buried there previoiis to their removal to Rindge. He 
was prominent in the affairs of this town, and was fre- 
quently chosen to office. He was selectman 1772. July 
16, 1776, he was apjiointed coroner for Cheshire County, 
and was subsequently elected county treasurer. He d. 
March 2, 1799. 

I. Sarah, b. March 22, 1753; d. Dec. 11, 1759. 
Ti. David, b. March 22, 1755. -f- 

III. Abigail, b. June 2, 1757; d. Dec. 13, 1759. 

IV. Moses, b. Sept. 7, 1760.4- 

V. Sarah, b. Feb. 7, 1765 ; md. Nathaniel Ingalls, q. v. 

VI. Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1768; md. Nathan Hunt, q. v. 

VII. Jesse, b. Feb. 24, 1770; d. Mav 10, 1774. 

vui. Enoch, b. April 16, 1772; d. Feb. 9, 1776. 

IX. Jesse, b. June 16, 1774; d. Feb. 10, 1776. 

X. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1776. 
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Col. Enoch H/le was b. in Rowley, Nov. 28, 1833. 
"With the exception of a brief sojourn in Middle Monad- 
nock, now Jaifrey, in the latter pait of 1768 and 1769, he 
resided in Rindge from 1760 to 1784. No one has been 
more thoroughly identified with the town's history. He 
was the first magistrate in this toAvn, was selectman 1772, 

1774, 1775, 1778, and 1783 ; town clerk 1772, 1773, 1774, 

1775, and 1783; and was much employed in military, j)ro- 
vincial, and State affairs. For a record of his distin- 
guished service, see chapters V. to VHI. He nid. in 



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Rindge, Dec. 22, 1763, Abigail Stanley, dan. of Jonathan 
and Abigail (Gould) Stanley, of Rindge, q. v. In 1784 
he removed to "Walpole, and subsequently to Grafton, 
Vt., where he d. April 9, 1813, aged 79. The third and 
fourth children were b. in Jaffrey. 

I. Joshua, b. Aug. 24, 1764.-}- 

II. Jyucy, b. April 29, 1766 ; md. Hezekiah Wetherbee, 
q. V. 

III. Daniel, b. July 19, 1768; d. Aug. 12, 1768. 

IV. Hannah, b. June 10, 1769; md. Jonathan Lake, 

^. V. 
V. Daniel, b. April 1, 1772 ; d. Jan. 6, 1773. 
VI. Sherburne, b. Dec. 30, 1773. -|- 
VII. Bnoch, b. May 30, 1777; d. June 16, 1777. 
VIII. ^noch, b. Feb. 24, 1779. -j- 



CoL. Nathan Hale was b. in Rowley or Hampstead, 
probably in the latter place, Sei)t. 23, 1743. Chapters V. 
and VI. contain an account of his military service during 
the Revolution. He was a merchant and a farmer, and, 
like his brothers, was an extensive land proprietor in this 
town. The ])osition he occu])ied in civil affairs, consider- 
ing his age, gave promise of future distinction and useful- 
ness. In 1774, when thirty-one years of age, he was 
commissioned a captain of a company of militia in this 
town, and nobly did he and his command respond to the 
call from Lexington. His subsequent commissions were 
as follows. The dates follow immediately after the date 
of his several appointments by the Provincial Congress 
of New Hampshire : June 2, 1774, captain in the militia ; 
June 6, 1775, major of third regiment — foot (Col. 
Reed); July 1, 1775, major of third regiment — foot; 
Jan. 1, 1776, major of second regiment — foot; Nov. 8, 
1776, lieutenant-colonel second battalion New Hampshire 
troops ; April 2, 1777, colonel second battalion New 
Hampshire troops (three years men). As previously 
stated, he d. a prisoner within the enemy's line, Sept. 23, 
1780. He md. Jan. 28, 1766, Abigail Grout, dau. of Col. 
John and Joanna (Boynton) Grout, of Lunenburg, Mass.; 
she md. (2d) Oct. 30, 1796, Samuel Parker, of Rindge, 
but soon after obtained a divorce and resumed the name 
of Hale. She was a woman of ability and unfailing res- 
olution, and many anecdotes illustrative of her character 
are frequently narrated by the aged in this town who 
remember her. She d. 1838 at the residence of her son, 
Harry Hale, Esq., Chelsea, Yt., aged 93. 

I. Charlotte, b. Dec. 30, 1766; md. Dr. Abraham 
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II. Thomas, h. Sept. 6, 1769; was by occupation a 
mason; he md. Hannah Goldsmith. He d. in 
Rindge, Dec. 1, 1797. 

1. Polly, b. July, 1797 ; d. Dec. 28, 1797. 

III. Nathan, b. July 1, 1771. + 

IV. Son, b. July, 1773 ; d. same day. 
V. EUiyhalet, b. May 16, 1775, -|- 

VI. Polly, b. April 26, 1778 ; d. unmd. Sept. 26, 1795. 
VII. Harry, b. Feb. 10, 1780. -f 



David Hale, son of Moses, md. Oct. 16, 1777, Mara 
Russell, dau. of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., q. v. She d. Jan. 
30, 1778 ; md. (2d) Oct. 28, 1780, Bathsheba Barker, q. v. 
He d. Nov. 22, 1830, aged 75. She d. Aug. 2, 1830, aged 
80. 

uJ^nt:\^-^'-''^^^^™''''-y---s- 

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i": li/S }''-F«l'. 4, 1781 ;d. young. 

V. Horatio, b. July 6, 1782 ; md. May 30, 1804, Susan 
Sawyer, dau. of Francis Sawyer, q. v. They 
removed to Vermont, name of town not known, 
about 1810. 

1. Susan Elvira, b. in Rindge March 5, 1805. 

VI. David, b. Feb. 2, 1784; md., 1821, Ann Plummer, 

of Newbury, Mass., who d. March 5, 1824, aged 
39. He removed to Groton, Mass., where he 
again md., and d. about 1865. No children. 

VII. Enoch, b. Sept. 11, 1786. 

VIII. Polly, b. Feb. 8, 1788 ; md. Ezra Scollay, q. v. 
IX. Zipporah, b. Dec. 12, 1789 ; md. Enos Emory, q. v. 
X. Permelia, b. June 10, 1795 ; md. June 16, 1831, 
Charles Tolman, of Winchendon. She d. soon 
after her marriage, leaving one son, David. Mr. 
Tolman md. (2d) Caroline Chesman. He d. 
Jan. 10, 1842, and his widow md. Asaph C. Hale, 
of Rindge, q. v. 



Moses Hale, son of Moses, was a prosperous fanner in 
Rindge. He served in Stark's brigade in 1777, being at 
the time seventeen years of age. He md. March 21, 1782, 
Sibyl Adams, of Chelmsford, a sister of Oliver Adams, of 
Rindge. She d. June 18, 1828. He md. (2d) Jan. 29, 
1829, Sibyl (Howe) Sawtell, widow of Josiah Sawtell, and 
daii. of Isaac Howe, of New Ipswich. He d. Oct. 21, 
1829. 



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I. Emerson, b. March 20, 1783. -j- 

n. Nathan, b. April 23, 1788. + 

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IV. Moses, b. Oct. 29, 1792. + 



Joshua Hale, Esq., son of Col. Enoch Hale, was a 
soldier in the ReA'olution (pnge 167) ; md. April 23, 1787, 
Sally Cutler, dau. of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. v. He 
removed to Walpole 1785, and returned to Rindge 1794, 
and was selectman 1795. In 1798 'he removed again to 
Walpole, and a few years later to Wells River, Yt., 
where he d. July 22, 1825; his widow d. June, 1853. He 
was an officer in the militia, and for many years a justice 
of the peace. He was a lai-ge man, and very fleshy in 
his latter years, weighing nearly four hundred pounds. 
In this he resembled his great-grandfather, Capt. Thomas 
Hale, who was of most generous proportions. 

I. Charles,\). Qct. 30, 1788; md. Dec. 30, 1813, Mary 

Ann Reed, dau. of Stephen and Jane (Cochran) 
Reed. He was a captain of the militia in the 
War of 1812. During thirty years a justice of 
the peace, and filled many other positions of 
trust. About 1860 he removed to Concord, 
N. H., when he d. May 21, 1862 ; his wife d. 
Dec. 14, 1854. Among his nine children only 
one survives. 

1. Oscar Cutler, b. July 26, 1816; md. June 
26, 1844, Susan D. Rix. He is highly 
respected. He was a member of the 
Legislature of his native State, and re- 
moving to Keokuk, Iowa, he was twice 
elected alderman of that city. At pres- 
ent he is director in several corporations 
representing considerable capital, and 
cashier of the State National Bank, of 
Keokuk. 

II. Sally, b. .June 9, 1796; md. Thomas Bai-stow, of 
Piermont, N. H., where thev reside. They have 
nine children, b. 1816-1837." 



Sherburne Hale, son of Col. Enoch, md. Callia Cut- 
ler, dau. of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. v. He resided in 
Walpole, N. H., Grafton and Woodstock, Vt., and d. at 
the last named place June 18, 1852. His widow d. March 
31, 1853. 

I. William, b, Feb. 20, 1805; a civil engineer. 
Resides at Essex Junction, Vt.; md. July 24, 
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(2(1) Jan. 1, 1851, Hannah R. Enos. His son, 
Henry Clay Hale, is a civil engineer at Puget 
Sound, Washington Territory. 
II. Nancy, b. April 20, 1807 ; d. nnmd. April 8, 1829. 
in. Hepsiheth Toxcnsend, b. Nov. 14, 1818 ; md. Oct. 
11, 1840, Henry Walker, of Rockingham, Vt., 
and d. Aug. 1, 1848. 



EsrocH, youngest son of Col. Enoch, md. Bathsheba 
Stone, and resided at Clarendon, Vt., where he d. about 
1824. 



I. Sophia, b. 
II. Polly, b. — 

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•; d. unmd. 

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Charlotte Hale, eldest child of Col. Nathan, md. in 
Rindge, Oct. 30, 1788, Dr. Abraham Lowe, of Ashburn- 
ham, Mass. He was a highlv respected and able physi- 
cian; d. Oct. 23, 1834; she d. May 5, 1841. 

I. Nathan Hale, b. July 21, 1789 ; d. Dec. 12, 1789. 

II. Abigail Hale, b. Jan. 24, 1791 ; md. Dr. William 
H. Cutler, of Winchendon, and subsequently of 
Ashburnham. They had nine children, of whom 
William J., Abraham L., George, and Edward 
W., are wholesale merchants in Boston. Their 
dau., Abigail H., is the wife of Dea. Albert 
Abbott, of Andover, Mass. 

in. Charlotte, b. May 29, 1793 ; md. David Goodwin, 
Esq., of Chelsea, Vt. ; resides in Ashburnham. 

IV. Abraham Thompson, b. Aug. 15, 1796; received 
the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth College 
1816. For many years a wholesale druggist in 
Boston, and now President of the First Na- 
tional Bank of Boston. 
V. Thomas Hale, b. Nov. 27, 1799; d. Jan. 13, 1800. 

VI. Mary Hale, b. May 9, 1801 ; md. Samuel Woods, 
of Ashburnham; she d. Dec, 23, 1838, leaving 
three children. 
VII. George Henry, b. May 12, 1803 ; md. Catherine M. 
Brigham ; resided in Brookfield, Mass. ; several 
children, 
vin. Benbni, b. Sept. 19, 1807 ; d. Feb. 22, 1808. 

Nathan, son of Col. Nathan, was a merchant in Wind- 
sor, and in Chelsea, Vt., where he d. June 10, 1849. He 
resided in this town until 1797, where he md. Aug. 14, 
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1794, and was buried in Rindge. He md. (2d), 1799, 
Ruth Tyler, who d. April 4, 1804; and (3d), Feb. 2, 1806, 
Sarah Caldwell Black, who d. March 29, 1839. He was a 
man of character and ability. 

T. Infant, b. and d. 1794. 

Children of second wife : — 

II. Haymond, b. Aug. 28, 1800. Resided at Troy, 
Vt., and Chelsea, Vt. Now in the West. His 
son, Oscar Adrain, Dartmouth College 1860. 
Served 1861-64 as captain, major, and lieuten- 
ant-colonel of the 6th Vermont Volunteers, and 
d. in South America in 1868, aged 31. 

III. John Tyler, b. Feb. 20, 1802 ; nid. Amanda Pru- 

dence Blake, of Chelsea, Vt. Was a merchant 
in Boston, then resided many years in Chelsea, 
Vt., and d. at Washington, Iowa, Jan. 23, 1873. 
He had eight children. 

IV. Jfary, b. Jan. 12,1804; md. Col. Ralph Hosford, 

of Tlietford, Vt., and (2d) John White, of 
Woodstock, Vt. 

Children of third wife : — 

V. Stella Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1807 ; md. Chauncy Smith, 

of Washington, Vt. She d. in Washington, D. 
p., March 3, 1857. Mr. Smith holds an appoint- 
ment in the post-office department. 

VI. Nathan (rrow^, b. July 24,1812; was formerly a 

merchant in Chelsea, now a dentist in Windsor, 
Vt. He has one dau. living. 



Eliphalet Hai.e at an early age entered as clerk the 
house of John Cushing & Co., importers, Boston, and a 
few years later he commenced business as a merchant, in 
which he was successful. He md., early in 1809, Abigail 
Waters, b. in Boston 1775, dau. of Col, Josiah and 
Abigail Waters. She d. Sept. 10, 1829. About 1840 Mr. 
Hale retired from business, and Sept. 26, 1842, removed 
to Keene, N. H,, where he d. just ten years later, Sept. 26, 
1852. He was of methodical business habits, a man of 
strict integrity, and of a most kind and genial nature ; 
and during a long life he commanded the respect and 
confidence of all who knew him. The accompanying 
engraving, in which can be discerned the lines of a firm 
purpose and a frank sincerity, was recently engraved for 
this volume. 

I. Mary Whitwell, b. Jan. 28, 1810, was many years 
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known as a writer, both in prose and in verse. 
She d. unmd. in Keene Nov. 17, 1862. 

II. George, b. Sept. 26, 1813; md. Sarah C. Draper, 
who d. without issue Sept. 2, 1853; md. (2d) 
June 25, 1855, Mary Ford, who d. April 9, 1861, 
leaving a dan., Anna C. Mr. Hale for many 
years was an accom2)lished accountant and book- 
keeper, and for sixteen years was Secretary of 
the Tremont Insurance Company. He now 
resides in Boston, retired from active business. 

III. Catherine W., b. May 29, 1816; d. Sept. 13, 1817. 



Harry Hale, youngest son of Col. Nathan, resided in 
this town until 1808, where he md. Phebe Adams, dau. of 
David Adams, q. v. ; she d. Jan. 18, 1815, and he md. (2d) 
Nov. 14, 1815, Lucinda Eddy, dau of Cai)t. Ephraim and 
Mary (Safford) Eddy, of Woodstock, Vt., who d. Aug 1, 
1871. From 1808 to 1807 he was a merchant in Windsor, 
Vt., then removed to Chelsea, Vt., where he resided a 
merchant and farmer imtil his death, June 2, 1861, aged 
81. He honorably filled many positions of honor and 
trust, both State and municipal, and was prominently and 
liberally associated with the benevolent and religious 
enterprises of his time, preserving through life a character 
for unblemished integrity. 

I. Polly, b. in Rindge Aug. 3, 1803 ; md. Dr. Hiram 
Bliss ; removed to Waldoboro, Me., where she 
resides a widow. Five of her eight children 
are living. 

Henry, b. April 22, 1805 ; d. Dec, 1807. 

Mark, b. Aug. 20, 1806; was appointed a mid- 
shipman in IJ. S. Navy 1825 ; resigned 1832. It 
is supposed that he is not living. No tidings of 
him have been received for many years. 

Son, b. and d. Jan. 26, 1808. 

Son, b. and d. Dec. 28, 1808. 

Daughter (twin), b. and d. Dec. 28, 1808. 

Louisa, b. June 6, 1810; md. Rev. Elihu Scott 
(Methodist), and now resides at Hampton, N. H. 
Three of her six children are living. 

1. Josej)h G., instructor in the Westfield, 
Mass., Normal School. 

2. Harry Hale, Dartmouth College 1871 ; a 
teacher at Great Barrington, Mass. 

3. Jiilia, md. Francis Asbury Smith, Esq., 

Wesleyan University 1859; a lawyer at 
Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N. Y. 

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89 IX. Phehe Adams (twin), b. May 23, 1811 ; md. Ste- 

phen Vincent, Esq., of Chelsea, Vt. ; d. May 5, 
185G. Six of her nine children are living. Her 
son. Dr. Walter S. Vincent, of Burlington, Vt., 
' was an assistant-surgeon during the war. 

90 X. Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1813; honorary degree of 
A. M. from University of Vermont 1853. He 
received a legal education, and was admitted to 
the bar 1844, but has spent the most of his life 
as a journalist. He has been editor and success- 
ful manager of the Yermont Journal, Windsor, 
Vt., and of the New Ham,pshire Sentinel, 
Keene, N. H., and now editor and part owner of 
the Fitchburg Daily and Weekly Sentinel, 
P'itchburg, Mass. He md. Aug. 5, 1869, Sarah 
Ballon, dau. of Welcome D. BiUlou, of Keene, 
N. H. They have one son. 

91 XI. Henry, b. June 21, 1814 ; University of Vermont 
1840; a lawyer, now of St. Paul, Minn.; md. 
Mary E. Fletcher, dau. of Paris Fletcher, Esq. 
Two children, both d. 

Children of second wife : — 

92 XII. Ahhy Grout, b. April 6, 1817; resides unmd. at 
Chelsea, Vt. 

93 XIII. Safford Eddy, b. Oct. 26, 1818; Dartmouth Med- 
ical College 1841 ; a physician at Elizabethtown, 
N. Y. ; md. Elizabeth Palmer Churchill, dau. of 
Joseph Churchill, Esq., of Woodstock, Vt. She 
d. March 8, 1871. Frederick C, the eldest of 
their three children, is a lawyer in Chicago, 111. 

94 XIV. La'^a Charlotte, b. Sept. 24, 1820 ; md. Re v^ Will- '1^^4_ 
iam T. Herrick, who graduated at the University 
of Vermont 1839, now a Congregational minis- / 
ter at West Charlestown, Vt. William Hale 
Herrick, the eldest of their two surviving chil- 
dren, graduated at Williams College 1871, now 
acting Professor of Chemistry, Iowa College, 
Grinuell, Iowa. 

95 XV. Robert Safford, b. Sept. 24, 1822 ; University of 
Vermont 1842 ; LL.D., same institution, 1870 ; a 
practicing lawyer at Elizabethtown, N. Y. ; was 
County Judge of Essex County 1857-1865, a 
presidential elector 1860, and a regent of the 
University of New York since 1859. He was 
a member of the Thirty-ninth and Forty-third 
Congresses, and was agent and special coun- 
sel for the United States before the Mixed 
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1871-1873. Mr. Hale has filled these numerous 
apjjointments with distinguished ability. It is 
an honorable record, and one of unremitting 
labor and great usefulness. He md. Lovina 
Sibley Stone, dau. of Capt. Jeremiah Stone, of 
Elizabethtown, and has five children. 
XVI. John Gardner, b. Sept. 12, 1824; University of 
Vermont 1845, Andover Theological Seminary 
1851 ; a Congregational minister, now of Ches- 
ter, Vt. ; md. Jane Phila Dwinell, dau. of Isi'ael 
Dwinell, Esq., of Calais, Vt., and has five 
children. 
XVII. William, Bainbridge, b. July 20, 1826, formerly a 
merchant, now a manufacturer and banker, and 
since 1857 of Northampton, Mass. He md. 
, Harriet A. Porter, dau. of Wright Porter, Esq., 
of Hartford, Vt., and has two sons. 

1. Philip, student at Yale College. 

2. Edward, student at Phillips Academy, 

Exeter, N. H. 

xviii. Matthew, b. June 20, 1829; University of Vermont 
1851 ; is a practicing lawyer of acknowledged 
ability in Albany, IST. Y. ; was a State Senator 
1868-9, and member of the Constitutional Con- 
vention 1867-8 ; md. Ellen Salome Hand, dau. 
of Hon. Augustus C. Hand, of Elizabethtown, 
K Y., who d., s.p., Oct. 10, 1867. 

Emerson Hale, son of Moses, Jr., was several years a 
merchant at Rindge Centre, and subsequently a 
farmer. He occupied the farm now of Wm. E. 
Robbins, and acquired a competence. He md. 
Sept. 17, 1807, Jemima Foster, b. Dec. 27, 1786, 
dau. of John and Dorcas (Towne) Foster, of 
Andover, Mass. He d. June 18, 1851. 

I. John Foster, b. Sept. 26, 1808; md. 1844, Re- 
becca Bailey. He is a farmer in Rindge, 

1. Martha, b. Sept. 4, 1849; md. Geo. G. 
Rice, q. v. 

II. Harris, b. Aug. 10, 1813; md. July 6, 1869, Eliza 
Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. ; a farmer. 
Resides in Rindge — prosperous. 

III. Ruby, b. Dec, 7, 1815 ; md. Arad Adams, q. v. 

IV. 3Ioodi/, b, April 17, 1820; md, June 6, 1844, Char- 

lotte Keyes, dau, of Amos Keyes, Esq,, q. v. ; she 
d. Feb. 2, 1847 ; md. (2d) Sarah E, Wright, b. 



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March 27, 1829, dau. of David Wright, of Enos- 
buro;, Vt., who d. June 11, 1859 ; he d. April 28, 
1860. 
Jemima, h. July 26, 1822; md. Dea. James Ban- 
croft, q. V. 



Nathan Hale was a blacksmith and farmer in Rindge ; 
md. May 25, 1809, Sarah Whitcomb, b. Oct. 22, 1788, dau. 
of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carter) Whitcomb, of Jaffrey. 
He d. Feb. 12, 1844. 

I. Asa2)h Carter, b. March 16, 1810; md. Sept. 15, 
1842, Caroline (Chesman) Tolraan, widow of 
Charles Tolman, and dau. of John Chesman, of 
Boston. They reside in this town. 

1. Sarah M., b. July 28", 1845. 

II. SijMl, b. May 10, 1811 ; d. Sept. 26, 1825. 

III. Caroline, b.Sept. 3, 1812; d. Nov. 21, 1814. 

IV. Eliza, b. May 24, 1814 ; md. Levi Russell, q. v. 

V. Oliver, b. Dec. 26, 1815; a farmer and carpenter in 
Rindge ; md. Feb. 9, 1836, Harriet Demary, dau. 
of Ezekiel Demary, q. v., who d. Jan. 27, 1854 ; 
md. (2d) Nov. 2, 1856, Nancy Sloan, of 
Townsend, Mass. 

1. H. Eliza, b. April 14, 1837. 

2. C. Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1838. 

3. S. Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1841 ; d. Aug. 3, 1841. 

4. S. Maria, b. March 23, 1843. 

6. Oliver Chester, b. Feb. 12, 1845 ; d. Dec, 8, 
1845. 

6. J. Emilv, b. Oct. 26, 1846 ; d. April 14, 1847. 

7. Chester O., b. Aug. 5, 1848 ; md., 1870, W. 

Edelia Stewart, of Montague, Mass. 
Reside in Rindge. 

VI. Charles Hale, b. Oct. 13, 1817 ; md. Feb. 15, 1844, 
Mary Ann Metcalf, dau. of Timothy Metcalf, 
q.v.; a farmer. Resides in Rindge. Other chil- 
dren d. young. 

1. Mary E., b. 1847; md., 1866, John W. 

Richards, son of John Richards, of 
Rindtre, q. v. 

2. Charles" E., b. 1850; md. Feb., 1873, Sarah 

A. Page, dau. of Elias and Sarah (Mcln- 
tire) Page, of Rindge, q. v. 

VII. Ste^yhen, b. July 9, 1819 ; a farmer in Rindge ; 
selectman 1871, 1872, 1873; md. May 4, 1843, 
Mary Jane Hubbard, dau. of Levi Hubbard, q. v. 

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HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

1. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1850 ; d. Oct. 29, 

1850. 

2. Lizzie S., b. Sept. 26, 1852. 

VIII. Caroline, b. Dec. 27, 1820; md. April 28, 1842, 
George Francis Holm an, of Fitzwilliam, son of 
Sylvanus and Lucy (Fullani) Holman, who d. 
Oct. 30, 1847 ; md. (2d) June 6, 1853, Benjamin 
Fay, of Fitzwilliam, son of John and Lovina 
(Brigham) Fay, who d. March 30, 1866; md. 
(3d)'N"ov. 29, 1866, Col. William Lebourveau, son 
of George and Betsey (Neeland) Leboui-veau. 
They reside in Fitzwilliam. Three children by 
the first marriage, two of whom d. young. 

1. Mary Jane, b. July 22, 1844; md. June 14, 

1866, Charles B. Wilson, son of Benjamin 
and Louisa (Thompson) Wilson. 

IX. Dorcas, b. Aug. 12, 1822 ; d. Sept. 28, 1823. 

X. Nathan Adams, b. March 14, 1825 ; md. March 28, 

1848, Mersylvia Godding, dau. of Ariel Godding, 
q. V. He is a farmer in Rindge. 

1. Ellen M., b. Aug. 17, 1849; md. Sept. 25, 

1874, Charles A. Buzzell, son of Reuben 
and Eliza (Cook) Buzzell, of Rindge. 

2. George A., b. Jan. 24, 1852. 

3. Lewis F., b. May 13, 1854. 

4. Emma C, b. Jan. 11, 1857. 

5. Edward A., b. July 31, 1859; d. June 2, 

1874. 

6. Willie E., b. Dec. 9, 18*51. 

7. Etta F., b. Nov. 22, 1864; d. Jan. 13, 1865. 

XI. Lyman, b. Feb. 7, 1827; md. April 24,1849, Sarah 

L. Jones, dau. of Asia Jones, q. v. A farmer. 
Resides in this town. 

1. Anna S., b. April 21, 1850; md. June 4, 

1867, John M. Ballon, b. March 2, 1845,. 
son of Hosea Ballon, of Richmond. He 
is a mechanic. Resides in East Rindge. 

2. Ella A., b. June 11, 1851. 

3. Albert L., b. Nov. 14, 1852. 

XII. Sijbil, b. Nov. 4, 1828; md. Nov. 8, 1848, Elias B. 
Flint, of Winchendon, son of Ephraim and 
Deborah (Brooks) Flint. He d. Oct. 5, 1853, 
leaving two children. She md. (2d) Feb. 11, 
1857, Col. Benjamin Gilmore, of Newport, N. H., 
son of John and Apphia (McAllister) Gilmore, 
by whom she has had five children, three of 
whom d. in childhood. 



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142 1 1. Mary E., b. Nov. 25, 1849; not li^dng. 

143 2. Carrie M., b. Jan. 4, 1852; mcl. March 2, 
I 1871, Mason H. Baldwin, son of Samuel 

C. and Sarah (Hatch) Baldwin. 

3. Emma F., b. Sept. 24, 1863. 

4. Maggie A., b. March 1, 1866. 

xin. William Augustus,}). Jan. 6,1832; md. Elvira J. 
Rugg, dan. of Capt. William S. Rngg, q. v. He 
was a manufacturer of wooden ware at West 
Rindge ; d. Aug. 16, 1867, leaving two sons. 

1. Alfred Augustus, b. April 23, 1858. 

2. Erwin Arthur, b. April 22, 1865. 



Benjamin Hale, son of Moses, Jr., md. Nov, 29, 1812, 
Miriam Peirce, dau. of Jacob Peirce, of Jaffrey. He 
resided a few years in Ohio ; returned to this town and 
occupied the farm now of N. A. Hale, where he d. Feb. 
12, 1832. His widow d. in Harris ville, N. H., April 26, 
1863, aged 74. No complete record of their children has 
been received. 

I. Triphosa Peirce, b. Oct. 8, 1813, 
II. Almina. 

III. Benjamin (?., md. Jan. 1, 1841, Maria Spaulding; 

md. (2d) Dec. 13, 1849, Lydia Spaulding, daugh- 
ters of Dea. Abel Spaulding. 

IV. Jacob Welsh. 
V. Moses. 



Moses Hale, youngest son of Moses, Jr.; a fanner; 

occupied the farm noAV of his son, Julius A. Hale ; md. 

Ruthy Towne, dau. of Simeon and Hepsibeth Towne, of 

Andover, Mass. ; d. Sept. 24, 1850 ; his widow d. Aug. 9, 

1852, aged 56. 

I. Moses Washington, h. Jan. 22, 1818; md. Dec. 30, 
1858, Lucina O. Ware, dau. of Ziba and Eliza 
(Olcott) Ware, of Winchester, N. H. Resides 
in Rindge, a farmer and maniTfacturer of brooms. 
Three children. 

1. Nellie L., b. Aug. 29, 1861. 

2. Arthur Moses, b. Nov. 16, 1863, 

3. Pearl W., b. Oct. 21, 1865, 

II, Benjamin, b. Aug. 18, 1819; md. May 15, 1845, 
Mary Ann Spaulding, of Lowell, who d. Oct. 29, 
1847, and he md. (2d) her sister, Eliza F, Spauld- 
ing ; was a farmer, and for a short time hotel- 
keeper; selectman 1860, 1861, and 1862; re- 
moved, 1866, to Minnesota, where he d, by 
suicide about 1870, leaving two children; his 
wife d, about the same date. 



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• HISTORY OF RINDGE. 

III. Marshall Adams, b. July 11, 1822 ; md. Louisa 

Adams, dau. of Israel Adams, q. v.; he d, by 
suicide, June 18, 1852; his widow md. (2d) 
John Platts, son of Asa Platts, q. v. 

1. Henry Marshall, b. Feb. 25, 1846. 

2. Francis Edwin, b. Aug. 3, 1849. 

IV. Julius Augustus, b. Nov. 15, 1824; md. Jan. 4, 

1855, Eliza Perry, dau. of Col. J. B. Perry, q. v. 
He is a successful farmer in Rindge. His farm 
has been owned by members of the Hale family 
Avithout interruption since the first settlement of 
this town. 

1. Hattie A., b. Dec. 24, 1855. 

2. Lizzie A., b. Aug. 16, 1857. 

3. Ella F., b. March 17, 1859. 

4. Walter A., b. Jan. 17, 1861. 

5. Herbert J., b. Aug. 11, 1863. 

6. Jennie M., b. May 10, 1865. 

7. Anna M., b. Jan. 18, 1867. 

8. Harvev P., b. Nov. 28, 1868. 

9. Henr/M., b. Feb. 17, 1872. 
10. Ruthy M., b. Dec. 15, 1873. 

V. David Ancil, b. Feb. 13, 1827; d. Sept. 26, 1847. 

VI. Sherburne, b. April 5, 1829; d. Jan. 6, 1831. 
VII. Sherburne P., b. May 29, 1831 ; md. Emma Stew- 
art, and was divorced 1874. Three children. 
VIII. Appleton, b. Oct. 16, 1833; md, March 31, 1857, 
Ellen Perham, of Troy, N. H. Resides at Owa- 
tonna, Steele County, Minn. 

IX. Mersylma J.,h. Aug. 20, 1835; md. 1855, Daniel 
W. Brooks, of Keene, N. H., where they reside. 

X. Buthy M., b. Oct. 19, 1838; md. George H. Nims, 
a provision merchant, of Keene, N. H. 

XI. Hudson JD., b. July 13, 1841; was a manufacturer 
of brooms; md. Dec, 1860, Mary E. Stickney, 
dau. of Asa Stickney, of Rindge ; she d., leaving 
one dau., March 14, 1871; he md. (2d) Jan. 2, 
1872, Josie C.Barnard, of Troy; he d. June 5, 
1873. 

Daniel C. Hall removed to the north-east part of 
Rindge in 1831. 

I. Elizabeth 31., md. William R. Emerson, of Hol- 

liston, Mass. 
II. Henry, resides in Fitzwilliam ; has a family. 

III. Erast'us D., resides in Holliston ; has a family. 

IV. Lyman, resides in Peterbt)ro, N. H. 



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V. Adaline, md. James Chisholm, of HoUiston, wlio 

d. 1871. 
VI. Thomas, b. Feb., 1842 ; d. June 7, 1864. 
VII. Francis, resided in Worcester; d. about 1870. 
VIII. Charles. 
IX. G-eorge. 



David Hammoj^d and wife Mary were in this to^vTi as 
early as 1766. He was constable in 1771, and was elected 
to a minor office in 1773, but the name soon fades from 
the records. 



I. Ruth, bap. in Rindge 1766. 
II. Thomas, baj). in Rindge 1766. 



John Handsome was in Wyman's Regiment in 1776, 
and in the 2d Continental Battalion, March 20, 1777, 
until the date of his death, Aug. 3, 1777. Widow Hand- 
some was seated in the meeting-house in 1780. 

John Hannaford, with his wife and several children, 
removed from Marlboro, Mass., 1774. He was a member 
of Capt. Hale's company 1775. He resided south of the 
residence of Lyman Bennett, and it is said that he was 
accustomed to boast that he was always ready to hoe his 
crops while others were planting, to which his neighbors 
replied that he maintained the precedence throughout, 
for he also had his entire produce eaten before they were 
ready to harvest. Removed about 1790. The name of 
only one of their children is known. 



John, b. 



md. March 20, 1787, Lucy Russell, 



dau. of Jabez Russell, q. v. 



HAPGOOD. 

Shadrach Hapgood, aged 14, embarked at Graveseud, England, May 
•30, 1656, and subsequently settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he md. Oct. 
21, 1664, Elizabeth Treadway. In 1675 Captains Hutchinson, of Boston, 
and Wheeler, of Concord, with a party of men, among whom was Mr. 
Hapgood, were sent to Quaboag, now Brookfield, to treat with the Indians, 
who had mauifested a desire to hold a conference with the English. The 
party were treacherously ambushed, and eight of them, including Hap- 
good, were slain. He left three or more children, of whom Thomas 
Hapgood was b. in Sudbury, Oct. 1, 1669. He settled in the north- 
easterly part of Marlboro, Mass., where he d. Oct. 4, 1764, aged 95, 
leaving 9 children, 92 grandchildren, 208 great-grandchildren, and 4 great 
great-grandchildren. (Hudson's "Marlboro.") John Hapgood, seventh 
child of Thomas, was b. June 9, 1707. He md. Feb. 17, 1731, Abigail 
Morse, dau. of Jonathan and Marj^ (Stowe) Morse. He resided in Marl- 
boro, where he d. May 26, 1762 ; his widow d. March 31, 1798. John 
Hapgood, their ninth child, was b. Oct. 8, 1752 ; md. Jan. 5, 1775, Lois 
Stevens, who d. April 10, 1776, leaving an infant two mouths old. He 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



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VI. 



md. (2d) Feb. 2, 1783, Lucy Munroe, of Lincoln, by whom he had seven 
children ; he d. Feb. 10, 1835, aged 82. John Hapgood, the only son of 
the first wife, was b. Feb. 9, 1776. He md., 1779, Betsey Temple, and in 
1801 removed to Winchendon, Mass., where he d. 

1 j George Dana Hapgood, son of John, of Winchendon, 
! was b. Dec. 3, 1811. He learned the trade of tanner, and 
] came to Rindge in 1840, and two years later, succeeding 
j Mr. Mixer, he conducted the business until 1855, when the 
I buildings were burned. He was selectman 1850, 1851, 
1 1852, and 1857, and held other positions of trust. In 

1858 he removed to Chester, Mass., and is there engaged 
in the same business. He md., 1841, Catherine W. Mixer, 
dan. of Charles Mixer, q. v. 

I. George Henry ^ b. April 20, 1842 ; md. Nov. 2, 
1864, Marietta Wilcox, b. Sept. 12, 1843, dan. of 
Elbridge G. and Lucy (Smith) Wilcox, of Ches- 
ter. Resides in Chester. 
II. Anna Elizabeth^ b. June 24, 1844; md. Nov. 7, 
1866, William P. Alderman, son of Daniel and 
Electa (Root) Alderman, of Middlefield, Mass. 

Jennie Emma^ b. Feb. 21, 1846. 

; d. young. 

; d. young. 

; d. young. 

Daniel Harper was a roving planet, whose name 
appears upon the records of many towns in this vicinity. 
Perhaps his occupation controlled his frequent removals. 
He md. in Lunenburg, Nov. 23, 1758, Rachel Colman, dau. 
of James and Rachel Colman, formerly of Ipswich, then 
of Lunenburg, Mass. He came to Rindge in 1765, and 
his family the following year. Four or five years later 
they removed to Littleton, Mass. 

2 1. Rachel^ b. in Ashburnham April 1, 1761. 

3 i II. James Colman^ b. in Ashburnham March 10, 1762. 

4 III. Daniel, b. in Shirley, Mass., March 10, 1766. 

5 IV. Mary, b. in Littleton, Mass., Feb. 27, 1770. 

6 V. Aaron, b. in Littleton, Mass., Jan. 29, 1772. 

7 VI. Ezehiel, b. in Shirley, Mass., Feb. 8, 1778. 

Samuel Harper and wife Mary came to Rindge 1760, 
and remained several years, but removed previous to the 
Revolution. Samuel and Thomas Harper were in the 
First New Hampshire Battalion, Jan., 1777, to Aug. 8, 
1778, and Daniel Haqjer, March to Dec, 1781. The chil- 
dren of Samuel and Mary Harper were as follows : — 

9 I. Samuel. 

10 II- William,. 

\\ III. Thomas.. 



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15 



IV. John. 
V. Mary. 
VI. Lucy. 
vii. Esther., all b. previous to 1765. 



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i Dr. Ebenezee Hartshorn, from Athol, Mass.; md. 

I April 20, 1767, Eunice Hapgood, b. Aug. 17, 1744, dau. 

of Caj)t. Thomas and Damaris (Hutchins) Hapgood, of 

Shrewsbury, Mass. They removed to Rindge about 1780. 

j Vide Chap. XVII. He d. Nov., 1811 ; his widow d. Jan. 

I 27, 1812. ,_ 

} Abijah Haskell, d. in the army, July 26, 1778. No 
; record found of his family. Vide pp. 124, 131, 162, 163. 

Benjamin Hastings, son of John Hastings, of Bolton, 
was b. in that place, June 29, 1781 ; md. Sept. 7, 1809, 
Nabby Whitcomb, b. May 6, 1786, dau. of John and 
Azubah (Whitcomb) Whitcomb, of Winchendon. They 
removed to Rindge 1809, and settled upon the " Hastings 
Farm," in the north-east part of the town. He d. Jan. 
16, 1873 ; his wife d. July 24, 1855. 

L Azuhah, b. Oct. 4, 1811 ; md. Sept. 29, 1836, Lem- 
uel Putnam. Reside in Pittston, Me. 
n. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1813; d. Oct. 1, 1813. 

III. Louisa, b. April 6, 1816; md. Nov. 28, 1844, 

Samuel Jefferson Hardison ; reside in Rindge. . 

1. John J., b. Nov. 14, 1847. 

2. Frank Herbert, b. Sept. 3, 1849 ; a student 

at Dartmouth College, class of 1876. 

3. Lizzie, b. March 3, 1856. 

IV. Susan, b. Feb. 3, 1818 ; md. Jan. 5, 1839, Sumner 

W. Keith, of Fitzwilliam, where she d. April 9, 
1864. Their dau., Sarah J., md. Asahel S. Howe, 
son of Dennis Howe, q. v. 
V. Benjamin, b. March 4, 1820; md. May 31,1855, 
Martha B. Kent, of Boston ; resided in Boston 
until 1865, when he returned to Rindge, where 
he d. April 8, 1868, leaving two children. 
VI. John Whitcomb, b. March 4, 1822 ; md. April 24, 
1851, Louisa Godding, dau. of Ariel Godding, 
q. V. Enlisted Nov.^ 1861, in the 6th N. H. 

I Vols.; killed at second Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862. 

I His widow md. (2d) Oct. 5, 1865, George M. 

j Cram, son of Solomon Cram; they reside in 

Lyndeboro. Four children. 

; VII. Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1831 ; md. March 27, 1851, 

i Nathaniel Hapgood Eastman, son of Timothy 

j M. and FeUcia Ann (Hapgood) Eastman. They 

i reside in Rindge. 



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HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



Hugh Henry removed to the north-west part of this 
town 1798. He d. 1814; his widow d. April 17, 1826. 

I. Phehe, nid. Aug. 9, 1801, George Carlton, q. v. 
II. Anna, md. (pnb. April 2) 1815, Elipha Peiree, q.v. 

III. Hugh. 

IV. John, d. in Boston. 

There were other children, whose names have not been 
learned. 



Jacob Hobbs came from Topsfield, Mass., 1768 or 
1769. He md. July 31, 1767, Vasthy Curtice. He was 
in Capt. Philip Thomas' company in 1775. His name 
disappears from the records about 1790. 

I. Jacob, b. Feb. 20, 1768, in Topsfield ; d. young. 
Ti. Abraham, b. Dec. 16, 1769, in Rindge. 

III. Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1772. 

IV. Vasthy, b. Feb. 2, 1774. 
V. Abbie, b. Aug. 10, 1776. 

VI. Jacob, bap. Aug. 20, 1780. 



Samuel Hodgskins was a resident of this town pre- 
vious to 1760. He settled near the residence of Asa anjl 
Charles E. Stickney. The first sermons preached in this 
town were delivered at his house. He md. Aug. 8, 1757, 
Rebecca Rice. They removed from town previous to 
the date of incorporation, and he died in Lunenburg, 
Mass., 1782 or 1783. He was a son of Hezekiah Hodg- 
skins, of Ipswich, Mass. 

I. Samuel, b. 1759. 
II. John, b. 1761. 

III. Sally, b. 1764. 

IV. Rebecca, b. 1767, 



Abiel Holt lived on the farm now of Charles H. Dan- 
forth from 1806 until his death, June 18, 1825. 

I. Abiel., b. 1790; md. Nov., 1815, Ede Darling, dau. 
of Amos Darling, q. v. They resided in Rindge 
several years. He d. in Ashburnham, June 10, 
1864; she d. Oct. 80, 1864. 

1. Samuel D., b. Sept. 15, 1816; md. Jan. 12, 

1860, Susan R. Harris, of Ashburnham, 
where they now reside. 

2. Edah Stone (twin), b. Feb. 1, 1819; d. Jan. 

17, 1820. 

3. Abiel Putnam (twin), b. Feb. 1, 1819; d. 

March 31, 1819. 

4. Abiel Putnam, b. Feb. 23, 1823 ; d. July 21, 

1827. 



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II. Daniel, b. 
family. 

III. JVathan, b. 

IV. JEJdah, b. — 
V. Liheriy, b. 



d. 



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in New York, 1871; left a 



-; d. uiimd. Oct. 25, 1827. 
d. in Fitcbburg, 1861. 
resides in Royalston, Mass. ; has 



a family. His son, Charles Holt, resides in Fitch- 
bursf. 



HOWE. 

John Howe was in Sudbury as early as 1639, and was admitted free- 
man 1640. He was selectman 1642, and is mentioned in the records of 
that town as late as 16.55 ; soon after he removed to Marlboro, Mass., 
where he d. 1687, leaving a widow, Mary, five sons, and three daughters. 
It was his dan., Mary Howe, who md. John Wetherbee, the ancestor of 
the many families in this town bearing the name. Thomas Howe, son 
of John, was b. June 12, 1656; md. June 8, 1681, Sarah Hosmer, who d. 
April 7, 1724, leaving six children ; and he md. Dec. 24, 1724, Mrs. 
Mary Baron. He was a prominent citizen of Marlboro, and much 
employed in municipal affairs, — a representative to the General Court, 
colonel in the militia, and for several years a magistrate. He was 
engaged on several occasions in the Indian wars, and participated in the 
fight at Lancaster. He d. Feb. 16, 1733. Thomas Howe, son of Col. 
Thomas and Sarah (Hosmer) Howe, b. June 16, 1692; by wife Rebecca 
had three sons and three dans. ; he d. in Marlboro, Aprd 2, 1777. His 
son Thomas, b. June 20. 1710, also resided in Marlboro; by wife Dorothy 
he had four sons and one dan. ; among them was Fiske Howe, b. in Marl- 
boro, June 23, 1741 ; md. March 31, 1767, Lydia (Brigham) Bigelow, 
and settled in Templeton. Two of his sons, Thomas and Ephraim, 
resided in Rindge, and are mentioned hereafter. Lambert, a younger 
son, is now living in Cleveland, O. 



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Thomas Howe, son of Fiske Howe, was b. in Temple- 
ton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1769; he md. Feb. 18, 1796, Sarah 
FoUet, who was b. in Hubbardston, Mass., Nov, 14, 1775. 
They came to Rindge 1796 or 1797. He was a farmer, 
and resided in the north-west part of the town. He d. 
Oct. 22, 1834; his widow d. Feb. 10, 1853. 

I. Levi, b. Nov. 19, 1796. + 
II. Lucy, b. Jan. 7, 1798. 

III. Dermis, b. Feb. 28, 1800. + 

IV. Thomas, b. May 25, 1801; md. Lucy Fay; was 

several years in business in Boston, where he d. 
1865 ; one dau. d. young; another md. Park- 
hurst. 
V. Sally, b. Jan. 14, 1803 ; rad. Eliphaz Allen, Jr., q.v. 
VI. Stillman, b. July 16, 1810. 
VII. Winslov;, b. Jan. 26, 1812. 

Ephraim Howe, a brother of Thomas, b. May 20, 1771 ; 
md. Jerusha Thompson, and lived upon a farm near his 
brother. He d. Oct. 24, 1819. 

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I. Lydia^ b. Dec. 26, 1797 ; md. 



Sampson, of 



Westminster, and d. by suicide soon after her 
marriage. 

n. Bamd, b. April 16, 1799; md. Feb. 20, 1821, Olive 
Emery, dau. of Samuel Emery, of Jaffrey. He 
resided upon'the family homestead, where he d. 
Aug. 8, 1841 ; his widow d. in Jaffrey, July 13, 
1871, aged 70. 

1. Jerusha, b. April 8, 1822; md. Sept. 8, 

1843, John S. Dutton, son of William 
Dutton, of Jaffrey; d. Jan. 25, 1845. 

2. Olive M., b. Aug. 17, 1823; md. Dec. 6, 

1843, Aaron Perkins, son of Moses and 
Rhoda (Spofford) Perkins; reside in 
Jaffrey. For many years he was propri- 
etor of the line of stages through Rindge. 

3. Emerancy T., b. Jan. 15, 1825; d. unmd. 

Oct. 16, 1846. 

4. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 18, 1826; d. unmd. Jan. 

21, 1845. 

5. Nancy R., b. Aug. 22, 1831 ; d. Nov. 26, 

1848. 



Levi Howe, Esq., a highly respected farmer and mer- 
chant in Rindge. Yide Chap. XVII. He was much 
employed in public affairs, — representative four, and 
selectman sixteen, years. He md. May 22, 1828, Sally 
Chad wick, dau. of Joshua Chadwick, q. v. She d. Dec. 
18, 1823; he md. (2d) April 20, 1825, Almeda Richards, 
dau. of Capt. Moses and Sarah (Stovighton) Richards, of 
Gill, Mass. He d, very suddenly, Aug. 8, 1869. Mrs. 
Howe resides with her dau. in Orange, Mass. 

I. George Iforrill^ b. March 26, 1826; d. unmd. in 
Concord, Mass., where he was engaged in busi- 
ness, Nov. 14, 1855. 

IT. Clementine, h. July 26,1829; md. Nov. 27, 1851, 
George P. Sherwin, son of Arba Sherwin, of 
Winchendon. They now reside in Orange, 
Mass. 

in. Almeda, b. Aug. 6, 1831 ; md. Dec. 18, 1855, John 
C. Felt, son of John Felt, of Jaffrey. He was a 
dentist, and resided in Orange, Mass. He d. 
1873. 

IV. Thomas Gilbert, b. Oct. 6, 1833; d. Oct. 17, 1854. 
V. Elvira Eveline, b. Feb. 27, 1839; d. Feb. 23, 1860. 

VI. Marianna, b. Dec. 3, 1841 ; d. Jan. 9, 1858. 



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upon the fann now of Samuel Jones, and removed, 1855, 
to Jaffrey, where he d. Aug. 4, 1872. He md. Dec. 8, 
1825, Lucy Ball, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy (Putnam) 
Ball, of Townsend. She resides in Jaffrey. 

I. Fa)i7iy W., b. Dec. 1, 1826; resides in Jaffrey. 
II. Andrew, b. Dec. 9, 1828 ; d. Dec. 26, 1828. 

III. Walter JI., b. March 14, 1830 ; d. unmd. Feb. 28, 

1858. 

IV. Andrew JR., b. June 17, 1832; d. May 23, 1838. 
V. S. Warren, b. May 20, 1834; d. Oct. 6, 1853. 

VI. JEllen M., b. April 15, 1836; d. June 21, 1838. 
VII. Milton S., b. May 4, 1838 ; member of 14th N. H. 

Vols. ; d. Nov. 24, 1862. 
VIII. Ann ^Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1840 ; md. Amos J. 
Blake, Esq., of Fitzwilliam. Vide Blake No. 17. 
IX. Asahel K, b. Feb. 22, 1844; md. Dec. 22, 1867, 
Sarah J. Keith, dau. of Sumner W. and Susan 
(Hastings) Keith, of Fitzwilliam. (Hastings 8.) 



Peter Howe, parentage unknown, with wife Elizabeth, 
removed to the north-west part of this town 1813. She 
d. Sept. 13, 1828; and he md. (2d) 1829, Sarah Whitney, 
of Lunenburg, Mass., dau. of John and Priscilla (Battles) 
Whitney, and soon after removed to Westfield, Mass. 
All the children are not named below. 

I. Emerso7i, md. Sarah Rand, dau. of Leonard and 
Sally (Hubbard) Rand, q. v. Resides in New 
Ipswich. 
II. Eineline, md. Luman Colburn, q. v. 
III. Edwo.rd, bap. July 21, 1816. 



HUBBARD. 

Nathan Hubbard, of Groton, Mass., md. April 2, 1745, Mary Patter- 
son. Their sons, Nathan and Hezekiah, settled in Rindge ; dau. Susan- 
nah md. Joseph Bancroft, son of Dea. Benjamin Bancroft {vide Bancroft 
family) ; and dau. Amy md. Joseph Moors, and resided in this town. 



Nathan Hubbard, Jr., b. in Groton,' June 2, 1747, 
with wife Sarah removed to this town 1772, and settled 
upon what is now known as " Hubbard Hill." Later he 
removed to the centre of the town, where he d. Aue:. 13, 
1823. ^ 

I. Jonathan, b. March 24, 1773 ; md. Oct. 28, 1796, 
Permelia Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon Stone, 
q. V. He resided in a house that foi-merly stood 
a short distance south-east of the house now of 
Lyman Hale. About 1818 he removed to near 
the line between Pennsylvania and New York, 
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1. Billey, b. Feb. 3, 1797. 

2. Luther, b. Dec. 10, 1798. 

3. Emerson, b. March 31, 1803 ; d. of spotted 

fever, Dec. 18, 1811. 

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5. Columbus. 

II. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1774; d. Nov. 1, 1776. 

III. Abigail, b. May 13, 1776 ; d. Oct. 27, 1776. 

IV. Nathan, b. SejDt. 6, 1777 ; d. umnd. in Rindge, 

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V. Ede, b. Aug. 10, 1779; d. unmd. 
VI.- Abel, b. Aug. 3, 1781. 

VII. Susannah, b. May 9, 1783; md. Nathaniel Wether- 

bee, son of Abraham, q. v. 

VIII. Anna, b. March 14, 1785 ; d. April 29, 1786. 

IX. Phinehas, b. March 17, 1787; d. unmd. in Asbby. 
X. Esther, b. May 25, 1792. 
XI. Jackson, b. Jan. 5, 1795. 



Abel Hubbard, son of Jonathan, md. Jan. 12, 1830, 
Melinda Smith, dau. of Braddyll Smith, q. v. He resided 
in the south-west part of the town, and removed 1866 to 
Iowa. 

I. Liberty Thomas, b. June 8, 1836; md. May 6, 
1857, Julia A. Hadley; removed with his father. 
II. David Lawrence, b. Aug. 16, 1842. 



Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, a brother of Nathan, b. in 
Groton, Jan. 19, 1757 ; md. Rebecca Hutchinson, of Bil- 
lerica, Mass., and settled upon " Hubbard Hill," in Rindge, 
about 1783. He was highly respected, and many years a 
deacon of the Congregational Church. He d. very sud- 
denly, April 22, 1822. 



I. Benjamin, b. 



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II. Levi, b. June 27, 1784. -|- 

III. Rebecca, b. Feb. 29, 1788; md. May 31, 1814, Ben- 
jamin May, son of Benjamin and Lucy May, of 
Winchendon; she d. July 8, 1865. 

1. Augustus H., b. Nov. 13, 1815. 

2. Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 30, 1817; md. 

Sept. 15, 1857, Josiah Parker, son of John 
and Deborah Parker ; resides in Ashland, 
Mass. 

3. Mersylvia, b. Aug. 26, 1819; md. April 28, 

1839, Joshua Kendall. 

4. Almira H., b. Nov. 26, 1822; md. Elwin 

Parks, son of Luke and Betsey Parks; 
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IV. Sally ^ b. Feb. 17, 1790 ; md. Leonard Rand, son 
of Solomon Rand, q. v.; md. (2d) Capt. Daniel 
Norcross, son of Jeremiah Norcross, q. v. 
V. Polly^ b. Sept. 29, 1791 ; d. in Rindge unmd. Jan. 
1, 1855. 

VI. Rodney, b. July 3, 1793 ; resides in Rindge unmd. 

VII. Harry, b. July 8, 1795 ; twice md. -j- 
VIII. Hezekiah, b. April 25, 1797 ; d. young, 

IX. Mersylvia, b. July 7, 1799; resides in Rindge 

unmd. 
X. JEKphalet, b. July 10, 1801; md. Betsey Saw- 
tell. + 

XI. Otis, b. Oct. 18,1803; unmd.; resides a farmer 
. on the old homestead. 

XII. John Hutchinson, b. Dec. 4, 1805; unmd.; resides 

upon the old homestead. 

XIII. Addison, h. ; md. May 10, 1888, Lucy Nor- 

cross, dau. of Capt. Daniel Norcross, q. v.; for- 
merly of Fitchburg, now of Wakefield, Mass. 



Benjamin Hubbard md. April 3, 1811, Dorcas White, 
dau. of Nathan and Dorcas (Lane) White, of Cambridge, 
Mass. ; resided in Rindge, where he d. June 9, 1841 ; his 
widow d. 1856. 

I. EUzaleth A., b. July 24, 1813 ; md. Aug. 9, 1857, 
Elijah D. Kimball, son of Philip and Lydia 
(Hunt) Kimball. He is a farmer. Resides in 
Keene, N. H. 

11. Irene A., b. Aug. 17, 1815; md. May 10, 1836, 
George Handy, son of George and Ruth (Este'y) 
Handy. Removed 1837 to Dublin, N. H., where 
she d. Jan. 25, 1849. 

1. George E., b. Nov. 30, 1843. 

III. Albert Granville, b. April 30, 1819; removed to 

Dublin, where he md. Sept. 30, 1842, Lydia Jane 
Richardson, dau. of Ruel Richardson, of Peter- 
boro, N. H. Removed 1867 to Ac worth, N. H. 

1. Ellen M., b. Aug. 4, 1843; md. Jan., 1865, 

Charles J. Davis, son of John and Cath- 
erine (Houghton) Davis, of Acworth. 

2. Albert J., b. Aug. 9, 1853; d. 1860. 

IV. Joel, b. May 27, 1821 ; md. April 22, 1849, Fanny 

Gordon, dau. of Benjamin and Fanny (Fulson) 
Gordon. He is a merchant in Boston. 



Levi Hubbard md. Nov. 29, 1814, Betsey Smith, dau. 
of Joseph and Abigail (Goodridge) Smith. He was a 
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pied by his son. He was selectman ten years, and filled 
other positions of trust. He d. July 28, 1862 ; his wife d. 
March 8, 1861. 

I. Joseph S., b. Oct. 29, 1817; md. May 27, 1851, 
Rebecca Twitchel (Chadwick Family, No. 7). 
A fanner in Rindge. 

II. Mary Jane, b. June 9, 1821 ; md. Stephen Hale, 
son of Nathan, q. v. 



Harry Hubbard md. June 8, 1823, Clarissa Fay; md. 
(2d) Dec. 6, 1832, Dorcas Whitney, dau. of Dr. Isaiah 
Whitney, q. v. He d. in Shrewsbury, Mass. His widow 
resides with his eldest son. Children by first wife : — 

I. Henry -B., b. Aug. 8, 1825. Conducts an extensive 
boot manufactory in Worcester, Mass. Has a 
family. 
II. Appleton B., b. May 29, 1829 ; md. Betsey Wright. 
He d. Sept. 29, 1862. 



Eliphalet Hubbard md. Feb. 1, 1827, Betsey Sawtell, 
dau. of Hezekiah Sawtell, q. v. He was a shoe-maker in 
Rindge Centre ; d. Aug. 30, 1866. His widow md. (2d) 
Asia Jones, q. v. 

I. Eliphalet, b. Dec. 10, 1827; d. Dec. 11, 1827. 
11. Hezekiah, b. Aug. 29, 1828; d. same day. 

III. Rodney Augustus, b. Nov, 25, 1829; md. May 10, 

1855, Eliza Jane Emory, dau of Derostus W. 
Emory, q. v. Was in the teaming business in 
Rindge until 1867, when he removed to Jaffrey 
and became connected with the line of stages 
from Jaffrey to Winchendon. Is now conductor 
on Monadnock Railroad. 

1. Martha J., b. March 31, 1857. 

IV. George Otis, b. Dec. 3, 1831 ; md. Julia A. Smith, 

of Winchendon. Resides in Winchendon. 

V. Timothy F., b. June 22, 1834; md. Nov. 30, 1854, 

Hannah Pettengill, dau. of Asa Pettengill (Saw- 
tell family). He enlisted in Sept., 1862, in the 
53d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers from 
Winchendon, and was killed while in camp 
(March 23, 1863) by the fall of a limb of a tree 
broken by the wind. 

VI. Sarah R., b. Sept. 6, 1839 ; a teacher in Rindge. 



HUNT. 

There are several distinct families in New England bearing the name 
of Hunt. Those of this town are descendants of William Hunt, the 
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emigrated to America with wife Elizabeth and two children, in 1635, and 
settled in Concord, Mass. His wife dying, Dec. 27, 1661, he md. (2d) 
1664, Mercy Rice, widow of Edmund Rice. This was her third marriage ; 
her maiden name was Mercy Hui-d, and her first husband was Thomas 
Brigham. ( Vide Brigham.) William Hunt d. in Marlboro, Mass., 1667, 
and his widow d. 1693. His eldest son, Nehemiah Hunt, was b. in Eng- 
land 1631 ;" md. June 1, 1663, Mary Toll, and had twelve children, three 
of whom d. in childhood. He resided in Concord, where he d. March 6, 
1717-18. John Hunt, their son, b. Jan. 12, 1673, md. Mary Brown, who. 
was the mother of his nine children. Late in life he md. (2d) Dorothy 
Merriam. He d. in Concord, May 3, 1765. Dea. Simon Hunt, of Con- 
cord, was his eldest son, b. July 3, 1704 ; md. Mary Raymond. He was a 
leading spirit of his time ; d. Dec. 13, 1790. Among his children was 
Ephraim Hunt, whose name is repeated hereafter ; and, Simon Hunt, b. 
April 8, 1734, md. April 15, 1755, Lucy Raymond, and settled in Acton, 
Mass., where he d. 1820. His son Nathan (No. 10 in the following 
register) md. Abigail Hale, of Rindge ; and his dau. Tabitha md. Joshua 
Todd, of Rindge, q. v. ; and dau. Sarah md. David Carlton, q. v. 

1 I Ephraim Hunt, son of Dea. Simon, was b. in Concord, 
1 May 28, 1736. Reference is made 1768 in Rinflge records 
j to Hunt's mill, and Jan. 29, 1770, he was admitted to the 
] church in Rindge by recommendation of the church in 
Concord. At this time he was a resident of Jaffrey, and 
his mill was upon the site of the mills of Murdock and 
Annett, in the south-east part of that town. In 1791 he 
removed to Rindge, where he d. Dec. 21, 1821. He md. 
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I. Tabitha, b. July 3, 1757 ; md. Nathaniel Ingalls, q.v. 

II. Hepsibeth, b. July 10, 1761 ; md. Nathan Page, 

probably a son of Daniel Page, q. v., and 

removed to Jackson, Me., where she d. about 

1840. 

III. James, b. April 10, 1766. 

IV. jPaul Maymond, bap. in Rindge, Nov. 26, 1768. 
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Ephraim Hunt was a blacksmith in Rindge ; md. Aug. 
16, 1797, Persis Perry, dau. of John Perry, q. v. ; he d. 
Sept. 2, 1856 ; his wife d. Feb. 16, 1832. 

I. Maria, b. May 21, 1798; md. Oct. 16, 1821, Rev. 
Joseph Brown, b. in Ashby, Mass., Sept. 8, 1788. 
She was a woman of culture and amiable char- 
acter; d. in South Carolina, July 18, 1827. 
Rev. Joseph Brown graduated at Middlebury 
(Vt.) College 1817; at Andover Theological 
Seminary 1820; ordained Jan. 3, 1821. He was 
a preacher to seamen, at Charleston, S. C, 
1821-9; an agent of the American Seaman's 
Friend Society, New York, 1829-32; subse- 
quently general agent and secretary of the 
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1. Mary Russell, b. Sept. 6, 1822; d. April 19, 

1823. 

2. Joseph Brownlee, b. Oct. 4, 1824; Dart- 

mouth College 1845; a lawyer at New- 
burgh, N. Y. ; md. Caroline Elizabeth 
Stanford. Vide page 361. * 



Nathan Hunt, a son of Simon and Lucy (Raymond) 
Hunt, of Acton, and grandson of Dea. Simon Hunt, of 
Concord, b. July 17, 1760 ; md. Abigail Hale, dau. of 
Moses Hale, of Rindge, q. v. They resided in Jaffrey, 
but she was admitted 1812 a member of the church in 
Rindge, and the five youngest of their children were there 
bap. He d. July 18, 1853. 

I. Abigail, b. Nov., 1788 ; md. Reuben Streeter. 
Their son, Nathan Streeter, was many years 
pi'oprietor of an extensive livery stable in Bow- 
doin Square, Boston; md. (2d) Jonathan Web- 
ster. 
II. Nathan, b. April 17, 1791 ; md. Violante Hodg- 
man, and resided in Jaffrey ; several children. 

III. Grata, b. June 26, 1793 ; md. Sept. 9, 1819, Ben- 

jamin Cutter, Esq., of Jaffrey. Vide Cutter 
family. No. 4, and Cutter genealogy, page 272. 

IV. Moses, b. Nov. 9, 1795 ; md. Maria Rouse ; 

removed to New York. 
V. Harriet, b. June 1, 1798; md. Ezra Bennett, q. v. 
VI. Sally, b. Sept. 3, 1800 ; md. David French. 
VII. Fanny, b. Dec. 3, 1802; md. William H. Salis- 
bury. 
VIII. John Edwards, b. Nov. 9, 1805; md. Elizabeth 
White ; removed to New York. 
IX. Elvira, b. March 24, 1808 ; md. Geo. A. Willard. 
X. Raymond, h.M-Aj 18, 1810; md. Maria A. Chap- 
man : removed to Boston. 



Peter Hunt, son of Samuel and Dorothy (Bulkley) 
Hunt, of Littleton, b. July 20, 1729; d. Jan. 13, 1816; 
md. Sarah Leighton, and with their four children removed 
1779 from Littleton to Rindge, but did not tarry many 
years. 

I. Hannah, b. June 8, 1765. 

II. Bulkley, b. Sept. 21, 1768 ; md. Betsey Chaplin, 
dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v. / removed to Bran- 
don, Vt. 

III. Peter, md. Sept. 17, 1809, Kezia Hobart, and 

settled in Ashburnham. 

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26 I Joshua Hunt, who md. Jan. 23, 1823, Lucia Todd, 
j dau. of Joshua and Tabitha (Hunt) Todd, q, v., was also 
: a descendant of Wilham Hunt, of Concord, but in a dif- 
ferent line. Samuel Hunt, the second son of William, 
was b. in England 1633 ; md, Elizabeth Redding, and 
I settled in Ipswich. His eldest son, Samuel Hunt, b. 
j Nov. 17, 1657, md. Ruth Todd, and settled in Tewks- 
; bury. His son, Peter Hunt, b. May 6, 1792, md. Mary 
I Sheldon, and resided in Tewksbury, His eldest son, 
i Peter Hunt, b. May 2, 1720, md. Mary Kimball, and also 
resided in Tewksbury, His youngest son, Joshua Hunt, 
b. Jan. 12, 1771, md. Olive Chamberlain (a sister of 
Martha [Chamberlain] Calhoun, wife of Andrew Calhoun, 
of Rindge), They resided in Chelmsford, where he d. 
April 13, 1843, Joshua Hunt, their eldest son, b, Oct. 22, 
1795, removed to Rindge 1852, where he d, July 13, 
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I. Ltccia 3£, b. Nov. 17, 1823 ; d. Oct. 3, 1824, 
II. Joshua Todd., b. in Chelmsford, Mass., June 26, 
1825; md. May 3, 1871, Carrie R. Hayward, b. 
in Mendon, Mass., Sept. 21, 1836. They reside 
in Rindge, upon the farm formerly owned by 
Joseph Smith and his descendants. 

III. Lucia M., b. June 22, 1827 ; md. Dec. 10, 1849, 

William E, Robbins, son of John and Jane 
(Templeton) Robbins, of Carlisle, Mass. He is 
a farmer, and resides upon the Nathaniel Russell 
farm. 

IV. Benjamin P., b, Dec. 22, 1829; md., 1855, Sarah 

Olney ; resides in Burrillville, R. I. 
V. Martha P., b. Sept. 15, 1831 ; md. July 1, 1855, 

Caleb C. Curtis ; live in Gloucester, Mass. 
VI, Jtdia B., b. June 1, 1833 ; d. Jan. 19, 1837. 
VII. Simeon Howard Calhoun., b. April 3, 1835; md. 
1860, Viola N. Butler, of Jaffrey. He is a 
painter, and resides in Jaffrey. 
VIII. Susan B., b. Nov. 20, 1837; d". July 17, 1838. 
IX. Jilia A., b. July 1, 1839; md. 1861, Marshall P. 
Wood, son of Addison M. Wood, q. v. 



Caleb Huston, b. in Dimstable June 12, 1740; md. 
Dec. 22, 1763, Priscilla Coffeen, dau. of Michael Coffeen, 
q. v., and settled in this town. His name appears upon 
the records previous to the date of his marriage. He 
enlisted early in the patriot army, and d. at Quaker Ridges, 
in New York, Nov. 5, 1776. 

I. Caleb, h. Sept. 12, 1764; md. Prudence , and 

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1. Varnum, b. Aug. 26, 1794. 

2. Scally, b. Dec. 6, 1796. 

3. Caleb, b. Feb. 1, 1799. 

II. Priscilla, b. May 3, 1766; md. June 26, 1794, 
Samuel Huston, and resided three or four years 
in this town. 

1. Joseph, b. May 3, 1795. 

ni. Molley, b. Dec. 3, 1767 ; d. Feb. 29, 1768. 
IV. Meleaf, b. Oct. 1, 1769 ; md. Francis Towne, Jr., q. v. 
V. Luther, b. Oct. 11, 1771. 
VI. Varnum, b. June 23, 1774. 
VII. Ephraim, b. May 26, 1777, posthumous. 



Thomas Hutchinson and wife Molley removed from 
Ashby to this town in the summer of 1771. He served 
eight months in 1775 in Capt. Philip Thomas' Company, 
and March 19, 1777, enlisted for three years into Col. 
Nathan Hale's Regiment, where he remained until the 
expiration of the term of enlistment, but removed fi'om 
the town soon after the close of the war. 

I. Betty, b. Oct. 5, 1771. 



INGALLS. 

Edmund Ingalls, a farmer, from Lincolnshire, England, with wife 
Ann and six children, settled in Lynn, 1629, where three other children 
were b. He was drowned in Saugus River, March, 1648, by falling with 
his horse through a bridge. Henry Ingalls, their third son, was b. in 
England, 1627, and early removed from Lynn to Andover, where he md. 
July 6, 1653, Maiy Osgood, who d. Dec. 16, 1686, leaving twelve children ; 
he md. (2d) Aug. 1, 1689, Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, widow of George 
Abbott; he d. 1719, and his widow d. May 12, 1728, aged 90. Henry 
Ingalls, his son, was b. in Andover Dec. 8, 1656 ; md. Aug. 1, 1689, Sarah 
Abbott, dau. of George and Hannah (Chandler) Abbott; he d. Feb. 8, 
1695; his widow d. May 12, 1728. Among his children was Josiah 
Ingalls, birth not recorded on Andover records, whose son Josiah removed 
to this town. 



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Dea. Josiah Ingalls, of the fifth generation from 
Edmund the emigrant, wife Eunice, and six sons, removed 
from Andover to this town in 1760. He settled near 
Grassy Pond, and became an early proprietor of the first 
mill in Rindge. He was prominent in the affairs of the 
proprietors and later of the town, an original member of 
the church, and one of the two first deacons chosen. He 
d. aboiit 1775. It is possible that Amos Ingalls, who 
removed from Rindge to Acworth 178^ was also a son of 
Dea. Josiah. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 567 

I. JEJbenezer, h. Nov. 7, 1745, -f- 
II. Josiah, h. Oct. 31, 1747. + 

III. Simeon, h. Aug. 24, 1749 ; he was in Capt. Philip 

Thomas' Company in 1775, and d. in Rindge 
1790. His estate was settled by his widow, 
Mary, who md. (2d) Aug. 16, 1794, Levi May- 
nard. The birth of two children is recorded in 
JafErey. 

1. John, b. Feb. 24, 1779 ; d. in Rindge June 

2, 1806. Grave-stone in Rindge cemetery, 

2. Ira, b. Feb. 11, 1781 ; md. in Jaffrey, Feb. 

30 (an error of record), 1809, Jerusha 
Hodge, dau of Joseph Hodge, of that 
place. 

IV. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 19, 1751. -j- 
V. Jonathan, b, Dec. 4, 1753. -|- 

VI. Caleb, b. Feb. 22, 1756. The name appears for 
several years upon Rindge records. 



Ebe:n^ezer Ingalls was md. previous to 1771, but no 
record of the marriage has been found. He was in Capt. 
Thomas' Company in 1775, and in Stark's Brigade in 1778, 
and in 1778 or 1779 he removed to Jaffrey. 



JosiAH Ingalls md. Aug. 31, 1771, Sarah Bowers, b. 
Jan. 25, 1750, dau, of Nehemiah and Sarah (Larrabee) 
Bowers, q. v. In 1787 he removed to Jaffrey. The births 
of a part of his children are recorded both in Rindge and 
in Jaffrey, and in three instances there is a slight differ- 
ence in the dates. The Jaffrey records record : iv. Phebe, 
b. Feb. 22, 1778 ; vi. James, b. Feb. 27, 1781 ; and vn. 
Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1783. 

I. John, b. Dec. 15, 1771 ; d. Feb. 23, 1772. 
II. James, b. March 5, 1773 ; d. July 24, 1775. 

III. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1775 ; d. Sept. 25, 1777. 

IV. Phebe, b. Feb. 21, 1778 ; md. Feb. 27, 1801, Robert 

Gilmore, son of Roger Gilmore ; she d. May 3, 
1851. Previous to their removal to New Hart- 
ford, N. Y., the following children were b. in 
Jaffrey : — 

1. Almira, b. Dec. 28, 1802. 

2. Robert Addison, b. April 4, 1804. 

3. Adaline, b. Oct. 16, 1805. 

4. Sally Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1807, 

5. Lyman, b, March 26, 1815; d, March 28, 

1815. 

V. Josiah, b. April 5, 1780 ; md. Dec. 29, 1808, Lois 
Capron, of Marlboro. He resided a carriage- 



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maker in Rindge, and in Fitzwilliam, where he 
d. March 18, 1855 ; his wife d. March 20, 1855, 
aged 70. They had no children. In Chaplain 
Register, No. 40, the name of James and not 
Josiah Ingalls was intended. 
VI. James, b. Feb. 7, 1782 ; md. Rebecca Twiss, dau. of 
Daniel and Alice (Shedd) Twiss, of Jaffrey. He 
d. in Rindge April 7, 1830; she d. April 9, 1868. 

1. Abigail, md. John Kendrick, of Dover, 

Mass. 

2. Caroline, md. George Chesman. 

3. James M., resides in Marlboro, Mass. 

4. Amos, d. 1864. 

5. Lucy, md. Nov. 5, 1846, James M. Small, 

and resides in Jaffrey. 

6. Lois A., md. Moses Sumner Deeth, vide 

Chaplin family. No. 40. 

VII. Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1783; md. Moses Sawyer, of 
Sharon, where she resided until his death. She 
subsequently lived in Rindge several years. She 
d. Nov. 16, 1871, and was buried in Sharon. 
VIII. Deborah, b, Aug. 27, 1785; md. May 9, 1816, Rev. 
Charles Mavery, a Methodist preacher; she md. 
(2d) 1843, Robertson Perkins, Esq., of Fitzwill- 
iam, whom she sui'vived, and d. at the home of 
her dau., in Rindge, Feb. 16, 1872. 

1. Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1818; md. John 
Smith, of Rindge, q. v. 

IX. Flint, b. April 27, 1789. He was insane ; d. 1834. 
X. Simeon, b. Sept. 22, 1791 ; d. young. 
XI. Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1794; removed to Keene, 
N. H. ; d. in Windsor, Vt., 1873. 

Nathaniel Ingalls served two short enlistments in 
the Revolutionary army; md. Oct. 10, 1785, Tabitha 
Hunt, dau. of Ephraim Hunt, q. v.; md. (2d) June 5, 
1787, Sarah Hale, dau. of Moses Hale, q. v. In 1803 the 
family removed to Peterboro. He d. Mai'ch 9, 1814; his 
widow d. Sept. 18, 1844. 

I. Tabitha, b. Feb. 27, 1789 ; md. Amos Woolson ; d. 

in Peterboro, Jan. 14, 1812. 
II. Sally, b. May 31, 1791; md. April 30, 1837, 

Robert White ; d. March 25, 1845. 
in. Betsey, b. Oct. 2, 1793 ; d. unmd. in Peterboro, 

Feb. 15, 1845. 
IV. Cyrus, b. Feb. 7, 1797 ; md. Louisa Dakin, dau. of 
Samuel Dakin. 



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V. Sabra, b. Oct., 1799; d. unmcL Feb. 6, 1860. 
VI. Almira, b. Aug. 14, 1802 ; mcl. Charles Carter, of 

Leominster, Mass. 
VII. George H., b. March 21, 1805 ; md. Betsey Loring. 
He was a pliysician, and settled in Proctorsville, 
Vt. He d. in Peterboro, where he had retired 
on account of failing health. May 26, 1849. 
VIII. Hannah Morrison, b.l810; d. June 21, 1812. 




Jonathan Ingalls was twice in the Revolutionary 
army (pages 126, 135). He was town clerk 1784, select- 
man 1783, '84, and '95. Zealous for the public good and 

in the cause 
of morals, his 
life was one 
of usefulness. 

He md, Aug. 8, 1782, Deborah Sherwin, dau. of Jonathan 
Sherwin, q. v., who d., leaving three children, Aug. 1, 
1790; he md. (2d) Jan, 21, 1794, Zipporah Barker, dau. 
of Barnabas Barker, of Scituate, Mass. ( Vide Barker 
Register.) He d. May 11, 1836; his wife d. Nov. 2, 
1830. 

I. iVawcy, b. May 23, 1783 ; md. Jan. 18, 1815, Oliver 

Lovejoy, son of John Lovejoy, Jr., q. v. 
II. Polhj, b. March 28, 1785; md. May 30, 1810, 

Capt. Stephen Emory, q. v. 
III. Thomas, b. March 1, 1787. -(- 



Thomas Ingalls, Esq., md. 1815, Polly Stone, b. 1788, 
dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Stone, of Townsend, Mass. She 
d. 1816 ; md. (2d) 1818, Mrs. Betsey (Stone) Richardson, 
b. 1790, a sister of his first wife. She d. June 9, 1822, and 
he md. (3d) 1823, Sophia Shurtleff, dau. of Asahel and 
Sarah (Dewey) Shurtleff, q. v. He d. Dec. 27, 1863. His 
widow resides in Fitchburg, Mass. He was an influential 
citizen. Vide page 379, 

I. Maria, b. Sept. 1, 1824; md. July 12, 1842, Dr. 
Jonas C. Harris, of Ashland, Mass. She d. 
Sept. 7, 1850. 

1. Francis A., Harvard University 1866; M.D. 
1872; a physician in Boston. He md. 
Alice Gage, dau. of Charles P. and Sarah 
C. Gage, of Mobile, Ala. 

II. /Sophia, b. May 5, 1828 ; md. Rodney Wallace, of 
Fitchburg, q. v. 

III. Albert Shencin, b. Dec. 29, 1830. Vide p. 354 \ 
md. Harriet A. Miller, dau. of Sylvester and 
Lucy (Bailey) Miller. He d. Aug. 11, 1862. 



57.0 HISTOBY OF BINBGE. 

48 IV. Herbert, b. May 9, 1834. His business experience 

has been chiefly at the writing-desk. He has 
held several positions of responsibility and trust, 
and has never failed to reflect the high example 
of integrity which was constantly before him in 
boyhood. He received a liberal academical edu- 
cation, at the conclusion of which he became an 
accountant in Ashburnham, where he remained 
until 1860. In November, 1861, he was ap- 
pointed a clerk in the Treasury Department in 
Washington, where he held successively clerk- 
ships of the first, second and third classes. In 
1865 he was promoted to a cashiership of Inter- 
nal Revenue in one of the New York city 
districts. The duties of this responsible position 
which he held until June, 1868, were j)erformed 
in a manner that gave proof of discipline and 
executive ability. In these various posts of the 
civil service, he had the confidence and regard of 
those who knew him. Subsequently for a few 
years he was an accountant for the Fitchburg 
Paper Company, in Fitchburg, Mass. He is now 
a resident of Boston, and is treasurer of the New 
Bedford division of the Boston, Clinton and 
Fitchburg Railroad ; cashier of the New Bedford 
Railroad Company ; and treasurer of the Fram- 
ingham and Lowell Railroad Company. 

By nature of a discriminating mind and 
refined taste, he has profitably occupied his 
leisure hours in an extensive reading of the 
best authors, and is a thorough and cultivated 
student of English literature. The essays and 
occasional poems from his pen, which have been 
printed, presented thought withoiit ostentation, 
and pure diction without studied adornment. 
Had circumstances left him free to follow his 
inclination, undoubtedly he would more fre- 
quently give expression to his thought in the 
refined prose or finished verse Avhich characterize 
all that he has written. In character he is as 
truthful as the figures which occupy his business 
hours, and in friendship both trustful and 
enduring. 



Dexter Jewell, son of Jacob and Mary (Smith) 
Jewell, was b. in Marlboro, Mass., June 24, 1808. His 
parents removed from Marlboro to Jaffrey. He md. 
Dec. 29, 1829, Mary Mower, dau. of Dea. Josiah Mower, 
of Jaffrey, and removed from Jaffrey to Rindge 1850. 



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He was a prosperous farmer in the north-west corner of 
the town; d. April 29, 1873; his widow d. a few days 
after. 

I. Samuel Dexter, b. Jan. 18, 1831 ; rad. Mary 
Frances Cutter, dau. of Nathaniel; resides in 
Jaffrey. 
II. Liberty M., b. Nov. 9, 1836; 
Martha A. Lebourveau, dau, 
Lebourveau, of Fitzwilliam. 
the homestead farm. 

III. Sarah Emeline, b, Dec. 27, 1840; md. July 17, 

1866, Wilbur Fiske Whitney, son of John Whit- 
ney, of Ashburnham ; a chair manufacturer. 

IV. mien ^., b. March 28, 1842; d. unmd. Nov. 15, 

1865. 
V. Jacob A., b. June 19, 1844; d. Dec. 19, 1844. 
VI. Mary Rebecca, b. July 19, 1848. 



md. June, 1862, 
of Col. William 
He resides upon 



Col. Charles A. Jewell, brother of Dexter, resided 
several years in this town ; now of Adrian, Mich. He 
md. Lydia Ann Stanley, dau. of Benjamin M. Stanley, 
q. V. ; she d. several years ago. 




JEWETT. 

The record of the Jewett family in this country commences with the 
settlement of Rowley, Mass. In 1638, about sixty families, led by Rev. 
Ezekiel Rogers, eminent in the annals of New England, came from 
Yorkshire, England, and by them the town of Rowley was planted early 
in the following year. Among these emigrants were the brothers Maxi- 
milliah and Joseph Jewett, men of good estate, from Bradford, York- 
shire, England. From them the multitude of Jewetts in this country 
are descended, among whom are included many persons of distinction in 
professional, mercantile, and industrial pursuits. The name appears in 
ancient. records as Juet, Juit, Jewit, and in other forms, but in all pre- 



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serving a common pronunciation. The Coat-of-Arms in possession of 
individuals of the family in this country is also found amoiig the 
records of their ancestors in England. Dea. Maximillian Jewett, the 
ancestor of the Rindge family, was the son of Edward Jewett, of Brad- 
ford, England, who md. 1604, Mary Taylor. He d. 1616, leading three 
sons and one dau. Dea. Maximillian was bap. Oct. 4, 1607, and d. in 
Rowley, Mass., Oct. 19, 1684. He was made one of the first two deacons 
of the church in Rotvley, Dec. 3, 1639, and was admitted freeman May 
13, 1640, and was a representative 1641 and sixteen subsequent years. 
Dea. Ezekiel Jewett, eldest child of Dea. Maximillian, was b. Feb. 1, 
1643 ; md. Feb. 21, 1663-4, Faith Parrot, by whom he had seven sons 
and three daus. He was chosen deacon Oct. 24, 1686, and was represent- 
ative 1690; he d. Sept. 2, 1723; his wife d. Oct. 15, 1715. Thomas 
Jewett, second son of Dea. Ezekiel, was b. Sept. 20, 1666; md. May 18, 
1692, Hannah Swan, and settled in Boxford, and upon a tract of land 
then owned by his father, but which subsequently fell to his possession 
by the will of his father dated 1723, and recorded in the Essex Probate 
Registry. He had five children. Ezekiel, the only son, was b. Jan. 12, 
1692-3, and d. about 1772. He md. Jan. 10, 1718, Martha Thurston, of 
Newbm-y. No record of a will or settlement of his father's estates is 
found. Being an only son, he probably resided i\pon the homestead. 
From ancient deeds in the possession of his descendants, and from the 
records, it appears that he owned several tracts of land in Rindge and in 
Winchendon. The number of his children was twelve, three of whom 
settled in Rindge, and are named hereafter. Dea. Edward Jewett, of 
Rindge, was a descendant of Joseph (a brother of Dea. Maximillian), 
who was b. in England 1609; d. in Rowley 1661. The family of Dea. 
Edward Jewett, of Rindge, became extinct with the death of his dau., 
the wife of Ezra ScoUay. 



Ezekiel Jewett, sixth child of Ezekiel and Martha 
(Thurston) Jewett, of Boxford, Mass., and eldest of the 
three brothers who settled in this town, was b. Feb. 22, 
1727. At an early date he was a proprietor of lot number 
fifty, now the farm of Dr. Charles E. Ware, in the 
Rowley Canada toAvnship, which had been chartered by 
the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts. 
Here previous to 1753 he reared a house and planted an 
orchard. Vide pages 34 and 35. His title to this land 
being- lost, he subsequently purchased the same property 
of the Masonian grantees, or the proprietors of Monad- 
nock No. One. He was engaged in the French and 

Indian 
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^^^^ md.June 

16, 1759, Hannah Platts, dan. of Abel Platts, q. v. The 
home of his bride was about a mile distant from his own, 
and on the opposite shore of Pool Pond. After their 
return from the marriage ceremony, which was performed 
in Hollis, N. H., the journey from her foj-mer to her 
future home was made in a log canoe across the ])ond 



GENEALOGICAI^ REGISTER. 573 

and by marked trees through the forest, where now is 
located the track of the Monadnock Raih'oad. Her 
parents presented the young wife with one chair and one 
iDcd ; her husband furnished a few rude utensils and five 
army blankets, and with these conveniences their married 
life was begun. Their first babe was b. in t,he month of 
April. Their store of maple sugar was first made, and 
then the sap-trough was employed for a cradle, in which 
the sleep of the infant was presumably sweet. They 
were prospered in their primitive home, and acquired a 
considerable estate and many of the comforts of life. 
He was a man of ability, and .in character above 
reproach. He d. Feb. 7, 1786, at the age of fifty-nine 
years. His widow, surviving him about forty-four years, 
d. at the homestead, Sept. 13, 1830. 

I. Abel, b. April 3, 1760. When sixteen years of 
age he enlisted into Col. Wyman's Regiment 
(vide page 125), and in 1779 he entered the 
Continental service for one year. After the 
close of the war he removed to Ohio. He md. 
in Rindge, Aug. 14, 1781, Sarah Dwinnel. 

II. JEJzekiel, b. Oct." 28, 1762; md. Aug. 11, 1785, 
Abigail Platts, dau. of Ensign Joseph Platts, 
and settled near Waterto^vn, N. Y. 

III. Ste2Jhen, b. Oct. 21, 1764.-1- 

IV. Da7iiel, b. Nov. 28, 1766 ; d. Dec. 12, 1784, aged 18. 
V. Hepsibeth, b. Sept. 14, 1768 ; md. Thomas Piper, q.v. 

VI. Thomas, b. Feb. 28, 1771. -h 

VII. Hannah, b. May 6, 1773 ; md. Ebenezer Col- 
burn, q. v. 
VIII. Huldah, b. April 16, 1775 ; md. March 27, 1796. 
John Waite, and removed to Watertown, N. Y. 

IX. Lydia, b. April 30, 1777 ; md. Amos Jewett, No. 

15, of this register. 
X. Abram, b. Oct. 20, 1779. He built the barracks 
near Watertown, N. Y., and became a successful 
man in business ; d. near Watertown. 

XI. Nathan, b. Nov. 25, 1781 ; removed to Watertown, 
N. Y. ; md. for his second wife Millte Gragg, 
dau. of Daniel Gragg, q. v. He subsequently 
removed to Sacket's Harbor, and became a large 
land-owngr; d. 1873, aged nearly 92. 



Stephen Jewett, brother of Ezekiel, was b. in Box- 
ford Feb. 6, 1737, and settled upon the farm at West 
Rindge now of Ebenezer Blake, Esq., previous to the date 
of incorpoi-ation of the town. He is represented as an 
upright, industrious man, a kind neighbor, and a most 
exemplary Christian. With his brothers he was included 

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among the early Baptists in this town. He md. Hannah 
Bancroft, who did not survive many years. He did not 
again marry, but settled his farm upon his only son, with 
whom he lived the remainder of his days. He d. May 6, 
1814. 

I. Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1767. Her mother d. before 
she was eight years of age. While still a child, 
with singular efficiency she managed the house- 
hold affairs in the family of her father. She md. 
Feb, 25, 1796, Calvin Locke, son of Lieut. James 
and Hannah (Farnsworth) Locke, then of Sulli- 
van, N. H., and previously of Townsend and 
Ashby, Mass. They lived in Sullivan, where she 
d. of consumption Sept. 20, 1834; he d. Ang. 12, 
1843. It is their son, Dea. Charles P. Locke, 
who md. a dau. of Dr. Stephen Jewett, No. 42 of 
this register. 

II. Amos, b.^Feb. 6, 1772. + 



16 I Jonathan Jewett, a brother of Ezekiel and Stephen, 
I was b. in Boxford, March 12, 1739. He early removed to 

this town, and settled upon land lying between the farms 

of his brothers. Traces of the cellar and foundations still 

indicate the location of his dwelling. He md. Martha 

I Belcher, of Wrentham, Mass. The family removed to 

{ Jaffrey about 1772. He d. at sea, while on a voyage to 

I the present State of Maine, April 28, 1786 ; his widow d. 

I in Jaffrey March 19, 1828. Their son David settled upon 

I the home farm, and several of their children removed to 

the West, where many descendants now reside. 

17 I I. benjamin, b. Oct. 22, 1763; removed to near 

Utica, N. Y. 

18 I II. Satnuel, b. Nov. 17, 1765 ; resided a few years in 

Nelson, N. H., and removed to Utica, N. Y. 

19 III. David, b. April 6, 1767; md. Lucy Clark, of Sulli- 
! van, N. H. He d. in Jaffrey Aug. 29, 1819. 

20 ' IV. ^//2«^>6^A,b.Nov. 19, 1768; md.-^as^Chapin. Set- 

tled in the State of New York. 

21 V. Jonathan, b. April 19, 1770; d. Aug. 25, 1778. 

Removed to Ohio. . 

22 VI. Henry, b. June 13, 1772 ; removed to Ohio. 

23 VII. Hannah, twin, b. June 13, 1772. 

24 viiT. Martha, b. April 13, 1774; md. March 10, 1801, 

William Comstock, (^i Sullivan, N. H., Avhere she 
d. May 30, 1803. 

25 IX. Moses, b. Jiilv 2, 1777; settled near Columbus, 

Ohio. 



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Dr. Stephen Jewett (vide page 365) md. May 30, 
1786, Nancy Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer Colburn, q. v. He 
resided upon the farm previously occupied by his father, 
where he d. April 12, 1818; his widow d. March 30, 1838. 

I. Cynthia, b. Feb. 2, 1787 ; d. of scarlet fever April 
10, 1795. 

II. Fanny, b. March 6, 1788; rad. July 26, 1808, Hon. 

Asa Parker, son of Hon. Abel and Edith (Jew- 
ett) Parker, of Jaffrey. He was b. March 12, 
1786, and d. Oct. 15, 1833. His widow d. Jan. 
4, 1866. Mr. Parker was a man of ability and 
integrity, and was much employed in public 
affairs. He was a State Senator 1827 and 1828, 
and Register of Probate for several years. Five 
children. 

1. Calvin Jewett, b. 1809; md. Abigail Ken- 

dall, dau. of Joel Kendall, of Dublin, N. 
H.; d. in Boston April 4, 1859, leaving six 
children, among them Adaline Sophia, 
wife of Charles F. Gibson, of Rindge, q. v. 

2. Clementine, b. Jan. 4, 1811; md. Dec. 8, 

1835, Dr. Daniel B. Cutter, of Peterboro, 
son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, of 
Jaffrey, a gentleman well and favorably 
known in professional and social life. He 
has prepared a history of Jaffrey, now 
ready for publication. She d. Aug. 28, 
1870, leaving two daus. 

3. Adaline, b. Sept. 15, 1815 ; md. April, 1835, 

Milton Kilburn, of Fitzwilliam, and sub- 
sequently of Rockford, 111. 

4. George S., b. Feb. 1, 1820 ; removed to Illi- 

nois; d. in the army, leaving a family, 
Nov. 18, 1862. 

5. Columbus C, b. Oct. 24, 1823; md. 1853, 

Frances Wilson, of Royalston, Mass. For 
several years he has been a merchant in 
Winchendon. 

III. Nancy, b. Sept. 26, 1789; d. 1790. 

IV. EzeUel, b. Oct. 16, 1791. + 
V. JSTancy, b. 1793 ; d. 1794. 

VI. Stephen, b. 1795 ; d. 1797. 

VII. Mary, b. Sept. 6, f797; md. June, 1818, Le^i Ben- 
jamin. She is residing, his widow, in Fitchburg, 
Mass. 
VIII. Tryphosa, b. Dec. 27, 1799; md. Hon. Marshall P. 
Wilder, son of Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., q. v. 
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X. Mary Ann, b. 1803; d. 1804. 
XI. Columbus, b. 1805 ; d. 1809. 

XII. Mary Ann Golhurn, b. Sept. 28, 1807 ; md. Sept. 
2, 1835, Dea. Charles P. Locke, now of Marlboro, 
N. H., son of Calvin and Sarah (Jewett) Locke. 
See No. 14 of this register. 

1. Sarah Ann Jewett, b. Aug. 6, 1838; d. at 
South Hadley Seminary March 15, 1856. 




Dr. Thomas Jewett {vide Chap. XVII.) md, Oct. 12, 

1800, Re- 
b e c c a 
Green, 
d a u . of 
S a m u e 1 
and Rebec- 
ca (Sargent) Green, of Carlisle, Mass. He d. April 24, 
1840, and his widow Oct. 19, 1850. 

I. Irena, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; md. Sumner Raymond, q. v. 
II. Cynthia, b. Jan. 29, 1805 ; d. unmd. Aug. 16, 1846. 

III. Harriet, b. Aug. 23, 1806 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 

29, 1811. 

IV. Elvira, b. April 16, 1809 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 

27 1811 
Mvira, b. April 16, 1812 ; d. unmd. July 24, 1833. 
Thomas, b. July 31, 1814; unmd. Resided a 

farmer in Rindge until 1864. 
Julia Ann, b. May 10, 1817; md. Daniel T. 
Rand, q. v. 
vni. Samuel Green, b. June 20, 1819. -|- 
IX. Harriet, b. July 10, 1821 ; md. Alonzo Bancroft, q. v. 
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Amos Jewett md., 1798, Lydia Jewett (Jewett, 10). 
He occupied the homestead farm until his death. He 
was unpretentioiis in manner, and highly respected. His 
integrity and purity of character were recognized by all 
who knew him. He d. June 27, 1834; his widow d. Jan. 
27, 1847. The original farm included a part of the 
village of West Rindge, and is now divided among many 
owners. The house-lot, and a considerable tract adjoin- 
ing, is owned by Ebenezer Blake, Esq. 

I. Sarah, b. June 16, 1799 ; d. 1803, aged 4 years. 
n. Behecca, b. Jan. 18, 1801 ; d. unmd. Jan. 28, 1832. 

III. Hepsiheth, b. Dec. 3, 1802 ; md. Ebenezer Blake, q.v. 

IV. Arvilla, b. April 14, 1805; md. Servetus Met- 

calf, q. V. 
V. Gilman, b. 1807; d. in Rindge unmd. Nov. 20, 
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VI. Fanny., d. at the age of 2 years and six months. 
VII. Nathan, b. July 18, 1813; unmd. ; resides in 
Rindge, and is the only descendant of Stephen 
Jewett (No. 13), who bears the family name. 
VIII. Calvin, b. 1817 ; d. May 30, 1835. 
IX. Nancy, b. April 12, 1822; md. Dec. 27, 1849, 
Joseph Forristall ; resided in Boston, where she 
d. Nov. 12, 1854. 




Col. Ezekiel Jewett {vide page 343) md. June 

10, 1819, Elizabeth Arnold, 
7 fj dau, of Capt. Wm. Arnold, 

/ /-//' of Westmoreland, N. H. ; she 
(/tUMA^ d. in Utica, N. Y., Nov. 2, 
1863. 

I. Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Rindge, April 2, 1820 ; md. 
Sept. 1, 1841, Augustiis A. Boyce, Esq., and 
resides in Lockport, N. Y. 

1. William Augustus, b. June 11, 1843; md. 

April 30, 1873, Virginia Josephine Clelise 
Moissinac. 

2. Elizabeth Jewett, b. March 27, 1845; d. 

March 9, 1846. 

3. George Colton, b. April 22, 1848 ; d. Aug. 

12, 1850. 

4. John Jewett, b. April 28, 1852. 

' 5. Esther Turner, b. April 10, 1855 ; d. Dec. 
% 12, 1858. 
6. Laura, b. Dec. 3, 1856. 
II. Cynthia B., b. in Rindge, Sept. 15, 1821 ; d. 1825. 
III. John Joseph Louis Car era, b. July 29, 1826; a 
successful merchant in Omaha, Neb. While a 
resident of Buffalo, N. Y., he twice represented 
his district in the Legislature. 



Stephen" Jewett, Esq., for many years was exten- 
sively engaged in the preparation and sale of Dr. Stephen 
Jewett's proprietary medicines, which had a wide celeb- 
rity. For this reason he was usually styled Dr. Jewett, 
but the name borne by the medicines was that of his 
father, who had been a physician in extensive practice. 
Mr. Jewett was also engaged, with others, in the manu- 
facture of pails and other wooden-ware. He was a 
respected citizen; selectman 1829, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34, 
'47, and representative 1847. He md. June 7, 1825, 
Hannah Barker, dau. of John Barker, of Rindge, q. v., 
and granddau. of William and Elizabeth (Morrison) 
Smith, of Peterboro, N. H. In 1856 he removed to 
Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. Nov. 9, 1862 ; his widow d. 
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I. Stephen B., b. April 6, 1826; d. Jan. 16, 1829. 
II. Cynthia A., b. Oct. 12, 1827; md. Aug. 20, 1863, 
Alfred B. Church ; reside in Woonsocket, R. I. 

III. Arianna S., b. Oct. 11, 1829; resides in Fitch- 

burg. 

IV. William Heyiry, b. March 7, 1832; d. Oct. 20, 

1833. 
V. William Henry ^ b. March 7, 1834; d. Nov. 5, 

1834. 
VI. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1835 ; md. March 12, 

1863, Otis Adams Wheeler; reside in Webster, 

Mass. 
VII. Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1837; md. Dec. 21, 1855, 

Phebe A. Ramsdell, dau of Reuben Ramsdell, 

q. V. He is a draughtsman and civil engineer. 

Seven children. 

1. Alfred Edward, b. Sept. 20, 1856. 

2. Frank Eugene, b. Nov. 24, 1860. 

3. Ste])hen Percy, b. Oct. 22, 1862; d. Feb. 

21, 1864. 

4. Ernest Clifton, b. Oct. 7, 1864. 

5. Charles Ramsdell, b. May 26, 1866. 

6. William Henry, b. April 8, 1871. 

7. Florence Henrietta, b. April 19, 1873. 

VIII. Caroline, b. May 2, 1840; md. Nov. 29, 1866, 
Charles A. Young ; reside in Paris, Me. 
IX. Andrew, b. Feb. 21, 1842 ; resides in Fitchburg. 
X. Adaline Tryphosa, b. Aug. 15, 1844; resides in 

Fitchburg. 
XI. Nancy B.,\). Feb. 1, 1847; jesides in Fitchburg. 



Dr. George Jewett, receiving a liberal education, 
chose a profession honored by his father, and attended 
medical lectures in Woodstock, Vt., and in Pittsfield and 
Boston, Mass. He commenced the practice of his pro- 
fession in Baldwinsville, Mass., and soon after removed 
to Gardner, and five years later to Fitchburg, where 
he remains, in the enjoyment of an extensive and 
lucrative practice. He was surgeon of the 51st Mass. 
Vols., and his record reflects both skill and unremitted 
labor. As a citizen he is held in high esteem, and is 
universally acknowledged as an able practitioner and a 
skillful surgeon. He md. Nov. 15, 1848, Mary Elizabeth 
Sanders, b. Nov. 26, 1827, dau. of Nathan and Betsey 
(Shedd) Sanders, of New Ipswich. She d. in Fitchburg, 
June 1, 1867; md. (2d) Dec. 17, 1868, Mary Brooks, dau. 
of Kendall and Mary (Pettee) Brooks, of Fitch"burg. 
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Dr. George £. Jewett, but the mention made of him is 
none the less true. His children are : — 

I. George Edwin, b. Jan. 6, 1850 ; d. July 29, 1851. 
II. Helen Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1851 ; d. Aug. 6, 1858. 

III. George Thomas, b. June 10, 1857 ; d. Sept. 5, 

1857. 

IV. Mary Anna, b. Oct. 16, 1862 ; d. Sept. 11, 1863. 
V. Walter Kendall, b. Oct. 12, 1869. 



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Dea. Edward Jewett, of Rindge, the sixth genera- 
tion from Edward, of Rowley — a brother of Dea. Maxi- 
millian Jewett, — was b. in Concord, Mass., Nov. 29, 
1741. He md. Oct. 31, 1765, Dorcas Gates, of Stow, and 
removed to this town 1769 or 1770. Few men, if any, 
have been more })rominently connected with the town's 
history. For many years he was often engaged as 

master of the gram- 
mar schools, and was 
employed from time 
\^____,,.,'^/y to time in all the early 

^ districts in the town. 

He was a selectman fourteen years, town clerk seven 
years, and was often chosen to serve his townsmen in 
other capacities. During the Revolution he was twice in 
the ranks (pages 108, 136), but his record is more con- 
spicuous in his frequent attendance in conventions and 
meetings of committees of safety. For many years he 
was a justice of the peace, and probably no citizen of 
this town has drawn an equal number of legal papers. 
In 1780 he was elected a deacon of the church, and con- 
tinued in office forty-five years. He d. Jan. 12, 1825, 
aged 83 ; his widow d. Sept. 7, 1829, aged 82. 

I. Boreas, b. June 15, 1772 ; d. Feb. 19, 1773. 
II. Mersylvia, b. Nov. 4, 1786; md. Ezra Scollay, q.v. 



Nathan Johnson was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Nov. 6, 
1755. He was a son of Dea. Samuel and Hannah 
(Stearns) Johnson, and a grandson of Samuel and 
Rebecca Johnson, also of Lunenburg. He md., 1786, 
Catharine Stearns, b. Dec. 16, 1759, dau. of John and 
Martha (Harrington) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass., and 
settled on "Johnson Hill," in Rindge, immediately after 
his marriage. He d. Aug. 15, 1838 ; his wife d. Oct. 5, 
1833. 

I. Nathan, b. April 16, 1787 ; d. 1789. 
II. Catherine, b. Jan. 17, 1789 ; md. John Demary, q. v. 
III. Thomas, b. April 9, 1791 ; non comp.; d. July 16, 

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IV. Nathan, b. Oct. 2, 1793; md. July, 1829, Sarah 
Cobb, b. Feb. 4, 1799, dau. of Otis and Mary 
Cobb, of Wrentham, Mass. He was a farmer, 
and resided upon the old homestead. He d. 
May 6, 1860. 

1. Nathan Edwin, b. Ai;g. 29, 1830; d. March 

12, 1845. 

2. Mary Catherine, b. June 4, 1832; md. 

Henry Daggett; resides in North Attle- 
borough, Mass. 

3. Sarah Ellen, b. April 24, 1835; md. Frank 

Randall ; resides in Winthro]), Mass. 

4. Daniel Webster, b. March 21, 1837; d. 

Jan. 30, 1846. 



Abijah Johnson, parentage unknown, b. July 20, 1769, 
with wife Betsey, and four children, removed to the east 
part of this town in 1803, where he resided until his death. 
He d. very suddenly, while threshing grain, Oct. 2, 1819. 

I. Lucy, b. in Newton, Mass., July 20, 1797. 
II. Rebecca, b. in Little Cambridge Sept. 16, 1798. 

III. Cyrus, b. in Burlington Oct; 5, 1800. 

IV. William, b. in Burlington Feb. 13, 1803. 
V. Charity, b. in Rindge June 5, 1805. 

VI. Phebe, b. March 17, 1808. 
VII. Augustus, b. Dec. 8, 1810. 
viii. Eliza, b. June 21, 1813. 

IX. Sophronia, b. Nov. 9, 1815. 



Asa Johnson, brother of Abijah, with wife Sally and 
one child, removed from Westford, Mass., 1800. His 
name does not appear on tax lists after 1810. 

I. Sophia, b. April 12, 1799. 
II. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1801. 

III. Asa, b. Jan. 30, 1803. 

IV. Isaac, b. Sept. 7, 1806. 
V. Eunice, b. June 20, 1808. 

VI. George, b. Feb. 24, 1809. 



Asa Jones, who removed to this town 1781, was the 
eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Carter) Jones, and was b. 
in Concord, Mass., Dec. 12, 1758. Joseph, the father, was 
b. in Ireland, and emigrated • to this country about 1750. 
After a brief residence in Concord, he removed to Lunen- 
burg, Mass., in 1759, where ten of his eleven children 
were b., and where many of his descendants still reside. 
He was an active, intelligent citizen. Asa was at the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill, and served three years in a Massachu- 
setts regiment. He md. in Lunenburg, Nov. 1, 1781, 



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Mary Martin, dan. of John, Jr., and Elizabeth Martin. 
He d. May 17, 1846, and on account of his service in the 
Revohition was buried with military honors. His wife d. 
Feb. 21, 1845. 

I. Poll]/, b. March 30, 1782 ; md. Capt. Daniel Nor- 
cross, q. v. 

II. Eunice, b. April 19, 1784; md. Joshua Coburn, q.v. 

III. Betsey, b. Oct. 21, 1785 ; d. young. 

IV. Betsey, b. Nov. 23, 1786; non comp. ; d. June 15, 

1866. 

V. Joseph, b. Dec. 8, 1788; was a life-long school- 
teacher; d., at an advanced age, in the State of 
New York, leaving a family. 

VI. Asia, b. March 11, 1791. -|- 

VII. George, b. April 13, 1793 ; md, Stowe, of 

Royalston, Mass. Resided in Phillipston, where 

he d., leaving two children. His son Harrison, 

successful in business, resides in New York city. 

VIII. Lucy, b. Dec. 24, 1794 ; md. George W. Todd, q. v. 

IX. Amasa, b. April 18, 1796; md. Roxanna Stearns, 
dau. of William and Lydia (Davis) Stearns, of 
Ashburnham. He was many years a missionary 
to the Indians. He d. in Missouri 1871, leaving 
two daughters, 

X. Elisha, b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; d. of spotted fever Dec. 
12, 1811. 

XI. Frances, b. Feb. 29, 1800 ; md. Asa Platts, q. v. 
XII. Mer Sylvia, b. March 1, 1802 ; unmd. ; resides in 
Boston. 

XIII. Wainwright, b. Feb. 18, 1804; a farmer. Resided 

in Rindge. Was insane for several years pre- 
ceding his death; d. March 6, 1865. 

XIV. Thomas, b. Nov. 7, 1805 ; md. Bacon. 

Resided in Brookfield ; d. in West Cambridge, 
Mass. 



Asia Jones md. April 12, 1821, Rachel Sanders, dau. 
of Samuel Sanders, of Jaffrey. She d. June 23, 1869; 
md. (2d) Jan. 1, 1*871, Betsey (Sawtell) Hubbard, widow 
of Eliphalet Hubbard, q. v. He resided in Rindge until 
1824, when he removed to Jaffrey, where he remained 
about twenty years, and returned to Rindge, where he 
continues to reside. . 

I. Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1821 ; md. Lyman Hale, q. v. 
II. Willard G., b. March 17, 1823 ; a carpenter and 
farmer in Rindge ; md. June 10, 1852, Augusta 
M. Peirce, dau. of Benjamin Peirce, q. v. She d. 
Oct. 20, 1861; md. (2d) June, 1868, Susan P. 
Goodridge, dau. of David J. and Harriet E. 

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(Scovill) Goodridge, of NewjDort, N. H. He was 
postmastei- from Nov., 1854, to April, 1861. 

Rachel S., h. Feb. 28, 1825 ; md. April 22, 1851, S. 
Augustus Sherman. Reside in Plover, Portage 
Co.^ Wis. 

Samuel, b. June 24, 1826; md. April 8, 1856, 
Anjenette Davis, of Charlton, Mass. He is a 
prosperous farmer in Rindge. 

Mary Ann, b. March 19, 1828; md. Gilman P. 
Wellington, q. v. 

George S., b. April 10, 1832; md. Carrie Proctor. 
He is a dealer in stoves and tin-ware in Leomin- 
ster, Mass. 
VII. Harriet, b. June 26, 1839 ; d. June 16, 1841. 



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Samuel Joslin" resided several years in Rindge. His 
farm is now pasture land owned by Harrison G. Rice. 
He was first taxed 1817, and met the other of life's pro- 
verbial certainties May 20, 1820, aged 49. 

I. Daughter, md. Nathan Cummings, q. v. 
II. Timothy, d. in Townsend, Mass., about 1850. 

III. Samuel, md. Nancy Stone, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer 

Stone, of Townsend, Mass. He removed 1830 
to that place, and was there an innholder. 

IV. Levi, md. Cynthia Emory, dau. of Daniel Emory, 

q. v.; she d. March 27, 1848, in Amherst, N. H. 
He was again md., and d. in Milford, N. H., 
leaving a widow and children. 
V. William,, d. unmd. 

VI. Charles, resided several years in Sharon. 
VII. Nancy. 



TJeiah Ketes, with wife Hannah and one child, 
removed to Rindge 1777. He resided in the south-east 
part of the town. Like the Roman matron, his wealth 
was in his children, and he was assisted by the town. 
For this reason the name fades from the tax lists before 
the family removed (about 1815) from town. 

I. William, b. Oct. 22, 1775. 
II. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1778. 

III. Anna, b. July 9, 1780. 

IV. Molley, b. Aug. 14, 1781. 
V. Levi, b. June 30, 1783. 

VI. Josiah, b. July 14, 1785. 

VII. Sally, b. June 27, 1787. 

VIII. Dorcas, b. May 17, 1789. 

IX. Ammiah, b. Jan. 4, 1791. 

X. Dolly, b. Se])t. 16, 1792. 



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XI. Lydia., b. April 29, 1794 ; d. by suicide Nov. 26, 

1827. 
XII. Meuben, b. Nov. 2, 1795. 
XIII. Aaron, b. Nov. 6, 1797. 



Amos Ketes, Esq., son of James Keyes, of Northboro, 
Mass., and grandson of Sampson K^yes, of Ashford, Ct., 
md. Eunice Spofford, dau. of Samuel and Eunice (God- 
dard) Spofford, of Berlin, Mass. Her maternal grand- 
parents were Dea. James and Hannah (Rice) Goddard, 

of Marlboro, Mass. He 



(^?y^ y/!^ ^ removed to the north- 

^^.^^■^^-^^'^'■TPy^ d/y ^e^^;i^^ east part of this town 
y^ ^ " 1811. He was employed 

many winters as a school-teacher, and was frequently 
elected to office, serving the town foiir years in the 
board of selectmen, and was eight years representative. 
He became crippled from severe attacks of rheumatism, 
and for several years was unable to leave his house. He 
d. Dec. 8, 1848, aged 63. His widow removed from this 
town, and d. in Mason, N. H., June 22, 1871, aged 80. 

I. Sarah, b. May 25, 1812; md. Oct. 28, 1834, John 

Stevens, and removed to Milwaukee, Wis. 
n. Georye W., b. Feb. 20, 1814; md., 1843, Mary S. 
Prescott, of New Ipswich. 

III. Maria, b. March 1, 1816 ; md. Stillman Stratton, 

son of Ebenezer Stratton, Jr., q. v. 

IV. Susan S., b. Nov. 18, 1818; md., 1840, Capt. Addi- 

son A. Walker, of the firm of Rockwood & 
Walker, manufacturers of pails and tubs, Ash- 
burnham, Mass. 
V. EliphaUt, b. Aug. 18, 1822. 
VI. Charlotte, b. April 20, 1824; md. Moody Hale, 

son of Emerson Hale, q. v. 
VII. Charles Emerson, b. Nov. 10, 1828. 
VIII. Eliza, b. ; md. July 3, 1849, John L. Shaw. 



Lieut. Richard Kimball, son of Richard Kimball, was 
b. in Boxford, Mass., June 18, 1710. He md. Elizabeth 
Seton, a native of Scotland, b. in Edinburgh about 1721. 
Her father's family were shipwrecked near the completion 
of their voyage to America, and she alone was saved. 
This orphaned girl found a home in the family of the fa- 
ther of her future husband. They removed with their 
children to this town, and settled upon the farm now 
owned by Dea. Gates, of Ashby, previous to 1775, when 
they united with the church. He lived an honored and 
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1785. His widow d. 1811. Theii- children, born in Box- 
ford, were as follows : — 

I. Mercy, b. 1752 ; md. Capt. Asa Sherwin, q. v. 

II. Richard, b. 1754 ; md. Abigail , and resided in 

Rindge until about 1790, when he removed to 
Utica, N. Y., returning to Rindge in 1804. Six 
years later he removed to Sterling, Mass., where 
he d. He had two children : — 

1. Lemuel, b. in Rindge, Oct. 23, 1785. 

2. Mary, md. Powers. 

III. Ismenia, b. Dec. 3, 1755 ; md. Joshua Tyler, q. v., 

and resided in Leominster, Mass. 

IV. Andrew, b. Aug. 28, 1756. -|- 

V. Aaron, b. July 24, 1759; resided in Sterling, 

Mass. 
VI. Isaac, b. Jan. 27, 1761 ; resided in Reading, Vt., 

where he d. 
vu. Abel, b. Oct. 10, 1762.+ 
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Andrew Kimball, the fourth child of Lieut. Richard 
Kimball, was a tailor, and resided where William A. 
Sherwin now lives. He md. Feb. 23, 1783, Rachel 
Cutter {vide Cutter register), who was b. April 6, 1763, 
and d. April 10, 1786^; md. (2d) Jan. 6, 1787, Parna 
(Sawyer) Howe, widow of Dr. Howe, of Sterling, Mass. ; 
she was b. Aug. 10, 1764; d. May 20, 1788; md. (3d) 
Feb. 15, 1791, widow Prudence (Fuller) Carlton, of Lunen- 
burg, Mass. ; md. (4th) June 1, 1793, Polly Barker, dau. of 
Barnabas, q. v.; she d. July 27, 1796; md. (5th) Feb. 13, 
1798, Elizabeth Hill, b. Oct. 13, 1759 ; d. May 10, 1830. 
Mr. Kimball d, in Rindge, Sept. 9, 1821. The first wife 
left one son, and the fifth wife three daus. 

I. Nathan Cutter, b. April 4, 1786. He resided in 
Vermont and in New York, and d. in Rushford, 
in the latter State, March 10, 1855; he md. 
Aug. 28, 1808, Lydia Wait, by whom he had 
five children ; she d. in Catherine, N. Y., July 
24, 1820 ; and he md. (2d) Sept. 24, 1820, Rebecca 
Van Gorder, who became the mother of six 
children. Several of his children reside in 
Rushford or vicinity. 
II. Eliza, b. Jan. 24, 1799; d. in Rindge unmd. 
Aug. 17, 1828. 

III. Susan, b. Sept. 20, 1800 ; md. Luke Lord, q. v. 

IV. Rachel Cutter, b. Dec. 31, 1802; md. in 

Rindge, June 9, 1829, Thomas B. Walker, son of 
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endish, Vt. He d. Sept. 13, 1854. His widow 
resides in Rushford, N. Y. They have five 
children, b. 1830-1840. 



Abel Kimball served in the Revolution, in Mooney's 
Regiment, in room of his brother Richard, who was 
drafted (page 166). He was ensign in 1793, and subse- 
quently captain in the militia. He md. Mary Parker, 
and resided in Vermont a short time, but soon returned 
to Rindge, and with his younger brother occupied the old 
homestead until 1809, when he removed to Jaffrey, and 
subsequently to Ohio. Upon the death of his wife he 
md. Abigail Cunningham. He d., without issue, in 
Madison,"Ohio, March"4, 1841. 



Lemuel Kimball md. Aug. 22, 1793, Polly Cutler, dau. 
of Capt. Solomon Cutler, q. v., and resided in Rindge 
until the summer of 1812, when he removed to Madison, 
Ohio, and became, in connection with his brother Abel, 
the proprietor of a large tract of land. He d. much 
respected, and in "the Christian faith," April 20, 1824. 
His widow found a welcome home with her son, Gen. 
Abel Kimball, where she d. May 25, 1863. Six of their 
seven children were b. in Rindge. 

1. Solomon Cutler, b. Dec. 6, 1794 ; md., Jan. 20, 
1820, Sarah Wright, of Dalton, Mass. ; d. in Mad- 
ison, Dec. 9, 1862, leaving one son and two 
♦ daus., who are residing in the vicinity. 

II. Sophia, b. May 11, 1799; md. Dr. Storne Rosa, 
and resides, his widow, at Painesville, Ohio. 

III. Abel, b. Jan. 18, 1801; md. Sept. 26, 1830, Philena 

Hastings, of Greenfield, Mass. Gen. Kimball 
settled, and still resides, with his only son upon 
a portion of the original land purchase of his 
father. He is a gentleman of superior intelli- 
gence, who merits the many honors he has 
received. 

IV. Orinda, b. April 1, 1803 ; md. 1834, H. K Sweet; 

resided in Madison, and afterwards in Van 
Wort, Ohio, where she recently d., leaving two 
sons and two daus. 
V. Addison, b. July 19, 1806; md. Dec. 16, 1835, 
Samantha Webster, of Geneva, Ohio, and re- 
sides in Madison, near his brother, Gen. Kimball. 
He has no children. 
VI. Mary Parker, b. April 23, 1809; md. 1842, Dr. 
Philo Tilden, of Cleveland, Ohio, and d. soon 
after her marriage. 
VII. Nancy J., b. in Madison, April 23, 1815; md. 
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William Kimball, son of Joseph and Abigail (Stickney) 
Kimball, and grandson of Joseph and Abiah Kimball, was 
b. in Bradford, Mass., Sept. 29, 1757. His father was an 
early land-owner in this town. Early in life, with his broth- 
ers Jesse and Asa, he came hither to occupy and improve 
their possessions, which included the mills at Converse- 
ville, and all their names are found upon the records, but 
none except William was ever a permanent resident here. 
He md., 1786, Abigail Hamlet, and moved into the house 
previously occupied by Zebulon Converse, and entered 
upon the business of a miller and a farmer, which he 
successfully conducted until his death. He was also 
much employed in public affairs, selectman 1802, '3, '4, '5, 
'6, '7, '8, '9, '12, '13, '14, and '15, a service of twelve years; 
representative 1812, '13, and '14, and was frequently 
called to other positions of trust. He d. Dec. 25, 1844, 
aged 84; his wife d. Jan. 14, 1842, aged 85. 

I. Leonard^ b. May 20, 1787 ; d. young, 
n. Polly^ b. Sept. 25, 1789; md. Joshua Converse, 
Esq., q. V. 

III. William, b. Dec. 17, 1791. *|- 

IV. Betsey, b. Sept. 25, 1796 ; md. Joshua Townsend. 
V. Hoxe, b. May 24, 1798 ; unmd. ; resides &n the old 

homestead. 



William Kimball md. Feb. 23, 1820, Ruthy Shedd, 
dau. of Capt. Abel Shedd, q. v. For many years he was 
associated in business with his father. After the death of 
the latter he sold the mills to Joshua Converse, Esq., and 
removed to the farm formerly of Jonathan Ingalls, where 
his widow and dau. still reside. He was captain of the 
company of cavalry to which other references have been 
made, and was selectman 182*2 and 1823. Like his father 
he was respected for his integrity. He d. Dec. 4, 1863. 

I. Charles William, b. June 20, 1821. ( Vide page 

362.) He md. Sept. 1, 1846, Cynthia P. Lake, 
dau. of Capt. Alison Lake, q. v., who d. 1854, 
and he md. (2d) July 16, 1856, Mary Eliza Dill, 
of Lebanon Ohio. He d. Dec. 18, 1870, leaving 
one dau. 

II. Eliza, b. Oct. 9, 1823 ; md. Harris Hale, q. v. 

III. Martha Friscilla, b. March 25, 1827; d. Jvdy 5, 

1836. 

IV. Ruthij Ann, b. May 5, 1832; d. July 3, 1836. 



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George Shedd, b. March 1, 1839; md. March, 1860, 
Carrie M., dau. of Dea. James Bancroft, q. v. 
He enlisted in the 6th N. H. Vols., and d. at 
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 17, 1862. His T\ddow d. 
Sept. 12, 1865. Their two children d. young. 



Aquilla Kimball, from Bradford, Mass., md. Anna 
Tenney, and settled upon the farm, on the old road lead- 
ing to Winchendon, and bordering upon the State line, 
which is still known as the " Kimball farm," previous to 
1785. He d. March 4, 1826, aged 70 ; his widow d. April 
2, 1837, aged 78. 

35 I. Isaac, b. Nov, 30, 1783. A clergyman. ( Vide list 
of college graduates, p. 358.) He md. May 24, 
1824, Abigail Stevens. He d. June 4, 1829. 

36 1. Justin A., b. June 17, 1825. He has been 
in the ministry at the South for several 
years ; noAV preaching at Larissa, Cherokee 
Co., Texas. 

37 2. Archus Stevens, b. April 8, 1827 ; md. Nov. 
24, 1853, Ellen Whitney, dau. of Webster 
and Eliza (Whitman) Whitney, of 
Winchendon, where he resides. He is an 
auctioneer. 

38 3. Emeretta, b. April 13, 1829; md. 

Crawford. Resides in Belton, Texas. 

39 II. Jonathan, b. in Rindge Nov. 19, 1785 ; md. 1817, 
Polly Robbins, dau. of David Robbins, q. v. He 
was a farmer, and resided in the south-west part 
of the town. He d. July 25, 1835 ; his widow d. 
Dec. 9, 1850. 

40 1. Mary, d. suddenly, in Fitchburg, Mass., at 
about thirty years of age ; unmd. 

41 2. Addison, md. May 15, 1845, Sarah Joslin, 
and resided several years upon the farm 
of his father, and removed to Winchen- 
don, where he now resides. 

42 in. Martha, b. Oct. 29, 1788 ; md. June 21, 1809, Wins- 
low Howe, of Templeton, Mass., b. July 31, 1785, 
son of Fisk Howe, and a brother of Thomas and 
Ephraim Howe, of Rindge. He d. Feb. 26, 
1842. Their children were: Clarissa, Sylvia, 
Martha A., Avery F., Levi, Mary E,, David, 
Kimball, Caroline C, Edward, Kimball. 

43 IV. Lydia, b. April 30, 1791; md. 1818, Solomon 
Tenney, of Royalston, Mass. They had four 
children ; none of them are living. 

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VI. William T., b. Jan. 3, 1794; d. young, 
VII. Phehe, b. 1796 ; d. unmd. July 1, 1832. ' 

viii. William, Tenney^ b. ; was a well known 

vender of wares; d. unmd. in Connecticut, 
about 1837. 
IX. Aquilla^ b. Aug. 31, 1802 ; d. young. 



Richard Kimball, the representative of the fourth 
family of Kimballs in this town, between whom there are 
no immediate ties of kindred, removed to Rindge 1807. 
For many years he was licensed by the Methodists to 
preach. As mentioned in Chap. XIV., he was a pioneer 
in the manufacture of clotheS-pins. He md. Lydia Mcln- 
tire ; d. Nov. 13, 1845, aged 72. 

I. Sibyl,, b. about 1795 ; md., 1818, Curtice Cunning- 
ham, of Hopkinton, Mass. 
II. Richard^ b. about 1797 ; md. Betsey Parks. 

III. Sally, b. about 1799 ; d. young. 

IV. Samuel M, b. March 28, 1801. + 

V. Ehenezer Z>., b. about 1803 ; md. Hannah Dodge, 

and removed to Salem, Mass. 
VI. Sarah,, b. about 1805 ; md. Nelson French, and 

resided in Dublin, N. H. 
VII. Lydia,, b. about 1807; md. Dec. 14, 1826, Lyman- 

der Pratt, of Fitzwilliam, and subsequently of 

Grafton, Mass. 
vm. James M., b. about 1810 j md. Feb. 23, 1832, 

Sylvia Mayo, and resides in Westboro, Mass. 
IX. Mary,, b. about 1813 ; md. Bradford Chase, of 

Grafton, Mass. 
X. Tryphena,, b. about 1815; md. Sept. 2, 1834, 

Artemas Briggs. 
XI. Tryphosa, b. about 1820; md. Ira Mansfield, of 

Salem, Mass. 
XII. £Jlijah, h. about 1821 ; d. unmd. about 1842. 



Samuel M. Kimball, a farmer and wheelwright in 
Rindge. For more than twenty successive years he has 
been elected sealer of weights and measures. He md. 
Melinda Peirce, dau. of Elipha Peirce, q. v. 

I. Samuel J)., b. Nov. 23, 1821 ; d. Nov. 17, 1824. 
n. Elipha S., b. July 13, 1823; md. July 4, 1850, 
Sarah M. Stickney, dau. of Asa Stickney, q. v. 
He is a manufacturer of wood-ware at West 
Rindge. 
III. Mary M, b. Aug. 13, 1826; md. Aug. 13, 1846, 
Edmund Bemis, son of Elijah and Lucy|(But- 
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in this town, and removed to Troy, where he has 
been prominent in municipal affairs. 

IV. Susan IT., b. Oct. 12, 1829; md. Elijah Bemis, 

Esq., q. V. 
Y. Charles X>., b. June 4, 1832 ; md. Nov. 22, 1855, 
Maria M. Colburn, dan. of Leonard Colburn, 
q. v.; md. (2d) March 11, 1868, Martha J. 
Bowen, dau. of Zimri Bowen, of Richmond, 
N. H. 

VI. George M,h. June 20, 1833; md. Jan. 19, 1863. 
Charlotte (Allen) Adams, dau. of Eliphaz Allen, 
q. V. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
VII. Samuel Warren, b. Dec, 31, 1835; md. 1856,' 
Emily F. Davis, dau. of Joseph Davis, q. v. 
She d. in Rindge, Sept. 17, 1874. 
VIII. Harriet E.,h. Felx 21, 1843; md. Dec. 23, 1861, 
Ambrose Butler, son of Jabez and Betsey (Boy- 
den) Butler, of Rindge and Troy, N. H. Mr. 
Butler was a membei- of the 6th N. H. Vols., 
and after his discharge was a merchant and ])ost- 
master at West Rindge. He d. March 16, 1871. 

IX. Martha Jane, b. April l7, 1844; d. Feb. 21, 1864. 



Dea. Benjamij^ KiN<iSBURY, SOU of Benjamin and 
Jedidah Kingsbury, of Walpole, Mass., and grandson of 
Nathaniel Kingsbury, of Dedham, Mass., was b. Oct. 30, 
1742, and removed to Rindge in 1792. From 1800 to 
1816 he resided in Jaffrey, but continued his connection 
with the church in this town. He was elected deacon of 
the church in Walpole previous to 1775, but was not a 
deacon of the church in this place. Late in life he 
studied divinity. His respectable talents and inflexible 
purpose enabled him to labor acceptably in several towns 
in New Hampshire and Vermont. He md. in Walpole, 
Dec. 1, 1768, Abigail Sawin, Avho d. in Rindge, Oct. 6, 
1793; md. (2d) Sept. 3, 1794, Lucretia Locke, dau. of 
Lieut. James and Hannah (Farnsworth) Locke, and a 
sister of Calvin Locke, who md. Sarah Jewett, dau. of 
Stephen Jewett. He d. in Rindge, June 10, 1827. His 
widow, a woman of many excellences of character, d. in 
Temple, N. H., Nov, 6, 1843. Dea. Kingsbury by his 
first marriage had two sons and four dans. Only the 
following are found ujion the Walpole records : Joseph, 
b. Oct. 29, 1769; Abigail, b. May 12, 1774; d. young; 
Abigail, b. Aug. 17, 1777. In addition to these were 
Benjamin, who removed to New York or Pennsylvania ; 

Nancy, w^ho md. Woolsoncroft ; and Jedidah, who 

resided in New Orleans several years, d. unmd. about 
1840, and was buried in Rindge. 

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Children of second wife : — 

I. Zucretia, h. Sept. 8, 1795; d. unmd. 1817. 
II. Lucinda^ twin, b. Sept. 8, 1795 ; d. unmd. Aug. 12, 
1839. 
III. Nathaniel^ b. June 28, 1798 ; a physician in Rindge, 
and later in Temple {vide Chap. XVII.); md., 
1827, Catherine Sawin, who d., a few months 
after marriage, June 17, 1827 ; md. (2d) Nov. 29, 
1832, Linda (Raymond) Ward, widow of Ben- 
jamin Ward, Esq., q. v., and dau. of Capt. Joel 
Raymond, q. v.; she d. Oct. 15, 1834; md. (3d) 
Nov. 8, 1835, Lydia (Barnes) Patten, widow of 
Jesse Patten; she d. Aug. 10, 1839; md. (4th) 
Nov. 11, 1840, Ann Hazen, of Shirley, Mass. 
His second wife left a dau., and his third wife a 
son. He d. in Shirley about 1870. 

1. Catherine Sawin, b. March 28, 1834. 

2. Benjamin B., b. in Temple, May 15, 1837. 

Graduated at Bowdoin College 1857. 



Stephen Knight, a native of Phillipstown, Mass., 
lived in the north part of this town from 1820 to 1845, 
when he removed to Jaffrey. He subsequently became 
insane, and d. in the hospital at Brattleboro, Vt., about 
1855. He md. Esther Emery. 

I. Stephen Emery ^ resides in Gardner, Mass. 
II. Moanna, md. Minot Howe ; resides in Gardner 



III. 



Mass. 
Sarah, md. 



Boardman ; lives in Iowa. 



Daniel Lake, Esq., was b. in Topsfield, 1726, where h 
md. Nov. 30, 1749, Sarah Bixby. He settled in th 
north part of Rindge 1767, and soon after removed t 
the centre of the town. He was one of the leading me 
in the eai-ly history of the town, and was frequent! 
chosen to office. He was selectman and town clerk 177 
and in 1777 he was apj^ointed a justice of the peac 
being the second or third inhabitant of this town wl 
received such appointment. He took an active part = 
the Revolution, and was twice in the service. ( Vide ] 
108, 136.) In this i-espect his example was followed ■ 
four of his sons. A short time previous to their de 
they went to reside with their children in Rockingh 
Vt., where he d. Sept. 26, 1810, aged 84 ; she d. Feb. 
1815, aged 87. 

I. George, b. Nov. 7, 1750. + 
II. Daniel, b. Jan. 24, 1754. -j- 
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IV. Jlemy, h. Sept. 19, 1759. + 

V. Jonathan, h. March 18, 1761. -f- 

VI. Nathan, b. Aug. 17, 1764; drowned m the Bay of 

Biscay, July 18, 1792. 
VII. /Sarah, b. March 17, 1767. 
VIII. Marij B., b. Feb. 20, 1770 ; d. Aug. 8, 1784. 



George Lake md. Nov. 13, 1772, Sarah Lovejoy, dau. 
of Dea. John Lovejoy, q. v., and probably removed from 
town about the close of the Revolution. Three children 
were b. in Rindge. 

I. Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1773. 

II. Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1777. 

III. George, b. Jan. 17, 1779. 



Daniel Lake was a drummer in the Revolutionary 
army, and served three or more enlistments {vide pp. 108, 
110, 141). After the war he settled in this town. By 
trade was a saddler. He md. Hepsibeth Cutter, dau. 
of Nathaniel Cutter, q. v.; d. Nov. 20, 1834; she d. 
April 1, 1841. They left no issue. 



Ends Lake was in Capt. Hale's company 1775, and at 
the battle of Bunker Hill (vide pp. 108, 110), and in Capt. 
Stone's company 1777 (vide pp. 136, 138). From 1796 to 
1800 he resided in Vermont. With this exception he 
remained a citizen of this town until his death. He md. 
Dec. 14, 1777, Prudence Page, dau. of Lieut. Joseph 
Page, q. v. ; she d. Sept. 16, 1794 ; md. (2d) Sept. 22, 
1796, Abigail Hudson; md. (3d) March 15, 1801, Abigail 
(Sawtell) Platts, widow of Capt. Joseph Platts, q. v. He 
d. Aug. 5, 1841 ; she d. March 25, 1835. 

Children of first wife : — 

I. Prudence, b. Feb. 24, 1778 ; md. Gilman Crane, 

and d. in Newburyport, Mass., 1853. 
II. E)ios, b. Oct. 29, 1779 ; d. in Boxford, Mass. 

III. David, b. Sept. 30, 1781 ; d. in Topsfield, Mass. 

IV. 3fehitabel, b. Nov. 9, 1783; d. young. 

V. Abigail, b. Feb. 23, 1787 ; md. Towne ; d. in 

Topsfield, Mass. 
VI. Sewell, b. Dec. 26, 1788 ; md. Hannah Gould, and 

d. in Bucksport, Me. 
VII. Cynthia, b. Aug. 21, 1790 ; md. Oct. 7, 1810, Elijah 

S. Hill, and removed to Ohio, where she d. 
VIII. Rebecca Bickford, b. Aug. 14, 1792 ; md. Stephen 

Blan chard, and resided in Troy, Vt. 
Children of second wife : — 

IX. Ira, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., May 29, 1797. Re- 
sided in Rindge 1824-1831 ; md. May 12, 1825, 



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Adaline L. Wellington, dan. of Capt. Leonard 
Wellington, q. v. He removed to Rose, Wayne 
" Co., New York; d. there. Three children b. in 
Rindge, and Eliza, Wellington, and Herman b. 
subsequently. w 

1. Henry Franklin, b. Sept. 14, 182;gf'; md. 

1854, Rosanna F, Demming. 

2. Nancy Stone, b. Jan. 80, 1829 ; md., 1849, 

James Lovejoy. 

3. Charles Lewis, b. Feb. 6, 1831. 

X. Alva, b. in Weathersfield, Vt., Dec. 30, 1798 ; d. in 
Brandon, Vt., 1856. Left two children. 

XI. Charles, h. in Springfield, Vt., April ii4, 1800; d. 
in Charlestown, Mass., leaving a family. 

Children of third wife : — 

XII. Aliso7i, b. Dec. 7, 1801. -f- 
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Henry Lake md. Prudence 



He served three 



enlistments in the Revolution {vide pp. 136, 140, 141), and 
resided in Rindge until about 1792. Five children were 
b. in Rindge. 

I. Silvanus, b. Jan. 26, 1783. 

II. Sarah, h. Nov. 29, 1784; md., 1816, Ezra Robin- 
son, of Plymoutli, Vt. ; rad. (2d) Jonathan 
Wood, q. V. ; md. (3d) Amos Stearns ; md. 
(4th) May 19, 1842, Josiah Hartwell, of Fitch- 
burg, Mass. Two daus. by first marriage, Mary 
Ann, and Sarah Jane who md, Horatio N, Dun- 
bar, now of Lunenburg, Mass. Her children by 
second marriage are Nos. 29 and 30 of Wood 
register. 

III. Henry, b. April 27, 1786. 

IV. Leonard, b. Feb. 21, 1788. 
V. Luther, b. Nov. 28, 1790. 



JoNATHAis" Lake was also in the Revolutionary service, 
remaining no less than five years {vide pp. 141, 163, 166, 
168). Soon after the close of the war he md. March 8, 
1786, Hannah Hale, dau. of Col. Enoch Hale, and about 
1795 removed to Springfield, Vt. She d. about 1838; he 
md. (2d) Lucy (Hale) Wetlierbee, widow of Hezekiah 
Wetherbee, and a sister of his former wife, who d. Dec. 
24, 1857. 

I. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 19, 1786 ; d. in Spring- 
field, Vt. 

II. Nathan, b, in Rindge July 20, 1788; d. in Chelsea, 
Vt. 



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ni. Jonathan, b. in Rindge Aug. 24, 1790 ; d. in Clare- 

mont, N. H. 
IV. Sherbttrne, b. in Rindge May 31, 1792; d. in 

Troy, Vt. 
V. William, b. in Rindge Aug. 28, 1794 ; d. in Balti- 
more. 
VI. Enoch, d. in South America. 
VII. Hannah, still living. 
VIII. Betsey, still living. 



Axisojf Lake, Esq., md. Azubah Gibbs, who d. Jan. 3, 
1832; md. (2d) July 5, 1832, Almira Sawtell, dau. of 
Jonathan Sawtell, q. v. For several years he kept an inn, 
but retired from business when the railroads opened 
other avenues of travel. He was selectman 1854 and 1856, 
and fdled other positions of trust. He d. Nov. 19, 1864. 

I. Cynthia Platts, b. March 29, 1824 ; md. Charles 
W. Kimball, son of Wm. Kimball, q. v. 

Children of second wife : — 

II. Caroline, b. March 23, 1838; md. Warren W. 

Emory, q. v. 
III. Almira, b. Jan. 2, 1842; md. Eeb. 5, 1866, Harri- 
son A. Crocker, of Winchendon, son of Dyer 
and Angeline (Blodgett) Crocker. They reside 
at Cohoes, N. Y. Two children. 



JoHK E. Lake md. Ajnil 8, 1830, Mary Ann Sawtell, 
dau. of Jonathan Sawtell, q. v. He was a resident of 
this town until 1846, when he removed to Winchendon, 
where he still resides, and is one of the few remaining of a 
large family who formerly resided in Rindge and vicinity. 

I. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 5, 1833; md. Jan. 1, 1856, Ros- 
well Forristall, of Winchendon, son of Cajtt. 
John Forristall. 

II. Charles E., b. Sept. 2, 1834; rad., 1860, Urania 
Bartlett, dau. of Martin Bartlett, formerly of 
Rindge. She d. Jan. 21, 1867 ; md. (2d) 1870, 
Anna Winters. He resides in Canada. 

III. Nancy E., b. Sept. 5, 1836; d. Dec. 19, 1840. 

IV. John Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1840. In July, 1862, he 

enlisted into the 21st Mass. Vols., and d. of 
wounds received at Chantilly Sept. 27, 1862. 
V. Nancy L., b. July 18, 1843 ; d. Aucj. 21, 1845. 
VI. Lucy E., b. Mav 2, 1845 ; d. Au^. 29, 1845. 

VII. Abbie T., b. Sept. 28, 1846; md. May 19, 1868, 

Warren W. Emorv, Esq., of Rindge, q. v. 

VIII. Ellen 31., b. Oct. 30,' 1848. 
IX. George A., b. March 28, 1856. 



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HISTORY OF BINDGE. 



LAMB. 

Thomas Lamb came to Roxbury, Mass., in the fleet with Gov. Wiii- 
throp in 1630, and was admitted freeman May 18, 1631. His wife Eliza- 
beth and her only child d. 1639, and he md. (2d) 1640, Dorothy Har- 
bittle, by whom he had five children. He d. previous to 1651. Abial 
Lamb, his youngest son, was b. 1645 or 1646, and resided many years in 
Roxbury, .where his three sons were b. About 1695 he removed to 
Framingham, Mass., and was constable 1700, and selectman 1701. Jona- 
than Lamb, his son, was b. in Roxbury, Nov. 11, 1682 ; he md. July 9, 
1708, Lydia Death, of Watertown, and resided several years in Framing- 
ham, where he was constable 1717, and selectman three years. In 1726 
or 1727 he removed to Silencer, Mass. Of this town he was the fourth 
settler. He was styled Lieutenant, and was a man of character and 
influence. He d. 1749. His descendants in Spencer and vicinity have 
been numerous. John Lamb, son of Jonathan, was b. March 5, 1727 ; 
md. April 21, 1752, Abigail Smith, of Leicester, and resided in Spencer, 
where he d. Jan. 13, 1796, aged 69 ; his widow d. May 7, 1799, aged 66. 
Major Isaac Lamb, his fourth son, was b. Dec. 30, 1764. He was a 
major in the militia. He md. Sept. 21, 1786, Sibillah White, b. Feb. 13, 
1768, dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Muzzy) White, of Spencer; she had 
nine children, and d. about 1805. He md. (2d) Oct. 7, 1807, Abigail AVhite, 
b. Sept. 15, 1787, dau. of Jonathan and Ruth (Converse) White. Her 
father was a cousin to Major Lamb's first wife ; she d. Aug. 18, 1839, 
leaving twelve children. Isaac Lamb, a son of Major Isaac and Sibillah 
Lamb, was b. in Spencer, Dec. 19, 1800 ; md., 1823, Sally L. Adams, who 
soon d. ; and he md. (2d) April 26, 1827, Betsey Boice, dau. of Thomas 
and Patty (Reed) Boice. 



Dea. William M. Lamb, b. in Worcester, Mass., son of 
Isaac and Betsey (Boice) Lamb, md. April 21, 1852, 
Delina Walker, dau. of Willard and Phebe (Thurston) 
Walker, of Royalston, Mass. He resided several years in 
Worcester, and was a member of the school committee of 
that city. He remoA^ed from Fitzwilliam, where he had 
lived a short time, to this town in 1872, and was elected 
to the board of selectmen in 1874. They have seven 
children : Bronson P., Howard P., Flora D., William J., 
John M., Hattie S., Mary B. 



Capt, Benjamin Lapham, from Hingham, Mass., came 
to Rindge in 1780, and purchased of William Farwell the 
mills at Converseville. These he sold the same year to 
his brother, Lieut. King Lapham, and purchased of Barna- 
bas Barker a tract of land south of Emerson Pond. 
About this date he md. Content Barker (vide Barker 
register), and after his death she md. (2d) Jonathan Sher- 
win, q. V. He probably left no children, since none are 
mentioned in his will, dated May 3, 1784, in which he 
bequeaths to " Warren and Levi, sons of my brother. King 
Lapham, my gun and other warlike accoutrements." His 
wife, and his friend, Edward Jewett, are named as his 
executors. He d. Sept. 24, 1785, aged 45. 



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Lieut. King Lapham also remaved to Riiidge in 1780, 
but did not long remain a resident of this town. In 1784, 
then styled of Bradford, Mass., he sold the mills to Joseph 
Kimball, the father of William Kimball, in whose posses- 
sion they remained for many years. The mention of his 
sons, Warren and Levi, in his brother's Avill, is all the 
information discovered concerning his family. 



Samuel Larrabee and wife Sarah were admitted to 
full communion of the church in Lunenburg, Mass., by 
letter from the Second Church in Lynn, Mass., April 3, 
1743, and removed to Rindge in 1762. His wife d. previ- 
ous to this date, and he had a home with his son Samuel. 

I. tSaniuel, md. Anne Williams. -|- 

II. jSarah, md. March 18, 1745, Nehemiah Bowers, 
q. V. ; and (2d) Ensign Joseph Platts, q. v. 

III. Benjamin^ md. Dec. 7, 1752, Margaret Williams, a 

sister of the wife of his brother Samuel. He 
probably never resided in Rindge. 

IV. John, md. June 19, 1760, Abiah Arven, of Groton, 

Mass. His name does not appear upon the 
Rindge records. 
V. Isabella, md. Sept. 28, 1752, William Barron, and 

removed to Keene, N. H. 
VI. Abigail, md. William Symonds, of Shirley, Mass. 
VII. Timothy, resided several years in Lunenburg. 

Samuel Larrabee, Jr., accompanied by his father, 
removed to Rindge 1762. He md. April 23, 1746, Anne 
Williams, b. in Groton Oct. 20, 1728, dau. of John and 
Margaret Williams. They were admitted to the church 
Dec. 15, 1765, a few weeks after its organization. In 
1768, the records of the church preserve the fact, that 
" Phillis, a negro bond child of Samuel Larrabee, Jr., was 
baptized." The family removed from town about 1771, 
and the name is not again found upon the records. 
I. Stephen, b. in Lunenburg Aug. 4, 1747. 

II. Anna, b. April 28, 1750. 

III. Samuel, b. Aug. 1, 1752. 

IV. William, b. July 7, 1755. 

V. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 10, 1759. 

VI. David, bap. in Rindge March 29, 1766. 



William Lawrence, son of John and Margaret (Gragg) 
Lawrence, of Groton, Mass., came to Rindge when a 
young man, where he md, March 25, 1841, Lucinda 
Lowell, dau. of Nathaniel Lowell, q. v. He was a car- 
penter, and resided in Rindge Centre. His even temper 
and constant good nature preserved him from contention, 
and secured the friendship of his cotemporaries. He d. 
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T. Harriet E.,h. May 17, 1842; md. Jan. 1, 1865, 
Henry H. Rand, son of Liberty Rand, q. v. 

II. William G., b. Sept. 28, 1844; d. Sept. 26, 1845. 

III. Cynthia Z., b. Dec. 9, 1847 ; md. Anson A. Platts, 
son of Asa Platts, q. v. 



EzEKiEL Learned, perhaps a native of Fraraingham, 
Mass., removed from New Salem, Mass., 1772. He was a 
soldier in the Revolution, as appears from pp. 108, 110, 
136, 164. He was not md. in 1780, and his name is not 
found upon the earliest tax list (1793). Under date of 
Feb. 5, 1778, is recorded " Ezekicl Larned's mark of neat 
cattle and sheep is a crop off the off ear and slit on the 
under side of the near ear." 



Isaac Leland, with his wife Mary and six children, 
removed from Westminster, Mass., in the summer of 
1774. He d. in the army Sept. 3, 1777 {vide pp. 110, 
131, 142), and his widow and children wei'e provided for 
by the town for several years. Perhaps there were chil- 
dren younger than Hannah, Isaac, John, Mary Anne, and 
Betsey, who were b. previous to 1774. 



John Lilly, or Lille, and his wife Elizabeth, 
removed from Lunenburg, Mass., previous to the date of 
incorporation. They did not remain many years. 

I, Stephen, b. in Lunenburg June 20, 1756. 



Ebenezee Locke, son of Joshua and Hannah (Reed) 
Locke, and grandson of Lieut. Ebenezer Locke, of 
Woburn, was b. Aug. 5, 1737 ; md. Phebe Mores, dau. of 
Collins and Bathsheba (Wood) Mores, of Oxford, and 
resided in New Salem, Mass., or immediate vicinity, until 
about 1770, when he removed to Rindge, where he 
remained several years. About 1790 he removed to 
Rockingham, Vt., and later to Peterboro, N. H. He d. 
in Schuyler, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1812. From the " Book of 
the Lockes " it appears that several of his children were 
bap, as the children of Ebenezer and Mary Locke. The 
record must have been in error, since the birth of all his 
children appears in the Rindge records, and all are 
recorded as the children of Ebenezer and Phebe Locke. 

I. Gyrus,h.\xv Oxford April 18, 1759; d. Aug. 16, 

1760. 
II. Mary, b. in Ervingshire Nov. 2, 1761 ; md. in 
Rindge, Sept. 4, 1787, Thomas Laws, Jr., and 
soon after removed to Peterboro, where she d. 
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III. Ebenezer, b. in Ervingshire Aug. 6, 1763; md. 

Feb. 6, 1783, Hannah Gustine, of Rockingham, 
Vt., who d. April 17, 183.S ; md. (2d) Mrs. Susan 
Campbell. He was highly respected, and lived 
in Rockingham to an advanced age. Nine chil- 
dren. 

IV. Lucy, b. in Ervingshire April 13, 1765; d. Aug. 3, 

1766. 
v. Sampson., b. in Ervingshire Feb. 1, 1767 ; d. Aug. 

24, 1769. 
VI. Alice, b. in Shutesbury May 13, 1769; md. Na- 
thaniel Ford; d. s.p. in Sangerford, N. Y. 
VII. Collins, b. in Rindge Sept. 18, 1771 ; md. Jan. 25, 
1801, Elizabeth BuiTOughs. Resided in Schuyler 
and Sherburne, N. Y. Six children. 
VIII. Phebe, b. Aug. 4, 1773 ; d. Oct. 23, 1776. 
IX. Nathan, b. June 16, 1775 ; md. Feb. 24, 1798, Han- 
nah Goodnow, of Sudbury, Mass. ; d. at New 
Hartford, N. Y., July 6, 1808. His widow d. 
Sept. 20, 1814. Five children. 
X. Edtcard Jewett, b. Aug. 8, 1778; md. April 20, 
1800, Rhoda Laws, dau. of James Laws, of "West- 
minster, Mass. He was a blacksmith, and settled 
in Peterboro, where he d. Feb. 1, 1808. 

1. Rhoda, b. July 27, 1801 ; md. Nov. 18, 1821, 

Jonathan D. Gibbs, of Jaffrey. 

2. Edward, b. March 5, 1803; md., 1826, 

Almira Jones. "Was a wholesale clothing 
dealer in Boston. 

3. Horace F., b. March 6, 1805 ; md. Sept. 26, 

1825, Mary Gilmore. Removed to San- 
gerford, N. Y. Eleven children. 

4. Paulina, b. Feb. 8, 1807; md. Thomas 

Streeter, of Rindge, q. v. 

XI. Bufus, b. Dec. 25, 1779; md. April 1, 1801, Lvdia 
Stebbins, who d. Sept. 24, 1848; md. (2d) March 
14, 1849, Azubah Benton. He d. May 8, 1850, 
in Camillus, N. Y. 



"William Locke, a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Rich- 
ardson) Locke, of Lancaster, and an uncle of Col. Josiah 
and Samuel L. "Wilder, Esq., removed from Lancaster, 
Mass., to this town in 1798, and a few years subsequently 
to New Ipswich. He md. June 18, 1772, Mary Fowle, 
who d. Nov. 17, 1796; md. (2d) April 1.3, 1813, Hannah, 
widow of Jonas Woolson, of New Ipswich. He d. Jan. 
16, 1827. Eight children. His son "William md, Feb. 
25, 1796, Elleanor Haynes, and was taxed in this towni 
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Joseph Locke was taxed in Rinclge 1802, '3, '4. He 
removed from Acton, Mass., and went from this town to 
Fitzwilliam. He md., 1776, Lucy Piper. He was in the 
engagement at Concord 1775, at Winter Hill 1776, and 
served one campaign in 1778. He d. in Fitzwilliam Nov. 
11, 1829. His wife d. Feb. 20, 1826. 

I. Azuhah, b. Sept. 5, 1777; d. unmd. Nov. 3, 1868. 
n. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1780 ; d. June 26, 1781. 

III. Joseph, b. May 2, 1782. He was twice rad.; 

resided in Maine, and was a major-general of 
the militia, high sheriff of Somerset County, 
and a member of the Governor's Council. 

IV. Zucy, b. Aug. 16, 1784; d. unmd. Jan. 12, 1826. 
V. Jonathan, b. April 4, 1787; md., 1812, Sarah 

Bent. They resided in Fitzwilliam. Their son 

William d. in this town about 1835; he d. in 

Fitzwilliam, Oct. 4, 1841 ; she d. Aug. 11, 1830. 
VI. Amy, b. Aug. 20, 1789; md. Marcli 19, 1809, 

Joseph Stockwell, who d. Jan. 20, 1845. 
VII. Sally, b. March 8, 1792; md. June 5, 1828, Capt. 

Moses Drury, of Fitzwilliam, where she d. Oct. 

21, 1874. 
VIII. Asa H., b. Jan. 29, 1796 ; resided many years in 

Fitzwilliam, and d. in Maine. 



Lfke Lord was first taxed in Rindge in 1817. He 
was a farmer, and resided for several years where Wm. 
A. Sherwin now resides, and subsequently on the " Lord 
farm," where lie d., felo de se, April 6, 1853, aged 60. 
He md. April 28, 1824, Susan Kimball, dau. of Andrew 
Kimball, q. v. ; she d. Ajiril 10, 1846. No children. 



Joseph Loring, son of Joseph and Kezia (Gove) 
Loring, of Lexington, grandson of Joseph and Lydia 
(Fiske) Loring, of Lexington, and great-grandson of 
Dea. Thomas Loring, of Hingham, Mass., was b. in Lex- 
ington, Dec. 27, 1747. He was at the battles of Lexing- 
ton and Bunker Hill, and subsequently was in the marine 
service on the Southern coast, under Commodore Tucker, 
and was included in the capitulation of Charleston, 
S. C. After he was exchanged, in great destitution he 
begged his way to his home in Lexington (" History of 
Lexington" ). "He md. Nov. 26, 1772, Betsey Pollard, of 
Bedford. About 1810 the aged pair removed to Rindge, 
and had a home with their dau., the wife of Abel Smith, 
where he d. Oct. 11, 1839, aged nearly 92 ; his wife d. 
March 23, 1836, aged 86. t)f his six children three 
became residents of this town. 



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I Betsey, h. April 15, 1774; md. Abel Smith, q. v. 

II. (Tohn Hancock, b. Nov. 24, 1775 ; md. Polly Penny, 
and lived in Rindge a few years early in the 
present century, and removed to Groton. 

III. Susanna, b. June 30, 1784. She was the fifth 
child; md. Nathan Monroe, b. Oct. 23, 1780, 
son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Harrington) Mon- 
roe, of Lexington. They resided in Rindge one 
year (1819), and removed to Concord, Mass. 



Dea. John Lovejot, a descendant from a highly 
respectable family of Andover, Mass., was b. in that town 
about 1725. In early life he removed to Lunenburg, 
Mass., where he md. Jan. 25, 1749, Sarah Peirce, b. Nov. 
27, 1731, dau. of Dea. Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) Peirce. 
She was an aunt of Josiah Peirce and of Benjamin Gould, 
q. v., and after the death of her mother, Dea. Peirce 
md. Huldali (Martyn) Wetherbee, widow of Hezekiah 
Wetherbee, q. v. Removing to Rindge in 1762, the same 
year Mr. Love joy was chosen proprietor's clerk, which 
office he held until the organization was dissolved soon 
after the incorporation of the town. In 1767 he was 
chosen one of the two first deacons of the church. He 
was held in high esteem by his townsmen, and was promi- 
nent in mxinicipal affairs. He d. 1795. Five children 
were b. in Lunenburg, and four in Rindge, 

I. John, b. Dec. 22, 1749. + 
II. Sarah, b. April 3, 1754 ; md. George Lake, q. v. 

III. Jonathan, b. Jan. 17, 1757 ; killed at the battle of 
Bunker Hill. ( Vide p. 112.) 

IV. Susannah, b. Aug. 17, 1759. 
v. Prudence, b. April 22, 1762. 

VI. Oliver, bap. Jan. 19, 1766. 
VII. Esther, b. Oct. 2, 1768 ; md. Dec. 19, 1793, Edward 

E. Colburn. 
VIII. Asa, b. June 3, 1771 ; md. Aug. 14, 1792, Maria 

Priest. 
IX. Benjamin, b. March 22, 1774; md. April 10, 1798, 

Ruth Wood, dau. of Isaac Wood, q. v. They 

resided in Rindge ; he d. 1818 ; his widow d. 

June 24, 1820. 

1. Louisa P., b. July 13, 1800. 

2. Lascassas, b. July 28, 1803; d. young. 

3. Charles G., b. Nov. 7, 1805; removed to 
Orford, N. H. His son Warren .J. md. 
Sarah A. Lovejoy. (No. 40 of this Reg- 
ister.) 

4. Lascassas, b. July 1, 1807. 

5. Leander, b. Dec. 4, 1809. 



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6. Susan, b. Jan. 11, 1812; md. Law- 

rence, of Ashby. 

7. Laura, b. April 5, 1814. 

8. Emeline, b. Oct. 20, 1816. 

9. Henry L., b. Jan. 22, 1818; md. Nov. 1, 

1842, Jane A. Stickney, dau. of Charles 
and Ann (Baxter) Stickney, q. v. 



John'Lovejoy, eldest son of Dea. Lovejoy, md. Nov. 
26, 1772, Mary Gallop. He was a farmer, and resided in 
Rindge until his death, Jan. 31, 1835 ; his wife d. Oct. 5, 
1834, aged 83. 

I. Samuel, b. May 20, 1773 ; settled in Orford, N. H., 
Avhere he d. Dec. 12, 1857, leaving ten children. 

II. Heps%beth,\,. Nov. 24, 1774; md. Nov. 30, 1797, 
Nathan Grimes ; lived in Orford, N. H., where 
she d. about 1812, leaving six children. 

III. Sarah, b. Aug. 7, 1776; d. unmd. Feb. 15, 1821. 

IV. Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1778 ; settled in Windsor, 

Vt., where he d., s. p., about 1845. 
V. Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1779; d. unmd. 1805. 
VI. John, b. July 11, 1781. Removed to Indiana; d. 

1838, leaving four children. 
VII. Enos, b. March 12, 1783; d. unmd. 1805. 
VIII. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1784; md. Jan. 18, 1815, Nancy 
Ingalls, dau. of Jonathan Ingalls, q. v. He re- 
sided in Winchendon, where he d. 1854, leaving 
six children, among them Oliver S. Lovejoy, a 
physician in Haverhill, Mass. 
IX. i^eJecca, b. Nov. 23, 1786; md. Sept. 7, 1812, Will- 
iam Cogswell, Jr., of Lunenburg. They subse- 
quently removed to New Salem, Mass., where 
she d. 1857. 

X, Henry, b. ; resided in Royalston, Mass. ; d. 

1872. 
XI. Selah, b. Dec. 18, 1788. + 
XII. Grata, b. April 20, 1793 ; d. in Rindge unmd. 

XIII. Ethan, b. April 12, 1795; lived in Royalston. 

Had a family, but no record is received. 

XIV. Luther, b. Dec. 22, 1796; d. 1870, leaving ten 

children. 



Selah Lovejot was a farmer in Rindge. He md. 
June 6, 1821, Miriam Hey wood. He d. April 30, 1862. 

I. Catherine Richardson, b. May 21, 1822. 

II. Adaline H., b. Nov. 18, 1823 ; md. Selah Lovejoy, 

son of Samuel and Nancy (Clark) Lovejoy. He 

resided several years in Rindge, and removed to 

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by a former marriage he has a son, Horace E,, 
who md. Nov. 3, 1864, Mary S. Robbins, dau. of 
David A. Robbins, q. v. 

III. Ti/ler P., b. March 10, 1826. 

IV. Mary S., b. March 15, 1828 ; md. George M. Blake, 

son of Enos Blake, q. v. 

V. Henry C, b. Jan. 17,1830; md. Harriet Prescott. 

VI. S. Sylvester, b. Feb. 9, 1832 ; md. Mary Potter, of 

Concord, Mass. 
vn. /Sarah A., b. June 20, 1836; md. Warren J. Love- 
joy, son of Charles G., grandson of Benjamin, 
and great-grandson of Dea. John Lovejoy. 
They resided a few years in Rindge, and 
removed to Orford, N. H. 
VIII. Daniel IT., b. Oct. 16, 1838. He is a physician in 
Winchester, Mass. 

IX. Huhhard M., b. Jan. 18, 1840. 



Natha^^iel Lowell settled, in 1778, upon the farm 
now of William S. Brooks, in the south-west part of the 
town. A sister resided with him several years. He md. 
Jan. 22, 1807, widow Lucy (Chapman) Stacy, b. in 
Lunenburg, Mass., 1775, dau'. of Daniel and Jerusha 
Chapman. He d. Aug. 23, 1832, aged 77; she d. Dec. 6, 
1861, aged 86. 

I. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 16, 1808; md., 1836, Fidelia 
Fisher. He resided in Rindge, and in Fitz- 
william, where he d. 1865. They had four 
children. 
II, Stephen, b. Feb. 13, 1811 ; md. Lucinda Hubbard. 
He resided in Rindge, where he d. July 8, 1851. 
Their two sons reside in Vermont. 

III. Lucinda, b. May 5, 1813 ; md. William Law- 

rence, q. V. 

IV. John, b. June 20, 1815; md. in Shirley, Mass., 

Dec. 28, 1837, Nancy Nutting, b. in Pepperell, 
Mass., Nov. 9, 1814. He d. in Pepperell, Dec. 
21, 1856; she d. Nov. 29, 1856. Five of their 
eight children d. young. 

1. L. Anna, b. July 27, 1840 ; md. Albert H. 

Thomas, q. v. 

2. Carrie M., b. Dec. 7, 1841 ; d. unmd. June 

9, 1867. 

3. Nathaniel M., b. May 23, 1854. 

v. Daniel C, b. Aug. 15, 1820; md., 1847, Julia 
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Levi Mansfield md. Jan. 21, 1781, Rebecca Miles, of 
New Ipswich. He resided upon the Capt. Keyes farm, 
in the north-east part of the town, where for many years 
he kept a public house. He was a man of considerable 
ability, and was frequently employed by the town in the 
transaction of public business. He d. June 2, 1817 ; his 
widow d. July 6, 1819. 

I. Levi, b. Feb. 1, 1782 ; drowned in Hubbard Pond, 

July 25, 1800. 
II. Abel, b. Sept. 18, 1784; md. Feb. 13, 1810, Mar- 

gretta Ryan, and removed to New Ipswich. 



Levi Mansfield, 2d, came to Rindge 1808. He was a 
farmer and blacksmith, and lived upon the farm, in the 
north-east part, since occupied by Ebenezer Stratton. 
He d. about 1830, and his widow md. (2d) 1834, Abel 
Gardner, of Sharon. The children perhaps are not 
named in projjer order. 

I. Adam, non comp,, d. about 1858. 

Noah, md. Sarah Houston; resides in Ashburn- 

ham. 
3Iary, md., 1831, Joel Tarbell, of Mason, N. H. 
/Solon, resides in Temple, IST. H. 
Hiram, d. unmd. 

Tim.nah, md. White, of Peterboro, IST. H. 

Leonard, md. Manley, dau. of Nathaniel C. 

Manley; he d. in Rindge, Aug. 30, 1863, 

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James McGregor md. Feb. 25, 1853, Elizabeth 
Geddes, and removed to Rindge 1870. They are natives 
of Scotland. He is a farmer, and resides upon the farm, 
on Hubbard Hill, formei'ly owned by the town. 

I. Alexander, b. May 31, 1854. 
II. Joseph G., b. July 8, 1856. 

III. Ilargaret, b. Feb. 12, 1863. 

IV. Jam,es, b. Dec. 24, 1866. 

V. William B., b. June 27, 1871. 



Lieut. George Metcalf was from Wrentham, Mass., 
and came to Rindge between 1776 and 1780. He was a 
man of considerable influence, and was one of the first 
Methodists in this vicinity. He d. Dec. 28, 1814, and 
his wife d. a few days previous. Five of his children 
came to Rindge. 



I. Timothy, b. 1754. -j- 
II. Zatta, was taxed in Rindge until 1813. 
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1. Olive, b. Dec. 24, 1789. 

2. Sally, b. Jan. 26, 1792. 

3. John, b. March 25, 1793. 

4. Lavina, b. March 7, 1795. 

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7. Sarah, b. April 2, 1799. 

8. Daniel Adams, b. Nov. 1, 1801. 

9. Esther, b. Nov. 3, 1803. 

III. Judith., b. Feb. 6, 1765; mtl., 1786, Benjamin 

Peirce, q. v. 

IV. Meletiah, md. 1786, Abel Platts, Jr., q. v. 
V. jStcsan7iah, md. 1791, Daniel Streeter, q. v. 



Timothy Metcalf was a farmer, and resided in the 
west part of the town. He md. May 15, 1792, Ruth 
Chaplin, dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v. He d. Aug. 2, 
1838, aged 84; his widow d. Feb. 8, 1865, aged 94. 

I. Irene, b. Sept. 24, 1792 ; d. March 20, 1808. 
II. Ruth, b. Jan. 18, 1796; md. Aaron Sawtell, q.v. 

III. Timothy, b. Jan. 26, 1798.+ 

IV. Servetus, b. Dec. 7, 1801.-}- 

V. Vesta Luthera, b. Nov. 15, 1804; md. Thomas 

Crumble, q. v. 
VI. Erastus, b. Jan. 31, 1809.-}- 

VII. Harriet, b. July 20, 1812; md. 1833, Rufus 
Symonds, of Fitzwilliam. 



Timothy Metcalf was engaged many years in the 
manufacture of wooden-ware, upon the Pearly Pond 
stream. He md. Jan., 1822, Mary Pratt, dau. of Amos 
and Polly (Bent) Pratt, of Fitzwilliam ; she d. June 27, 
1839; md. (2d) Feb. 17, 1840, Adaline Mclntire; she d. 
July 28, 1843 ; md. (3d) Nov. 9, 1843, Rebecca Towne, 
dau. of John Towne, of Jaffrey; he d. Aug. 23, 1867. 

I. 3Iary Ann, b. May 19, 1823 ; md. Charles Hale, 

son of Nathan Hale, q. v. 
II. Timothy A., b. Feb. 14, 1825 ; d. April 15, 1826. 

III. Zicke S., b. Feb. 18, 1827. 

IV. Georc/e, b. July 2, 1829; md. Emily Peirce, dau. 

of Elijah Peirce, q. v. 
V. Irene C, b. Nov. 3, 1831 ; d. March 25, 1835. 
VI. Laura L., b. Dec. 27, 1833 ; md. James L. De- 

mary, Jr., q. v. 
VII. Sarah E., b. Feb. 18, 1836; md. Gilbert C. 

Bemis, q. v. 
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IX. Timothy, b. June 15, 1841. 
X. Adaline, b. July 21, 1843 ; d. Aug. 16, 1843. 

Children of third wife : — 

XI. Julius AugusUis, b. Dec. 14, 1844. 
XII. Vesta A., b. March 25, 1847. 
xin. Emeline V., b. July 8, 1849; md.; 1866, Wan-en 

Ellis, son of George W. Ellis, of Fitzwilliam. 
XIV. John S., b. Jan. 2, 1852; d. Feb. 5, 1864. 
XV. Miltoti E., b. Nov. 5, 1855 ; d. Jan. 21, 1864. 
XVI. M. Jennie, b. March 22, 1858. 



Servetus Metcalf md. Dec. 23, 1830, Ar villa Jeweti. 
He was ;^a manufacturer of wooden-ware in this town 
until 1851, when he removed to "Westmoreland, N. H, 
For several years he has resided in New Lisbon, Chii^pewa 
Co., Minn. 

I. Amos /S., b. June 22, 1836 ; was killed in the army, 

at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 13, 1864. 
II. llary S., b. Aug. 22, 1838; d. March 1, 1854. 

III. Sarah H., b. Sept. 9, 1843; md. Feb. 20, 1864, 

Warren A. Graves, b. Oct. 16, 1841, son of Aaron 
M. Graves, of Westmoreland. They reside in 
New Lisbon. 

IV. Martha J. Metcalf, b. Jan. 5, 1845. 



Erastus Metcalf md. Harriet Aldrich, b. in Rich- 
mond, N. H., Jan. 19, 1814. They resided in Rindge 
until 1864, when they removed to Fitzwilliam, where he 
d. June 2, 1865. She d. in Hudson, Mass., Sept. 4, 1871. 

I. Erastus Alonzo, b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; d. May 13, 1835. 
11. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Nov, 13, 1835; md. May 18, 

1856, Benoni B. Fullam. Reside in Ludlow, Vt. 
Sarah Jane,h. Feb. 9, 1838; md. May 16, 1860, 

James F. Kettell. Reside in Worcester, Mass. 
Melissa Ann, b. Feb. 8, 1840; md. Aug. 16, 1861, 

George W. Davis. (Davis register. No. 59.) 
Cyrenus Hammond, b. Jan. 9, 1842. Resides in 

Hudson, Mass. 
Helen Sojyhia, b. Feb. 21, 1846; md. Dec. 1, 1869, 

Henry F. Smith. Reside in Woburn, Mass. 



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Lieut. Joseph Milliken, or Mulliken, came to this 
town with a family in 1794. They resided near the 
present residence of Moses W. Hale. He d. of spotted 
fever March 27, 1812, and she d. of the same disease the 
20th of the same month. Perhaps all their children are 
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Joseph {vide ])age 358) was taxed a few years in 
this town. He d. 1818, aged 44. 

Benjamin. 

Samuel., was a school-teacher, and taught one or 
more terras in the Centre District. 
IV. Leonard., was a musician, and was much employed 
in playing for dancing schools and on martial 
occasions. He removed to Vermont, and was a 
leader of a band. He d. in Shelburne about 
1820. 

Rebecca, md. Nov. 18, 1794, William Hodgskins. 
Two of their children were b. before their mar- 
riage. She d. 1798. 

Betsey, md. Nov. 25, 1788, Nathaniel Carlton, of 
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MIXER. 

Isaac Mixer, aged 31, wife Sarah, aged 33, and son Isaac, aged 4 
years, embarked at Ipswich, England, for New England, April 10, 1634, 
and in 1637 his name is found uj^on the records of Watertown, Mass. 
He was admitted freeman. May 2, 1638, and d. 1655; his widow d. Nov. 
24, 1681. He was clerk of the train band 1654, and in his will he 
bequeathed to his dau. " one half my vessel Diligent." He left one son 
and one dau. Isaac Mixer, the son, was b. in England 1630. He md. 
Sept. 19, 1655, Mary Coolidge, dau. of John and Mary Coolidge, of 
Watertown; she d. March 2^ 1659-60; he md. (2d) Jan. 10, 1660-1, 
Rebecca Garfield, dau. of Edward. Jr., and Rebecca Garfield, of Water- 
town; she A. March 16, 1682-3; and he md. (3d) 1687, Mary (Lothrop) 
French, widow of Capt. William French, of Billerica, and dau. of 
Thomas and Mary Lothrop. He d. Nov. 22, 1716, leaving fifteen chil- 
dren. The eleventh child, a son of the second wife, was IDaniel Mixer, 
who removed to Framingham, Mass., and was selectman and constable. 
By wife Judith he had five children ; among them was John Mixer, b. in 
Framingham. Nov. 4, 1711; md. Dec. 25, 1739, Mary Lyscom, of South- 
boro. He left seven children, of whom Nathan and Ezekiel removed to 
Fitzwilliam. It was Nathan Mixer, not Ezekiel, as stated in the " His- 
tory of Troy, N. H.," who was killed at the battle of Bennington.' 
Ezekiel Mixer was b. June 9, 1752, and, previous to his removal to Fitz- 
william, md. Anne Pepper, by whom he had several children. He subse- 
quently removed to Chesterfield, and was again md., and d. at St. Mary's, 
Miss., where he was then residing, in 1800. 



Charles Mixer, son of Ezekiel and Anne (Pepper) 
Mixer, was b. in Fitzwilliam, March 8, 1785. In his 
infancy he received the Christian name of Pepper, in 
honor of his mothei-, but the name proved too hot for 
him, and it was subsequently exchanged for Charles. 
He md. Sei)t. 28, 1814, Mehitable SmitlCb. Feb. 19, 1795, 
dau. of Barak and Abigail Smith and granddau. of Caleb 
and Deborah Smith, of Needham, Mass. After a brief 
residence in Boston and in Dedham, Mass., he removed, 
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conducted the business of tanning and dressing leather 
until his death, July 17, 1841. His widow d. July 22, 
1853. 

I. Abigail, b. Oct. 13, 1815; md. July 3, 1839, Caleb 
B. Ward, son of Jacob and Sally (Whitmore) 
Ward, of Ashburnham. Resided in Rindge 
until 1845 ; now live in Dedham, Mass. They 
have six children. 

1. Charles M., b. in Rindge 1841; resides in 

Boston, unmd. 

2. Isabelle, b. 1845; md. Charles Graham; 

(2d) King. 

3. Ella. 

4. Harmon R. 

5. Frederick. 

6. Minnie. 

II. Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1817; md. Zebulon Converse, 
Esq., q. V. 

III. Catharine TFi, b. Sept. 11, 1819; md. George D. 

Hapgood, q. v. 

IV. Charles S., b. March 15, 1822 ; md. Julia Smith, 

of Elgin, 111., where they reside. He has held 
many positions of a municipal character, and is 
now a deputy sheriff of Kane County. They 
have no children. 
V. William B., b. April 28, 1825; md. May 15, 1846, 
Mary Louisa Cobb, dau. of Charles and Louisa 
(Thomas) Cobb, of Surry, N. H. They have 
lived in Keene, N. H., Bellows Falls, Vt., and in 
Ceredo, W. Va., and now reside in Philadelphia. 
One child. 

1. George W., b. Dec. 13, 1847. He is in U. 
S. Navy. 
VI. John H., b. March 31, 1829; md., 1853, Sivona 
Pratt, b. March 5, 1831, dau. of Moses S. and 
Fidelia (Emerson) Pratt {vide Platts' Register, 
No. 49). They have resided in Boston since 
1862. 

1. Alice S., b. Aug. 5, 1854. 

2. Isadore F., b. May 7, 1857. 

3. John Frank, b. April 15, 1859. 

4. William Arthur, b. March 20, 1861. 

5. Lottie Mabel, b. Oct. 11, 1869. 

VII. Mary X., b. Jan. 16, 1834; d. Nov. 13, 1851. 

viii. Albert E., b. Jan. 1, 1841 ; resides in Chester, Mass. ; 
md. June 10, 1862, Sarah J. Hubbard, dau. of 
Roswcll R. and Mehitabel (Morse) Hubbard. 
They have three children. 



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607 



Joseph Moors, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Tarbell) 
Moors, of Shirley, was b. April 16, 1758. He md. Amy 
Hubbard, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Patterson) Hubbard, 
of Groton {vide Hubbard register), and removed to the 
south-west part of Rindge soon after the Revolution. He 
d. Feb. 26, 1844, aged 86; his wife d. March 20, 1838, 
aged 79. 

I. Hubbard, b. in Rindge Nov. 11, 1788; md. Lucre- 
tia Emory, dau. of Francis Emory, q. v. Mr. 
Moors resided in Boston several years, retmuiing 
to Rindge 1823. He subsequently removed to 
the farm upon which John Demary, Sen., orig- 
inally settled, where he resided until his death. 
By his will he bequeathed $2,000 to the Congre- 
gational Society, and $1,000 to the Methodist. 
He d. Feb. 19, 1874; his wife d. May 6, 1873. 
They had no children. 



Benjamin Moors, also written Moore and Moor, was 
in Rindge previous to the Revolution, and is taxed until 
1804. He resided a part or all this time in the east part 
of the town, upon the farm recently occupied by Abram 
G. Lawrence. He was md. previous to 1780, but no 
record of his family has been found. 



Dr. Datid Morse {vide Chap. XVII.) md. Anne 
NcAvman, and removed about 1775 to Exeter, N. Y. 
Possibly all his children are not here named. 

I. Samuel, removed to Mississippi, where he became 

a judge in the State courts. 
II. Hannah, bap. in Rindge Nov. 6, 1768. 
III. Sophia, bap. in Rindge June 6, 1773. 



. Gershom Morse removed to Rindge 1808, but remained 
only a few years. The name of his wife was Lydia. 

I. Addison, b. in Rindge Oct. 24, 1808. 



James and Jacob Mosher resided in the north-east 
part of the town, on the farm since occupied many years 
by Benjamin Hastings. Both were md., and Jacob had 
sons Jacob and Solomon, and one dau. After a resi- 
dence in Rindge of five years they removed, in 1808, to 
Greenbush, N. Y., without great injury to this town. 



John F. Munroe, son of David and Elizabeth (Foye) 
Munroe, and a descendant of William Munroe, a native 
of Scotland and an early resident of Lexington, was b. in 
Lexington, July 19, 1779. He md. Susan L. Brigham, 
and in 1807 came to this town, and nine years later he 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



removed to Boston. His farm was in the south-west 
corner of the town, and was subsequently occupied by 
Willard Brigham, who married his sister. 



Jonas Munkoe, a son of Lieut. Ebenezer and Lucy 
(Simonds) Munroe, and also a descendant of William 
Munroe, the emigrant, was b. in Ashburnham, May 27, 
1790; md. May 9, 1815, Eliza* Sargent, b. May 10, 1792, 
dau. of Samuel and Mary (Vryling) Sargent, of Winch- 
endon. They removed to this town in 1824. He d. 
May 9, 1849 ; she d. Feb. 5, 1849. 

I. Jotias Austin, b. Feb. 4, 1816; md., 1837, Eliza- 
beth Tibbets. He resided in Chittenango, N. 
Y., where he d. Sept. 26, 1839. 
II. JEJliza Darling, b. April 16, 1818. 

III. James Watson, b. in Rindge Sept. 30, 1824 ; md. 

April 4, 1848, Laurana Crane, dau. of Larra and 
Sally B. Crane, of Boston. He is Deputy Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue, of the district inch;d- 
ing Boston. 

IV. Merrick Adams, b. Feb. 27, 1828; md. Nov. 2, 

1869, Henrietta Mason. He resides in Middle- 
bury, Vt. 

V. Charles Slavery, b. Jan, 7, 1831 ; md, Aug, 15, 
1865, Emily A, Higgins, JJe is a dentist in 
Somerville, Mass, 

VI. George Milton, b. Nov. 4, 1832 ; is a mechanic, and 
resides in Ashburnham. 



Ebenezer Muzzy, bap. in Lexington, Mass., July 8, 
1750, son of John and Rebecca (Reed) Muzzy, and grand- 
son of Benjamin Muzzy, Jr., of Lexington; md. June 6, 
1774, Betty Reed, b. Nov. 26, 1754, dau. of Joshua and 
Susannah (Houghton) Reed, of Lexington, and a sister 
of Lieut. James Reed, of Rindge. They removed to this 
town about 1780, and occu]>ied a farm near the present 
residence of Ezra Page, which he purchased of Zebulon 
Converse by a deed dated May 16, 1778. It Avas the first 
lot in the first range. Twenty years later they returned 
to Lexington, where he d. March 29, 1804; his widow 
d. March 12, 1846, aged 91. 

I. Isaac, b. April 3, 1775; md. Mary Boutelle, of 
Maiden. He d. Aug. 1, 1842, leaving three chil- 
dren. 

II. Betsey b. July 30, 1780 ; md. Jonas Reed, and 

resided in Heath, Mass. 

III. Joshua, b. in Rindge Feb. 13, 1783; killed in this 

town, Sept. 17, 1790, by a fall from a tree. 



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IV. Thaddeus, b. Feb. 18, 1785; md. widow Mary 
Patch, and lived in Boston. He was drowned 
in Boston Harbor June 15, 1815. His widow d*. 
Dec. 7, 1816. 
V. Abigail., b. April 2, 1788 ; md. John Parker, and 
resided in Phillipston, Mass. 

VI. Joshua, b. May 26, 1790 ; d. Oct. 29, 1792. 
VII. John, b. Nov.* 19, 1794 ; md. Nov. 19, 1816, Lydia 
More, dau. of Thomas D. More, of Boston, where 
they resided until 1854, when they removed to 
Lexington. He d. Dec. 30, 1864 ; she d. Dec. 20, 
1862. Two children d. young. 



NORCROSS. 

Jeremiah Norcross, the emigrant ancestor of the Norcross families 
in Rindge, settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1642, where he was a 
large proprietor, owning a homestead and twelve other lots. He was 
selectman 1649, admitted freeman 1653, and d. 1657. By wife Adrean he 
had two sons : (1) Nathaniel, who was called as a minister to Lancaster, 
then styled Nashua, upon the first attempt to organize a church there. 
For this plantation he was the first petitioner. He probably soon 
returned to England. (Bond's "Watertown.") (2) Richard Norcross. 
who was b. in England 1621 ; admitted freeman, May 26, 1653. For 
twenty years previous to 1681 he is said to have been the only school- 
teacher in Watertown. He taught Latin, English, and writing, and 
continued in this employment as .late as 1687. Jan. 6, 1660-1, he was 
hired for one year for £30, and was allowed 2s. " a head for keeping the 
dry herd." He md. June 24, 1650, Mary Brooks, who was the mother of 
his seven children ; she d. Feb. 24, 1671-2. He md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1673. 
Susanna Shattuck, widow of William Shattuck ; he d. 1709 ; his wife d. 
Dec. 11, 1686. Richard Norcross, Jr., his fourth child, b. Aug. 4, 1660, 
md. Aug. 10, 1686, Rose- Woodward, dau. of John, and Abigail (Benja- 
min) Woodward; she d. leaving three children. He md. (2d) Aug. 6, 
1695, Hannah Sanders, by whom he had eight children. He was also a 
school-teacher, and during several of the later years of his life resided in 
Weston, Mass., where he probably d. His wife d. there, May 14, 1743. 
Jeremiah Norcross, his seventh child, and the fourth child of Hannah, 
his second wife, was b. July 2, 1703 ; md. in Groton, Jan. 28. 1730-1, 
Faith Page, b. Nov. 6, 1707, dau. of Jonathan and Mary rage, of 
Groton, a cousin of Nathaniel and Joseph Page, of Rindge, and a relative 
of President Dunster, of Harvard College. He settled in Lunenburg, 
Mass., where he was frequently chosen to positions of trust. Soon after 
the drawing of lots he became one of the proprietors of this town, and 
in 1759 was chosen one of a committee to lay out a road from Ashburn- 
ham, and another from New Ipswich, to the centre of this town ; but he 
never resided in Rindge except, perhaps, the last few years of his life. 
His eight children, the fifth generation in America, were as follows : — 



I. Jahez, b. March 10, 1731-2. + 

II. Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1733-4. Had a home with her 
brothers in Rindge ; d. unmd. from injuries re- 
ceived from a fall. 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



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III. Sarah, h. Feb. 25, 1735-6; md. Ephraim Peirce, 

son of Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) Peirce, and 
a brotlier of the wife of Dea. John Love joy. 
They lived and d. in Lunenburg, where their 
descendants are numerous. Several of their 
children removed to Lyme, N. H. 

IV. I'age, b. April 9, 1738. + 

V. Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1741 ; resided with her broth- 
ers in this town ; d. unmd. 
VI. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 15, 1743-4, as recorded, but he 

was bap. Feb. 12, 1743-4. -{- 
VII. Phebe, b. Jan. 5, 1745-6 ; d. Sept. 5, 1766. 
VIII. Elijah, b. March 7, 1749-50. + 



Jabez Norcross md. March 27, 1771, Hannah Bailey, 
b. in Rowley, and dau. of John and Elizabeth Bailey, and 
settled in Rindge, near the residence of his brother. Page 
Norcross, where Thomas Wilson now resides. His wife 
d. March 26, 1781. No record of his second marriage has 
been found. The tradition that he md. a dau. of Heze- 
kiah Chaplin is well sustained, and probably the name of 
another dau. should be added to the register of that family. 
About 1800, he removed to Vermont, where he d. His 
four children, by second wife, after his death returned to 
Rindge, 

I. Asa, b. 1784 ; lived in Rindge, and d. unmd. Feb. 
21, 1852. 

II. Rebecca, b. 1786 ; md. Sept. 3, 1829, Isaac Whitte- 

more, of Royalston, Mass. 

III. Sally, b. 1788 ; lived with her bi'other Asa ; d. Dec. 

12, 1852. 

IV. Enoch, d. in Boston, unmd., March 7, 1860. 



Lieut. Page Norcross md. Feb. 15, 1762-3, Elizabeth 
Bailey, a sister of Hannah who md. .Jabez Norcross. He 
settled, soon after his marriage, upon the farm now of 
Nathan Woodbury, where he d. Sept. 28, 1804. He was 
a sergeant in Capt. Hale's company in 1775, and during 
the war was several times elected a member of the com- 
mittee of safety. He was selectman 1769 and 1777, and 
was styled lieutenant after 1777. 

I. Elijah, b. May 27, 1768. 
II. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1770 ; md. Thomas Rugg, q. v. 



Jeremiah Norcross md. Nov. 23, 1769, Lucy Chaplin, 
dau. of Ebenezer Cliaplin, q. v., and settled upon the farm 
now of his grandson, Joshua Norcross. He was a mem- 
ber of Capt. Hale's Company in 1775, and served in the 
Rhode Island expedition 1778. He was constable 1781, 
and his name a])pears in the State archives as paying the 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 611 

large sums of money which the State required of this 
town to meet its proportion of the expenses of the war. 
He d. of spotted fever Dec. — , 1811 ; his widow d. Jan. 5, 
1841, aged 91. In this record of their children the order 
of age may not be preserved. 

I. J)avid, md. March 8, 1795, Lucretia Chaplin, dau. 
of Micah Chaplin, q. v. They removed to Brad- 
ford, Vt. 

II. Daniel, h. 1780. -f 

III. Lucy, md. Peter Welton, and resided in Bradford, 

Vt. 

IV. Sally, md. Farr, of Bradford. 

V. Fhebe, md. March 9, 1795, Luther Darling. 
VI. Nancy, md. Feb. 6, 1804, John Darling, of Chester- 
field, N. H. 
VII. Jeremiah, d. 1811, of spotted fever. 



De. Elijah Norcross resided several years in Maine, 
and returned to Rindge about 1796 {vide p. 372). He d. 
Nov. 9, 1818. By wife Sally he had eight children. 

I, Sally, b. June 5, 1797. 
II. Elijah, b. Oct. 5, 1799. 

III. Ozias, b. Feb. 16, 1802. 

IV. Rufus, b. Oct. 11, 1804. 
V. Zophar, b. May 20, 1806. 

VI. Alonzo, b. Feb. 23, 1808. 
VII. Clarissa, b. Oct. 6, 1809. 
VIII. Lamna, b. March 10, 1812. 

Capt. Dakiel Norcross md. Polly Jones, dau. of Asa 
Jones, q. v. He was a farmer, and resided upon the old 
homestead. "Was a captain of the militia, and a citizen of 
good repute. His wife d. July 21, 1834, and he md. (2d) 
June 16, 1835, Sally (Hubbard) Rand, widow of Leonard 
Rand, q. v., and dau. of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, q. v. 
He d. Aug. 1, 1858, aged 78. 

I. Miza, b. June 25, 1804; d. Aug. 20, 1804. 
II. Eunice, twin, b. June 25, 1804; md. May 17, 1827, 
George W. Bryant, of Templeton, Mass, They 
resided in Fitzwilliam ; she d. 1856. 

1. George E., is a lawyer in Madison, Wis. 

He md. Susie Gibson, of Winchendon. 

2. Marinda, md. Gardner Brewer, son of Asa 

Brewer, q. v. They resided in Boston. 
She is deceased. 

3. Lucy Ellen, md. Allen Brazee, a farmer in 

Madison, Wis. 



612 HISTORY OF BINBGE. 

35 4. Harriet, md. Joseph Loomis, and resides in 
Mount Hope, Wis. 

36 6. Henry, a farmer in Madison, Wis. 

37 6. Eunice, md. Heni*y Stannard, and resides 
in Armstrong Corner, Wis. 

38 III. JSTancy, b. Jan. 13, 1806 ; md. Jan. 11, 1827, George 
L. Beals, son of Stowers and Mary (Leavitt) 
Beals. He is a dealer in real estate in Win- 
chendon. 

39 1. Mary L., b. Nov. 21, 1827 ; md. Jan., 1849, 
J. M. Whitney, son of Capt. Hananiah 
and Sarah (Beaman) Whitney, of Winch- 
endon. He is a conductor on the Boston 
and Albany Railroad, and resides in 
Boston. Their son, Charles L. B. Whit- 
ney, Esq., a graduate of Harvard Univer- 
sity, is a lawyer in Boston. Their only 
remaining child d. in infancy. 

40 2. George L., (Jr.), b. Jan. 11, 1830 ; md. Lydia 
Farrar. He is a manufacturer in North 
Ashburnham. Their son, Frank L., is a 
mail agent on the Boston, Barre and 
Gardner Railroad, and John F., a younger 
son, is a student at Gushing Academy, 
Ashburnham. 

3. ; d. young. 

4. ; d, young. 



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43 



5. Charles L., b. May 6, 1835; md. Harriet 
Martha Brown, dau. of George Brown 
(vide page 460). He is a manufacturer, 
cashier of the First National Bank, and 
treasurer of the Savings Bank in Winch- 
en don. 

44 6. Nancy E., b. April 21, 1837 ; d. 1855. 

45 7. Martha E., b. April 14, 1844; d. 1857. 

46 IV. Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 1807. + 

47 V. Asa Jones, b. Feb. 15, 1809; d. Sept. 1, 1810. 

48 , VI. Lucy, b. April 9, 1810 ; md. May 10, 1838, Addison 
Hubbard, son of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, q. v. 

49 VII. Asa Jones, b. Nov. 23, 1812 ; d. Oct. 1, 1813. 

50 VIII. Betsey, twin, b. Nov. 23, 1812; d. unmd. April 28, 
1843. 

51 IX. Jeremiah, b. April 25, 1814. -|- 

52 X. Mary M., b. Aug., 1815 ; d. March 8, 1816. 

53 XI. JosiaK b. July 13, 1817. -}- 

54 XII. Joshua, b. April 6, 1820. -}- 

55 XIII. ^ma^s-a, b. Jan. 26, 1824.-J- 

56 XIV. Nathan, b. July 27, 1826; d. July 27, 1828. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 613 

Daniel Norcross mcl. May 16, 1832, Ellen S. Board- 
man, dau. of Stephen and Martha (Kinsman) Boardman. 
Since 1833 he has resided in Wakefield, formerly South 
Reading, Mass., where for several years he was engaged 
in mercantile pursuits. He has been Deputy Sheriff and 
coroner of Middlesex County, postmaster of South Read- 
ing, and for many years a Justice of the Peace. He still 
resides in Wakefield, and is a real-estate broker and insur- 
ance agent in Boston. Their only child, b. Nov. 17, 1834, 
d. in infancy. 



Dea. Jeremiah Norcross is a farmer in Rindge. He 
md. Oct. 8, 1839, Mary Pillsbury, dau. of Rev. Levi and 
Mary (Pickard) Pillsbury, of Winchendon. In 1864 he 
was chosen a deacon of the Congregational Church, and 
is one of the two oflicers of that church at the present 



time. 



I. George Jones., b. Jan. 27, 1841. He was assistant 
surgeon in the army, and d. in the service, Dec. 
6, 1865. ( Vide p. 327.) 
II. Mary Khnhall Burnham., b. Dec. 6, 1843; d. 
June 19, 1845. 

III. Daniel Boardman^h. April 11, 1846; md., 1870, 

Almira Gerald, dau. of William L. Gerald, and 
resides in Illinois. 

IV. Charles H.,h. Sept 29, 1849; md. May 20, 1874, 

Evangeline E. Perry, dau. of Rev. Isaac Stearns 

Perry, and granddau. of Chauncy Perry, q. v. 

He is a dentist in Winchendon. 
V. Mary K. B., b. Nov. 4, 1851. 
VI. Albert F., b. April 10, 1853. Dartmouth College, 

class of 1878. 
VII. Arthur Willie., b. April 30, 1855. 



Dr. Josiah Norcross studied his profession with the 
late Drs. Thomas R. Boutelle, of Fitchburg, and Walter 
Channing, of Boston, and graduated at Harvard Medical 
College 1846. He practiced medicine in Fitchburg until 
1849, and on account of failing health retired from busi- 
ness upon which he had entered under favorable auspices, 
and removed to South Reading, now Wakefield, Mass., 
where he d. Jan. 15, 1866. He md. May 16, 1848, Olive 
Christiana Spaulding, dau. of Dr. Thaddeus and Sarah 
(Hart) Spaulding, of South Reading. 

I. Sarah Hart, b. May 5, 1850. 

II. Walter Spaulding, h. Oct. 1, 1854; entered Am- 
herst College, class of 1875, and d. Sept. 26, 
1873. 

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Joshua Norceoss mcl. Dec. 4, 1844, Calista K. Cooper, 
dau, of Horatio and Betsey (Gale) Cooper, of Alstead, 
N". H. He is a farmer, and cultivates the farm formerly 
of his father and grandfather, which has been in posses- 
sion of the family above one hundred years. 



T. Darwin J., b. Oct. 24, 1846; d. July 3, 1869. 
II. Herbert H., b. July 25, 1848. 

III. Hele7i 31., b. Nov.'ll, 1849; d. July 23, 1851. 

IV. Otis H., b. May 8, 1851. 

^^•^^*"^*'^^-' U.March 9, 1853. 
VI. Anna C, ) ' 

VII. Abby Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1856. 

Hex. Amasa Norceoss, a lawyer in Fitchburg. ( Vide 
p. 350.) He nid. June 1, 1852, S. Augusta Wallis, dau. 
of Benjamin and Rebecca Wallis, of Ashby, Mass., who 
d. March 4, 1869. 

I. ^lla A., b. June 24, 1854. 
II. JVelson H., b. Aug. 9, 1859 ; d. May 18, 1863. 



PAGE. 

The Page families in Rindge have been very numerous, and nearly all 
have belonged to the same general family. The following registers will 
indicate in what manner they were related. They were descendants of 
John Page, who with wife Phebe came from Dedham, England, in 1630, 
and settled in Watertown. He was the first constable of that town, being- 
appointed by the court in 1630, and was admitted freeman May 18, 1631. 
He d. Dec. 18, 1676, aged about 90 ; his widow d. Sept. 25, 1677, aged 87. 
John Page, his son, was b. 1630, and admitted freeman 1652. About 
1662 he removed to Groton, Mass., where he md. May 12, 1664, Faith 
Dunster, who d. April 3, 1699. About 1676 he returned to Watertown, 
and is supposed to be the John Page who represented the town in the 
General Court in 1700. Samuel Page, the second son of John and Faith 
(Dunster) Page, was b. in Groton June 4, 1672, and became the first 
settler of Lunenbm'g, Mass. For several years his family were the only 
inhabitants of that township, and he received the title of " Governor," 
since he was presumed to control the whole town. Among his children 
wer« Nathaniel and Josejih, who subsequently settled in this town, and 
are numbered 1 and 15. Another son of John and Faith (Dunster) Page 
was Jonathan Page, b. in "Watertown June 24, 1677. He removed to 
Groton, and there by wife Mary had eight children. He d. Oct. 10, 1751. 
Faith Page, his dau., b. Nov. 6, 1707, was the wife of Jeremiah Norcross, 
of Lunenburg, and the mother of three sons and two daus., who came to 
Rindge. Joseph, their third son, b. Oct. 22, 1714, also removed to Rindge, 
and is numbered 45. Faith Dunster, the wife of John Page, was named 
in the v>dll of President Dunster, of Harvard University, and is styled 
his " cousin Faith Dunster." At that time cousin had the meaning of 
relative, as that word is now used. She may have been a cousin german, 
or perhaps a more distant relative. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 615 

Lieut. Nathaniel Page, son of Gov. Samuel and 
Martha Page, md. in Lunenburg, Dec. 25, 1733, Mercy 
Goiild, b. in Topsfield, Jan. 17, 1712, dau. of Thomas 
and Mercy (Sumner) Gould, and an aunt of Jacob and 
Benjamin Goiild, who settled in Rindge, He was one of 
the original projirietors under the Masonian Charter. In 
the distribution of the lots, he drew 21 and 22 in the 
tenth, and 11 in the eighth range. He settled about 
1760 upon the tAVO lots first named, in the extreme north- 
west corner of the town. He was a man of character 
and influence, and was frequently named in the choice of 
important committees. He d. 1779. His will is dated 
Aug. 26, 1779, and was entered in probate soon after. 
His wife survived him, but the date of her death is 
xinknown. His children were b. in Lunenburg. 

I. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 7, 1734 ; d. Aug. 12, 1756. 
II. Mercy, b. June 26, 1736 ; md. John Simonds, q. v. 

III. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1738; d. young. 

IV. Abner, b. March 30, 1740 ; d. young. 
V. John, b. July 16, 1741. + 

VI. 3Ioses, b. April 5, 1743. 
vii. Aaron, b. July 13, 1744; d. May 28, 1746. 
VIII. Samuel, b. July 26, 1747. 
IX. Sibyl, b. April 19, 1749 ; md. Samuel Stanley, q, v. 
X. Bachel, b. Jan. 21, 1751. 
XI. Prudence, b. March 29, 1752 ; md. John Dean, son 

of Rev. Seth Dean, q. v. 
XII. Meuben, b. Feb. 3, 1754. He was five times in the 
Revolutionary army. {Vide pp. 108, 110,126, 
140, 164.) After the war he settled in Corinth, 
Vt., where his descendants are numerous, 
xiii. Caleb, b. May 11, 1756. For a record of his pro- 
tracted service in the Revolution, vide pp. 126, 
136, 141, 167. He was md. in 1780, or previous, 
but no record of the marriage has been discov- 
ered. 



John Page removed with his father to this town, and 
was proprietor of a lot of land. In the autumn of 1762 
he removed to Coos Meadows, now Haverhill, N. H., and 
there md. Hannah Greene, by whom he had four sons, 
John, "William, Samuel, and Stephen. John, the eldest, 
b. in Haverhill, May 21, 1787, was Governor of New 
Hampshire 1839, 1840, and 1841. Among his children is 
the Hon. John A. Page, at present and for several years 
Treasurer of the State of Vermont. 



Joseph Page, a brother of Lieut. Nathaniel, and prob- 
ably his senior, was employed as chainman when the town 
of Lunenburg was first surveyed, and became proprietor 



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of a lot of land in that town, which was purchased for him 
by his father. Torrey's " History of Fitchburg " errone- 
ously states that he " resided all his days in Lunenburg," 
He removed to Rindge in 1767. He md. Dec. 3, 1730, 
Deborah Gould, b. in Topsfield Sept. 23, 1707, a sister of 
the wife of his brother Nathaniel. She d. 1767, the year 
of his removal to this town. His ten children were b. in 
Lunenburg ; i., iii., and iv. d. young. 

II. Deborah^ b. April 11, 1733 ; md. Joseph Platts, of 
Rindge, q. v. 

V. Sannah, b. March 22, 1739. 

VI. Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1741 ; md. Thomas Wright, 

of Lunenburg; md. (2d) Joseph Platts, q. v. 
VII. Amos, b. June 2, 1743 ; lived in Lunenburg, and 

left a large number of children. 
VIII. Joseph, b. June 22, 1745; resided a few years in 
Rindge. 

IX. Susannah, b. April 24, 1747 ; md. John Wether- 
bee, of Rindge, q. v. 

X. Ahijah, b. May 14, 1749. + 



Abijah Page, youngest son of Joseph, md. April 21, 
1784, Mary Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Holden) 
Sawtell, q. v. He resided between the residence of Gil- 
man P. Wellington and Converseville. He d. July 19, 
1836, aged 87. 

I. Levi, b. March 24, 1785.-}- 
II. Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1786. -f- 

III. Polly, b. June 15, 1788 ; d. young. 

IV. Lucinda, b. Jan. 26, 1790 ; md. Capt. Leonard 

Wellington, q. v. 
V. Betsey, b. Oct. 20, 1792 ; d. young. 
VI. llaria, b. Dec. 1, 1794; d. unmd. Oct. 7, 1827. 

VII. Phinehas, b. ; md., 1822, Mary Spaulding, of 

Townsend, Mass. A few years after his mar- 
riage he removed to Pennsylvania, where he d., 
about 1866, leaving several children. 

Levi Page md. July 21, 1811, Betsey (Johnson) 
Stearns, widow of Bartholomew Stearns, of Winchendon, 
and dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Sanderson) Johnson, 
of Winchendon. Her father was a brother of Nathan 
Johnson, Senior, of Rindge. By her former marriage she 
had one dau., Eliza, b. about 1810. A few years after 
marriage they removed to Winchendon. 

I. Charles, b.-Sept. 25, 1812. 

II. 3Iary Ann, b. Sei)t. 7, 1814. 



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III. Samuel, b. ; md. Sept. 19, 1842, Mary Ann 

Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Woodbury, q. v. 
For several years they resided in Rindge. He 
was the first who employed machinery in the 
manufacture of nest-boxes in this town. He 
now lives in Winchendon. 



Joseph Page, a farmer, and at this date, Dec, 31, 1874, 

the oldest man living in Rindge; md. March 11, 1810, 

Mary Wilder, of Sterling; she d. May 31, 1870, aged 87. 

I. Edward Wilder, b. March 20, 1811; d. unmd. 

June 14, 1835. 
II. 8usan,\,.lS^0N. 12, 1812; md. May 8, 1838, Abel 
Stratton, of Athol, Mass. He d. about 1852, 
and she resides in Brighton, Mass. 

1. Edward P., b. 1839 ; enlisted in 6th N. H. 
Vols,, Nov. 28, 1861; d, at Annapolis, 
Md,, Jan, 14, 1862, 

III. Sarah Whiting, b. Oct, 12, 1816; md, Dec, 6, 

1844, Willard Howard, of Windham, Vt. He 
d. leaving three sons and two daus., and, with 
her children, she continues to reside upon the 
farm. 

IV, Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1818 ; md. Brown, and was 

divorced ; md, (2d) Millei', and resides in 

Canton, 111, 
V. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1820 ; md, Dec, 30, 1847, Sam- 
uel W, Robbins, son of Samuel Robbins, q. v. 
They reside in Peoria, 111. 
VI, Abigail D.,\). Sept, 29, 1822; md. May 21, 1845, 
Gardner T, Rand, son of Gates Rand, q. v. 

VII, Martha, b, Aug, 17, 1824 ; md, Milton W. Arm- 
strong, Resides in Jaffrey. 

VIII, Ezra, b. Jan, 30, 1827; a farmer; resides upon the 
farm with his father, near the New Ipswich line. 
He md. May 9, 1850, Lucy Ann Wetherbee, 
dau, of Benjamin and Hannah Wetherbee, of 
West Townsend, Mass. 

1, Herbert Arthur, b. Feb. 6, 1853, 

2, Infant, b. and d. Nov. 13, 1859. 

3, Harlow Elbridge, b. July 14, 1861 ; d, Oct. 

10, 1864. 



Lieut. Joseph Page, son of Jonathan and Mary Page, 
was b. in Groton Oct. 22, 1714; md. Nov. 21, 1739, Abi- 
gail Shedd, dau, of Daniel and Abigail Sliedd, of Groton. 
Late in life they removed from Groton to Rindge, and 
resided with their children. The following dates of their 
decease are copied from grave-stones in the cemetery. He 
d. March, 20, 1799; she d. April 26, 1812. 



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I. Joseph, b. Aug. 26, 1740. 
II. Jonathan, b. July 22, 1742. 

III. Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1743. 

IV. Daniel, b. July 18, 1745. -|- 

V. Susannah, b. June 29, 1747 ; md. Capt. Salmon 

Stone, q. v. 
VI. Eunice, b. July 1, 1749 ; d. July 13, 1749. 
VII. Silas, b. Aug. 26, 1750, and wife Eunice removed 
to this town in 1776. He was a member of Capt. 
Stone's company 1777. His name is not found 
on the tax list of 1793, or at a later period. 

1. Silas, b. May 4, 1774. 

2. Richard, b. Jan. 21, 1776. 

3. Solomon, b. in Rindge May 21, 1778. 

4. David, bap. in Rindge Oct. 22, 1780. 

VIII. Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1753 ; md. John Earl, q. v. 

IX. Maria, b. May 17, 1755. 

X. Lemuel, b. Aug. 14, 1757. -f- 

XI. Prudence, b. March 9, 1760 ; md. Enos Lake, q. v. 



Daniel Page md. Feb. 9, 1768, Abigail Johnson, and 
removed to this town previous to 1780, where he d. Sept. 
14, 1831, aged 86. His wife d. Aug. 26, 1819. The three 
eldest children were b. in Groton. 

I. Abigail, b. July 11, 1768. 
II. Sarah,\). Feb. 26, 1770; d., unmd., Oct., 1857. 

III. Ephraim, b. March 4, 1772; md., 1824, Sarah 

Henderson. 

IV. Nathan, ; md. Dec. 27, 1808, Betsey Towne. 

V. Elias, b. Aug. 14, 1781. -|- 



Lemuel Page enlisted into the army six times, which 
made nearly a continuous service during the Revolution. 
( Vide pp. 108, 110, 126, 136, 141, 164.) He was a fifer, 
and became a major musician. He md. Dec. 10, 1778, 
Sarah Demary, dan. of John Demary, q. v. She d. Oct. 
7, 1797, and he md. (2d) June 26, 1798, Polly Paige, of 
Hardwick, Mass., b. July 26, 1766, a descendant of 
Nathaniel Paige, of Roxbury, and later of Bedford, Mass., 
where he d. April 12, 1692. In 1816 Major Page removed 
to Surry, N. H., where he d. Sejit. 30, 1822. His widow d. 
Nov. 26, 1853, aged 87. Their children were b. in Rindge. 

I. Lemuel, b. Jan. 20, 1780; md. Jan. 27, 1812, Clar- 
issa Whitney, dau. of Dr. Isaiah Whitney, q. v. 
He was a captain in the war of 1812, and a 
colonel of militia, and resided in Burlington, 
Vt., where he d. May 8, 1825, and his widow 
md. Joseph Jones, Esq., of Troy, N. H. ; she d. 



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Feb. 16, 1844. Four of their seven children d. 
in infancy. (1) Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1815; 
md. John Dunck lee, of Philadelphia, Pa.; (2) 
Harriet F., b. 1817; md. Leonard Johonnett, of 
Burlington ; (3) Lemuel W., b. April 30, 1821 ; 
md., 1842, Susan Sanders, b. Feb. 18, 1820, dau. 
of John Sanders, now of Rindge ; md. (2d), 
1873, Carrie E. Hemenway. They reside in 
Burlington. 
II. Luther, b. Jan. 17, 1782; md. Aug. 25, 1803, Mary 
Carlton, dau. of James Carlton, q. v. ; settled in 
Westfield, Vt., and subsequently removed to 
Derby, Vt., where he d., leaving no children. 

III. Ira, b. March 3, 1790 ; d. May 10, 1790. 

IV. Ira, b. March 23, 1792 ; removed to Westfield, Vt. 
V. Infant, b. Oct. 7, 1797 ; d. same day. 

Children of second wife (viii. and ix. d. young) : — 

VI. Oilman, b. June 20, 1799 ; md. Louisa Robinson, 
who was b. Sept. 28, 1800; she d. Nov. 2, 1869. 
In 1821 he removed to Boston, where he con- 
tinues to reside. 

1. Calvin Robinson, b. March 16, 1829. 

2. James Henry, b. March 17, 1831. 

3. Charles Gilman, b. Dec. 6, 1833 ; d. 1835. 

4. Charles Jewett, b. Aug. 6, 1837. 

5. Mary Louisa, b. July 24, 1841. 

VII. Joseph Warner, b. Jan. 31, 1803; md. in Surry, 
Jan. 29, 1829, Caroline Joslin, b. in Walpole, 
N. H., Dec. 8, 1806; she d. in Boston, Nov. 22, 
1865. Mr. Page has resided in Boston since 
1823, and there his three children were b. 

, 1. George Washington, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 

2. Luke Joslin, b. June 25, 1834. 

3. Albert Kidder, b. July 3, 1839 ; d. July 3, 

1863. 



Elias Page md. July 9, 1803, Olive Smith, and resided 
in the north-west part of the town. He d. May 16, 1843 ; 
his wife d. April 30, 1842. 

I. Olive, b. Nov. 2, 1803 ; md. James L. Demary, q.v. 
II. Sewell, b. July 16, 1805 ; resides unmd. in Leomin- 
ster, Mass. ■ 

III. Esther, b. Aug. 4, 1807 ; md. James L. Demary, q.v. 

IV. Seha, b. Nov. 19, 1811 ; md. William W. Graves. 
V. Prudence, b. Jan. 14, 1814; resides unmd. in 

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VI. Jonathan, b. March 6, 1816; md. March 28, 1839, 

Lorinda H. Porter ; resides in Jaffrey, 
VII. Abigail, b. Oct. 18, 1818; md. June 20, 1843, 

David G. Graves. 
VIII. Elias, b. June 14, 1822; md. April 30, 1845, Sarah 

Mclntire ; resided in Rindge until 1873. 
IX. Betsey, b. Jan. 17, 1826; md. Dec. 31, 1854, John 

Fairbanks, of Lunenburg. 
X. Cynthia, b. Nov. 3, 1827 ; md. Jonas P. Bai'tlett, 

and d. in Lexington, Mass., May 14, 1864. 



John Page, parentage not known, perhaps the son of 
John and Mary (Parker) Page, who was b. June 9, 1743. 
If so, he was a nephew of Lieut. Joseph 'Page, No. 45 of 
this register. He md. in Groton, Oct. 29, 1767, Esther 
Lawrence, dau. of Jonathan and Esther Lawrence. Re- 
sided a short time in Groton and in Shirley, and removed 
to Rindge in 1775. In 1776 he served in Col. Baldwin's 
regiment. ( Vide p. 126.) Dec. 21, 1788, they were dis- 
missed from the church in Rindge, and recommended to 
the church in Reading. The State is not named in the 
records. 

Molley, b. in Groton June 15, 1768; md. Josiah 

Sawtell, q. v. 
Esther, b. in Shirley Oct. 15, 1769 ; md. Jesse 

Davis, g. v. 
Thomas, b. in Shirley, Nov. 21, 1771. 
Prudence, b. in Shirley June 12, 1774. 
John, b. in Rindge Sept. 9, 1776. 
Edmund, b. in Rindge Nov. 9, 1778. 
Jonathan, b. in Rindge May 3, 1781 ; md. June 11, 

1807, Rebecca Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan, q. v.. 



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Samuel Page is said to have descended from Samuel, 
another son of John, the emigrant, but it is possible that 
he was the son of Lieut. Nathaniel, No. 9 of this register, 
who returned to Rindge after a brief residence in Tops- 
field. Whatever may have been his parentage, it is cer- 
tain that he md. in Topsfield, Mass., Oct. 1, 1771, Molley 
Towne, and removed to the farm now of Willard C. Brig- 
ham in that or the following year, where he continued to 
reside until 1798, when his name disappears from the tax 
lists and other records. 

I. Samuel, b. in Topsfield Nov. 11, 1771 ; d. Sept. 15, 

1776. 
II. Dorcas, b. in Rindge April 23, 1773 ; d. Aug. 24, 

1776. 
III. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 22, 1774; d. Sept. 15, 1776. 

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IV. John, b. Dec. 2, 1776. 

V. Francis, b. Oct. 4, 1778. 

VI. Molley, b. Oct. 15, 1780. 
VII. Jacol, b. March 27, 1783. 

VIII. Abel, b. Jan. 30, 1785. 
IX. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1788. 
X. J^etti/, b. May 13, 1794. 
XI. Phinehas, b. Feb. 16, 1798. 



Sergeant, or Sargent, Page (his Christian name was 
spelled in many ways) was in Rindge and taxed every 
year from 1793 to 1819. Perhaps he was here at an 
earlier date. The tax list of 1793 is the oldest list 
preserved. He came from Jaffrey, and settled in the 
north-west part of the town. It is presmned that he had 
other children than those named. 

I, Amos B., b. previous to 1786. 

II. Reuben, b. previous to 1788; md. Sept. 7, 1807, 
Polly Wheeler, of Jaffrey. Child of Reuben 
Page d. in Rindge 1817, and he was taxed in this 
town until 1818. 



Samuel Paige was not related to the foregoing fami- 
lies. He was a brother of the wife of Capt. Solomon 
Cutler, and was descended from Nathaniel, of Bedford, 
Mass., a son of Nathaniel, the emigrant. He came to 
Rindge previous to his marriage, and remained several 
years, when he removed to Plymouth, Vt. In the few 
original signatures which I have discovered he spelled his 
name as here written, but the clerks have generally trans- 
cribed the name to correspond with the more numerous 
families of Page. He md. Nov. 23, 1775, Molley Hutch- 
inson, of Bedford, by whom he had three or more 
children. 

I. Rebecca, b, in Rindge, Jan. 4, 1778. 
II. Benjamin, b. in Rindge, June 7, 1780 ; settled in 

Ludlow, Vt. ; was a captain. 
III. Sam,uel, bap. in Rindge, July 25, 1784 ; settled in 

Plymouth, Vt. ; was a cqjonel. 



Dr. Asher Palmer {vide Chapter XVII.) md. April 
7, 1774, Esther Dean, dau. of Rev. Seth Dean. After a 
residence of a few years in Rindge he d., at an early age, 
in Stonington, Ct., from whence he came. It is not 
certain whether at the time of his death he had removed, 
or was temporarily absent, from this town. His widow 
md. (2d) Capt. David Main, a goldsmith, of North Ston- 
ington, Ct,, by whom she had five children. 

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I. Hial, md. Eunice Palmer, dau. of Moses Palmer. 
They resided in North Stonington. They had 
six children. 

1. Chester. 

2. Ann, b. about 1815; md. B. A. Atwell; 

resides in Madison, Wis. 

3. Robert P., resides in Wisconsin. 

4. William. 

5. Edwin C, b. July 26, 1821 ; an intelligent 

gentleman ; a physician in Portage City, 
Wis. 

6. Louisa. 

II. Chandler. 

III. Fenner, was md. and had seven children. 

IV. Saxton, had sons, Stanton B. and other children. 
V. Mhoda. 



Jonathan Parker, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Peirce) 
Parker, of Groton, Mass., grandson of Samuel and Abigail 
(Lakin) Parker, and great-grandson of James and Eliza- 
beth (Long) Parker, of Woburn, Chelmsford, and Groton, 
was b. in Groton Jan. 1, 1722. His father and mother 
both d. Sept. 21, 1723. He md. July 12, 1743, Eleanor, 
or Ellen, Hunt, dau. of Samuel and Dorothy (Bulkley) 
Hunt, of Littleton, Mass., and a sister of Peter Hunt (No. 
21 in Hunt Register). They removed to Rindge in 1760. 
It was stated upon page 70 that they had one son. There 
was also a son Benjamin, and perhaps Samuel, who were 
b. before that date. It is possible that for a year or more, 
about 1770, the family resided elsewhere. If so, they 
soon returned, and he had the care of the meeting-house 
for several years. Soon after 1780, however, their names 
disappear from the records, and their residence was prob- 
ably in Jaffrey. 

I. Jonathan, Jr., b. April 19, 1744. ( Vide p. 373). 
He md. July 6, 1769, Hannah Stanley, dau. of 
Capt. Jonathan and Abigail (Gould) Stanley, of 
Rindge, q. v. Four children b. in Rindge. 

1. Abigail, b. May 16, 1770 ; d. Sept. 13, 1770. 

2. Daughter, b. June 14, 1771 ; d. same day. 

3. Ellen, b. May 15, 1781. 

4. Sarah, b. June 2, 1783. 



II. Senjamin, b. 



was a member of Capt. 



Thomas' Company in 1776, and was credited by 
the town for ten months' service. 

III. Samuel, b. ; he was also in the service {vide 

pp. 108, 110, 126) ; md. April 9, 1777, Hannah 
Platts, dau. of Ens. Joseph Platts. It is sup- 



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1. Ellen, b. March 4, 1778. 

2. Jonathan, b. Jan. 9, 1781. 



Joseph Parker, parentage unknown, md. July 3, 
1792, Rezinah Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, and 
resided in Rindge until 1819, when he removed to Fitch- 
burg. 

I. Susan 11.., b. Sept. 29, 1792; md. Isaac Bartlett, 
and resided in Worcester, Mass., where she d. 
June 12, 1852. 

II. Hitty X., b. July 24, 1794 ; md. Simeon Smith, and 
lived in Fitchburg. 

1. William P., resides in Winchendon. 



QuiNCT Parker resided on the old road to Ashburn- 
ham, upon land now owned by Cephas A. Bush. They 
removed 1821 from Princeton, Mass. They had several 
children, and perhaps all are not named. He d, Sej^t. 27, 
1828, aged 55, and the widow returned to Princeton. 

Joseph., b. about 1808. 
William. 
Mary. 
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PAYSON. 

Edward Payson, probably the common ancestor of all bearing the 
name in New England, was received to the church in Roxbury, Mass., 
previous to 1637 ; was an owner of land in 1639 ; and admitted to free- 
man's oath May 13, 1640. He md. Aug. 20, 1640, Ann Park, dau. of 
William and Martha (Holgrave) Park ; she d. Sept. 10, 1641, and he md. 
(2d) Jan. 1, 1641-2, Mary Eliot, dau. of Philip, and a niece of the 
Apostle Eliot; she d., his widow, March 24, 1697, aged 76. Samuel 
Payson, the tenth or the eleventh child of the emigrant, Edward, and 
Mary (Eliot) Payson, was bap. Sept. 21, 1662; md. June 14, 1688, 
Mary Phillips, dau. of Rev. Samuel Phillips, of Rowley, and sister of 
Rev. George Phillips, of Brook Haven, L. I. He lived in Dorchester, 
where he was constable 1699, selectman 1700, '6, '7, '9. He d. Nov. 24, 
1721 ; his widow d. April 20, 1725. His will, dated three days previous 
to his death, gives to his son Phillips, then " seeking a liberal education, 
his silver cup and great Bible and £80, of which £20 should be paid 
when he had taken his second degree, and £60 five years afterwards." 
The son, Phillips Payson, thus provided for, was b. in Dorchester, Feb. 
29 ; bap. March 12, 1704-5 ; graduated at Harvard 1724, and, after teach- 
ing a short time, was ordained at Walpole, Mass., Sept. 16, 1730. He 
md. Dec. 5, 1733, Anne Swift, b. July 5, 1706, dau. of Rev. John and 
Sarah (Tileston) Swift, of JFramingham, and a sister of Rev. John 



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Swift, Jr., of Acton. She was the mother of seven children, and d. 
Dec. 30, 1756. He md. (2d) 1757, published Oct. 9, Kezia (Bullen) 
Morse, b. Sept. 5, 1720, widow of Dea. Seth Morse, of Medfield, and dau. 
of John and Mehitabel (Fisher) Bullen. He d. in Walpole, Jan. 22, 
1778, after a successful ministry of nearly fifty years, and about eight 
years after the death of his second wife. His children were : Mary, b. 
Nov. 22, 1734; d. Feb. 10, 1735; Phillips, b. Jan. 18, 1736, the distin- 
guished minister of Chelsea ; Swift, b. Nov. 27, 1737 ; Samuel, b. April 
26, 1739, a minister in Lunenburg ; George, b. Sept, 27, 1741 ; d. Jan. 
31, 1742 ; George, b. May 24, 1744 \ John, b. Jan. 6, 1746, the first set- 
tled minister of Fitchburg. ( Vide p. 210.) By his second wife he had 
only one child : Seth, b. Sept. 30, 1758, for many years the able minister 
of Rindge. The date of the birth of the above are transcribed from the 
Walpole records, which give the date of the birth of Rev. Samuel Payson 
1739, instead of 1738, which has generally been accepted as correct. 
This record has been mainly compiled from manuscript registers in the 
possession of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, and is 
undoubtedly correct. It also suggests a few inaccuracies in Gage's 
" Rowley," p. 77, and in other published accounts of the generations of 
this family. From other sources of information it appears that Rev. 
Edward Payson, of Rowley, who md. Elizabeth Phillips, was a brother of 
Samuel Payson, of Dorchester, who md. her sister, Mary Phillips. The 
mother of Rev. Seth Payson was a dau. of John BuUen, a granddau. of 
Ephraim and Grace Bullen, a great-granddau. of Dea. Samuel and 
Mary (Morse) Bullen, and a great-great-granddau. of Samuel Morse, the 
Puritan of Dedham and INIedfield. She was a woman of great 'affliction. 
Her husband and two sons were drowned in fording Charles River, May 
25, 1753 ; her only remaining son d. July 31 of the same year, leaving 
her only Judith, who d. unnid. about 1769. At her death, Seth, her only 
child by her second marriage, inherited the property left by Dea. Morse ; 
and his father. Rev. Phillips, was appointed guardian, April 27, 1770. 



Rey. Seth Payson, D. D., {vide pp. 205-215) md. Sept. 
19, 1782, Grata Payson, a distant relative, not a cousin, as 
has been stated. She was a dau. and fifth child of Dea. 
John and Tliankfnl (Howe) Payson, of Pomfret, Conn., 
b. May 15, 1757 ; d. March 3, 1827, aged 70. She was a 
lady of very superior abilities and attainments, whicli are 
revealed in a most striking manner in the memoirs of her 
^on. Rev. Edw^ard Payson, D.D. 

I. Edward.h. July 25, 1783; d. Oct. 22, 1827 {vide 
p. 331). He md., 1811, Ann Louisa Shipman. 

1. Louisa Shiinnan, b. Feb. 24, 1812; md. 

Aug. 25, 1841, Rev. Albert Hopkins, pro- 
fessor at Williams College. She d. 1862. 
Their only son was killed in the war of 
the Rebellion. 

2. Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1813; md. Oct. 3, 

1848, Penelope Ann Martin; she d, Nov. 
16, 1867, leaving two sons: Edward P., 
b. July 16, 1849, a student-at-law ; and 
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3. Caroline Shipman, b. Feb. 13, 1815; d. 

young. 

4. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 1, 1816 ; d. young. 

5. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1818; md. George L. 

Prentiss, D. D., professor in Theological 
Seminary in the city of New York. Their 
surviving children are: Annie, Minnie, 
George, and Henry. 

6. Henry M., b. Oct. 13, 1821; a prominent 

citizen, and a banker in Portland. He 
md. Charlotte Gilman, who d. s.p,; md. 
(2d) Emma D. Conant, whose children 
are : Frank, George, Henry, and Richard. 

7. George, b. May 26, 1824. 

8. Charles, b. Sept. 3, 1826 ; md. Feb. 5, 1852, 

Ann Maria Robinson. Their children 
are : Charles, Alice, Edgar, Herbert, and 
Jennie. 

II. Grata, b. April 5, 1785; md. Rev. Asa Rand, q. v. 

III. Charles, b. Jan. 29, 1787 ; d. about 1804. 

IV. Ehetiezer, b. June 28, 1790 ; d. unmd. in Rindge, 

Sept. 23, 1849. 
V. Henry, b. March 22, 1792; md. Jan. 20, 1821, 
Sarah Cutter, b. Nov. 5, 1792, dau. of Nathaniel 
and Sarah (Wyman) Cutter. He resided in 
Jaffrey, Boston, and New York. He was town 
clerk of Jaffrey several years, and a deacon of 
the Old South Church, of Boston. He d. June 
14, 1859. 

1. Sarah Cutter, b. July 2, 1822; md. Nelson 

Ayres, and resides in Galesburg, 111. 

2. George Phillips, b. March 29, 1827; md. 

Abbie Harris. Removed to Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

VI. Phillips, b. Aug. 1, 1795 ; graduate of Andover 
Theological Seminary 1820. After preaching a 
few years in the State of New York, he was 
settled in Leominster, Mass., in 1825, and 
remained there about seven years. He subse- 
quently preached three years in Hadley, Mass., 
and an equal length of time in Hamburg, Ct. 
He d. Feb. 16, 1856. Three of his sons, Charles, 
Edward, and George S. Payson, are ministers of 
gi'eat worth. 

VII. Eliza, b. Nov. 16, 1797; md., 1816, George P. 
Shipman, of New York city. 

VIII. Seth, b." Nov. 1, 1800; d. young. 



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PEIRCE. 

John Peirce, a weaver, of Watertown, Mass., was admitted freeman 
1638, and d. Aug. 19, 1661, aged about 73. The date of his emigration 
to this country is not known with certainty, but it is probable that his 
son, Anthony Peirce, who was b. in England 1609, was in Watertown 
before his arrival. Anthony, d. May 9, 1678, and among his nine chil- 
dren was Joseph Peirce, whose son, Francis Peirce, was b. July 27, 1671 ; 
md. Dec. 17, 1697, Hannah Johnson, of Watertown, and settled in 
Weston, Mass. He d. April 22, 1728. His youngest son, Jonas Peirce, 
b. 1717 ; md. April 7, 1743, Mary Adams, of Lexington, and d. in Lin- 
coln, Jan. 6, 1805, aged 88 ; his widow d. Aug. 19, 1806. Among their 
nine children were : Benjamin, Eunice, who md. Henry Smith, of Rindge, 
and Abraham. These resided in this town. 



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Benjamin Peirce, son of Jonas and Mary (Adams) 
Peirce, was b. May 20, 1744. He rad. in Lincoln, Oct. 7, 
1771, Sarah Garfield, b. June 19, 1749, dau. of John and 
Thankful (Stowell) Garfield, of Weston, and immediately 
settled upon the Peirce farm, in School District No. 10. 
His wife soon d., and he md. (2d), 1773, Phebe Willard, 
probably from Townsend, who d, about 1785, and he md. 
(3d) Dec. 26, 1786, Judith Metcalf, dau. of Lieut. George 
Metcalf, of Rindge, q. v. He d. Nov. 12, 1825, aged 81 ; 
she d, Sept. 16, 1851, aged 87. Children of second wife : — 

I. Sally, b. May 3, 1774; d. 1791. 
II. Betty, b. Oct. 30, 1777; md. Ellis Colburn, and 
removed to Woodstock, Vt. 

III. Phehe, b. Nov. 17, 1781 ; md. Feb. 5, 1805, Silas 

Warner, Jr., of Fitzwilliam ; settled in Mt. 
Holley, Vt. 

IV. Lucinda, b. June 1, 1784; md. Jan. 2, 1805, Ben- 

jamin Wood, son of James Wood, q. v. 

Children of third wife : — 

V. Henjamin, b, Oct. 28, 1787.-1- 

VI. Esther, b. March 2, 1789; md. Jan. 21, 1807, 

Aaron Warner, brother of Silas, who md. her 

sister Phebe, They also removed to Mt. Holley. 

VII. Judith, b. June 9, 1791 ; md. Nathan Underwood, 

of Rindge, q. v. 
VIII. Joel, b. Apnl 21, 1793. 
IX. Julia, b. Sept., 1796; md. Daniel Priest, and 

resided in Mt. Holley. 
X. Sophia, b. Aug. 23, 1799; d. Nov. 26, 1810. 
XI. Amitxj, b. April 12, 1802; d. Dec. 4, 1810. 
XII. Mary , b. Aug. 2, 1805 ; md. Derostus W. Emory, 

son of Capt. Stephen Emory, q. v. 
XIII. Joanna, b. Sept. 7, 1807; md. April 13, 1834, 
Loammi Kendall ; she resides, his widow, in 
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Benjamix Peiece resided, a faiTner, upon the old home- 
stead. He md. Dec. 8, 1813, Lucinda Allen, dau. of Eliphaz 
Allen, q. V. She d. June 25, 1820, and he md. (2d) Sarah 
Raymond, b. June 28, 1789, dau. of Paul, Jr., and Sarah 
(Gale) Ra^^^lond, of Winchendon. She d. Feb. 9, 1851, 
and he md. (3d) Feb. 3, 1852, Mary (Coffin) Perkins, b. 
March 12, 1790, widow of John Perkins, of Rindge, q. v., 
and dau. of Dea. George and Abigail (Raj-mond) Coffin, 
of Winchendon. He d. Jan. 8, 1858 ; his wife d. July 10, 
1856. 

I. benjamin Warren, son of first wife, b. 1819; d., 
unmd., Jan. 18, 1843. 

Children of second wife : — 

II. Sarah G., b. Dec. 18, 1823; md. Jan. 31, 1844, 
Joel Page, son of Joel, of Fitchburg, Mass. He 
is a successful farmer in Fitchburg, and is 
highly respected. She d. Aug. 1, 1858. 

1. Lelia Maria, b. Feb. 26, 1846. 

2. Warren B., b. April 8, 1848. 

3. Walter F., b. Xoy. 23, 1850. 

4. Elsie A., b. Nov. 19, 1851; md. Noy. 15, 

1871, J. Stanley Perry, son of Col. Jason 
B. Perry, q. v. 

5. Herbert E., b. May 30, 1853. 

in. Augusta M., b. Sept. 15, 1829; md. Willard G. 
Jones, son of Asia Jones, q. v. 



AbeahajSI Peiece, a brother of Benjamin, Sen., was b. 
in Lincoln Sept. 2, 1755 ; md. Phebe Towne, dau. of Dea. 
Francis Towne, q. v. He was a fanner of Rindge ; d. 
Sept. 12, 1802, and his widow md. Lieut. Nathaniel 
Thomas, q. v. 

I. Elipha, b. June 17, 1780. + 

II. Abraham, b. Feb. 13, 1789 ; md. ; md. (2d) 

Lurena Rugg, dau. of William, q. v. He d. in 
Methuen, Mass. 
III. Sally, b. April 18, 1795 ; md. Jasper Rand. q. v. ; 
md. (2d) Christopher Smith. 



Elipha Peiece md. Aug. 30, 1799, Phebe Streeter, dau. 
of James, q. v. She d. Feb. 21, 1814; and he md. (2d) 
1815, published April 12, Anna Henry, dau. of Hugh 
Henry, q. v. He d. Jan. 14, 1849 ; his widow d. Jan. 24, 
1855,'aged 62. 

I. Eliza, b. Nov. 10, 1800; md. Dec. 29, 1818, Moses 
Towne, of Dublin, son of Cornelius Towne, q. v. 
She d. 1870. 



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II. Melinda, b. May 6, 1803; mcl. Samuel M. Kimball, 
No, 53 of Kimball register. 

III. Roxanna^ b. Dec. 7, 1805 ; md. Dec. 31, 1829, Abel 

Wilder Wood, of Templeton. Now reside in 
Cambridge, Vt. Only three of their ten chil- 
dren are living, 

IV. Phebe, b, April 8, 1809 ; d, unmd. 



JosiAH Peirce was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Oct. 28, 
1761. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Dodge) 
Peirce, and a grandson of Ephraim and Esther (Shedd) 
Peirce, of Groton. He was a cousin of Benjamin 
Gould, of Rindge, and a nephew of the wife of Dea. 
John Lovejoy. It was this Ephraim Peirce who md. for 
his second wife Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, widow of 
Hezekiah Wetherbee. Josiah md. Nov. 14, 1782, Azubah 
Heywood, or Howard, who was b. in Acton, Mass., Feb. 
18, 1764, and removed to Rindge in 1784. He was a 
respected citizen, and resided in the south-west part of 
the town. She d. May 30, 1827, and he md. (2d) Dec. 
26, 1827, Polly Rugg, dau. of Thomas Rugg, Sen. He d. 
Oct. 10, 1834. 

I. ]Sra7icy, b. Nov. 20, 1782; md. March 29, 1803, 
Levi Bixby, son of Levi and Ruth (Darling) 
Bixby, of Winchendon. They removed to 
Boston. She md. (2d) J. R, Goodspeed, and d, 
Feb. 3, 1846. 
II. /Susannah, b. Feb. 20, 1784; md. Jonathan Davis. 

She d. Jan. 7, 1829. 
HI. Nahiim, b. Nov. 11, 1785; md. Mary Hildreth. 

He was taxed in Rindge until 1825. 
IV. Josiah, b. Oct. 30, 1787; md. Susan Hatstat; d. 

1859. 
V. Joseph,h. March 16, 1789; md. Rosanna Hatstat. 
VI. Stephen, b. Jan. 11, 1791 ; md. Adeline Pike. 
VII. John, b. Dec. 12, 1792; md. Rebecca Ormsby. 
VIII. Sally, b. Sept. 28, 1794; md. Benjamin Pike. 
IX. Lucy, b. March 19, 1796 ; md. Bulkley Nutting. 
X. 3Iai'y, b. May 8, 1798; md. Sewell Philbrook; d. 

1843. 
XI. Betsey, b. Aug. 24, 1800; md. Calvin Tarbell, son 

of Thomas Tarbell, q. v. 
XII. Leonard, b. April 12, 1802; md. Dec. 31, 1829, 
Caroline Goodspeed, and resides in Fitzwilliam. 

1. Josiah Rivers, b. May 3, 1831 ; d. Sept. 22, 

1856, 

2. Sarah Ann, b, Jan, 3, 1833; md, ; d. 

1870. 



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3. Lizzie Goodspeed, b. Jan, 11, 1835; md. 

; d. 1875. 

4. Carrie H., b. May 22, 1840 ; md. Jan. 18, 

1859, William Bent, and resides in Fitz- 
william. (1) Irving P., b. Nov. 26, 1862 ; 
(2) George J., b. June 9, 1871. 

XIII. Thomas J., b. Oct. 20, 1803; md. Martha Jane 

Stevens. 

XIV. Jonathan, b. Aug. 1, 1805; md. April 12, 1833, 

Laura Platts, dau. of Asa and Rebecca (Bus- 
well) Platts, q. V. She d. Nov. 17, 1837, and he 
md. (2d) Sophronia Underwood. 
XV. Abraham, b. April 19, 1807; md. Feb. 16, 1831, 
Eunice B. Fassett; resides in Winchendon. 



Benjamiist Peirce, 2d., probably not related to the 
other families of Peirce, with wife Rebecca, came to 
Rindge about the close of the Revolution. He lived near 
the present residence of George W. Todd. He removed 
from town previous to 1793. 

I. Bridget, b. in Rindge May 7, 1785. 

Charles Peirce i*esided east of Monomonock Lake, 
upon the " Bixby place," from 1799 to 1813. He was a 
son of Isaac and Hannah (Mason) Peirce, of Watertown, 
and was b. in that town Nov. 24, 1765. He md. Aug. 14, 
1791, Sarah Sanderson, dau. of Abraham and Sarah 
(Wheeler) Sanderson, of Weston. They removed to 
Decatur, N. Y. Isaac Sanderson, a brother of Mrs. 
Peirce, had previously resided for a few years upon the 
same farm. There were other children of Charles and 
Sarah Peirce, but their names have not been ascertained. 

I. Isaac S., bap. July 14, 1799. 

II. Marshall, bap. Feb. 15, 1801. 

III. Marianna, bap. Dec. 9, 1810. 



Elijah Peirce, a native of Grafton, Mass., md. Emily 
Boyden, and removed to Rindge 1840. 

I. Lorenzo, b. 1835; md. Ellen Carpenter, of Ply- 
mouth ; d. in Rindge Nov. 25, 1870. 
II. John, md. Louisa Hall. ResidSs in Plymouth. 

III. Em,%ly, md. George Metcalf, son of Timothy Met- 

calf, q. V. 

IV. Martha, b. 1847 ; d. Dec. 26, 1863. 
V. Charles, resides at home. 



Elisha Perkins, then of Topsfield, md. in Ij^swich, 
June 7, 1769, Jane Manning, and removed to Rindge in 
1771. He was a member of Capt. Hale's Company 1775, 
and of Capt. Stone's Company 1777 {vide pp. 108, 140), 

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and d. in consequence of heat and excessive fatigue 
experienced on the day of the battle of Bennington, 
Aug. 31, 1777. His widow d. May 27, 1822, aged 76. 
On page 140 the name of Abel was inadvertently substi- 
tuted for that of Elisha. Abel Perkins was not in the 
service at that time. 

misha, b. in Topsfield, July 18, 1770 ; d. 1777. 
Jane, b. in Rindge, July 4, 1772 ; d. 1777. 
Sa7inah, b. Oct. 2, 1774; d. 1777. 
JSUsha, b. Oct. 5, 1777 (posthumous) ; he was a 
farmer; d. in Rindge, unmd., Aug. 4, 1851. 



Abel Perkins settled in Rindge with his brother 
Elisha upon a tract of land now owned by George W. 
Towne and others, in 1771 ; md. Mary Baker, of Beverly, 
Mass. He d. Jan. 8, 1821, aged 73; his widow d. Nov. 
26, 1825, aged 75. The order of age of the following 
children may not be preserved. 

I. Abel (Jr.), b. 1773 ; was a farmer in Rindge ; md. 

Oct. 21, 1800, Lucretia Philbrick, dau. of James 
and Eunice (Hale) Philbrick, q. v. He d. March 
22, 1849 ; his widow d. Aug. 25, 1850. 

1. Abel, b. Sept. 14, 1801 ; md. July 5, 1835, 

Irene Cass, dau. of Jona. and Abigail 
(Dow) Cass; resided in Rindge until 
1849, when he removed to Holden, Mass., 
where he d. March, 1871 ; his wife d. 
June, 1862. 

2. Raymond, b. Dec. 28, 1802; when about 

30 years of age he became insane, and 
was supported by the town. He d. 1871. 

3. Charles Payson, b. March 28, 1804; de- 

ceased ; date of death unknown. 

4. Enoch, b. Aug. 14, 1805; learned the trade 

of clothier with Dea. Brown; deceased; 
date of death unknown. 

5. Edward, b. June 26, 1808. He is laroprie- 

tor of an eating-house in Boston. 
*6. Lucretia P., b. Oct. 17, 1809; d., unmd., 
Jan. 25, 1840. 
7. Nathan H., b. 1814; d. Aug. 17, 1815. 

II. Anna, b. 1776 ; d. unmd. Nov. 7, 1825. 

III. Jacob, md. Nov. 13, 1798, Debby Rand, dau. of 
Capt. Solomon Rand, q. v.; removed to Newton, 
Mass. 

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VI. John, h. 1787 ; mcl., 1824, published April 2, Mary 
Coffin, dau. of Dea. George and Abigail (Ray- 
mond) Coffin, of Winchendon. He was a 
farmer in Rindge, and d. Aug. 16, 1850; his 
widow md. (2d) Benjamin Peirce, q. v. 



1. George R., b. 



md. Mary Pettengill, 



dau. of William Pettengill, of Sharon, 
N. H., and removed to the West. 
2. Daughter, b. 1826 ; d. July 10, 1828. 

VII. ^zra, b. 1791 ; md., 1825, Susan Hubbard, dau. of 
Levi and Abigail Hubbard, of Walpole, N. H. 
She d. June 13, 1863, and he md. (2d) 1865, her 
sister, widow Abigail (Hubbard) Underwood. 
He removed from the farm on which his father 
settled in 1867, and resided in Chester, Vt., 
xintil his death, June 2, 1874. No children. 



PERRY. 

John Perry, probably a son of John, of Watertown, md. in that place 
Dec. 13, 1667, Sarah Clary, b. Oct. 4, 1647, dau. of John and Mary (Cassel) 
Clary, of Watertown. He d. leaving nine children previous to 1725 ; his 
widow d. in Cambridge Oct. 11, 1730. John Perry, their son, b. March 3, 
1669-70, md. July 19, 1693, Sarah Price, b. Sept. 27, 1667, dau. of William 
and Mary (Marblehead) Price, of Watertown. They resided in Cam- 
bridge where he d. previous to 1730. James Perry, the youngest of their 
eight children, was b. in Cambridge Feb. 27, 1711-12 ; and in Cambridge 
by wife Lydia had eight or more children. 



John Perry, son of James and Lydia, bap. in West 
Cambridge Jan. 19, 1755; md. Feb. 28, 1775, Persis 
Mixer, b. Nov. 6, 1756, dau. of Josiah and Sarah (Mead) 
Mixer, of Watertown. She d. 1780, and he md. (2d) 
Nov. 22, 1781, Abigail Bigelow, dau. of Jason and Abigail 
(Witt) Bigelow, of Marlboro, and subsequently of Brook- 
field, Mass. They resided a few years in Lincoln, and 
united with the church there in Nov., 1787. In 1789 
they removed to the north-east part of this town, and a 
few years later to the farm now of their son. Col. Jason 
B. Perry. Abigail, his wife, d. Sept. 11, 1818; he 
md. (3d) Feb. 17, 1820, Lucy Weston, whose father 
was a citizen of Jaffrey and d. in the Revolutionary 
army. He d. Aug. 7, 1834, aged 80 ; his widow d. 
Jan. 16, 1857, aged 98. Mr. Perry was a highly 
respected citizen, and his wife Abigail was a person of 
superior intellect and purity of character. She was 
a granddau. of Samuel and Mary (Gleason) Bigelow, 
great-granddau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, 
and great-great-granddau. of John and Mary (Warren) 
Bigelow, the emigrant ancestors of the family. The repre- 



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sentative of each generation was prominent in the muni- 
cipal affairs of Watertown, where they resided. The 
original English name is Baguley, and the line of descent 
is traced from a remote period. The children of John 
Perry, of Rindge, were as follows : — 

I. Lydia^ b. in Watertown July 17, 1776 ; d. Aug. 6, 
1779. 

II. Persis, b. Feb. 24, 1778 ; md. Ephraim Hunt, q. v. 

III. John, b. April 18, 1780. + 

Children of second wife : — 

IV. Betsey, b. Sept. 9, 1782 ; md. March 3, 1808, Job 

Hill, b. July 7, 1780. They resided in Vermont, 
and in Peterboro, N. H., where he d. June 4, 
1858. 

V. Zydia, b. April 9, 1784; md. Dec. 31, 1823, Sam- 
uel Alld, b. Aug. 25, 1766 ; d. Dec. 21, 1841 ; she 
md. (2d) Oct. 17, 1848, Nathaniel Brown, b. 
May 25, 1779 ; d. in Warner, N. H., March 11, 
1865. She has a home in the family of her 
brother in Rindge, and with one exception is 
the oldest person in Rindge. 

VI. Benjamin, b. May 11, 1786; removed to the State 
of New York; md. Nov. 2, 1813, Anne Barker, 
of Hoosic. He was an architect and builder, 
and was engaged on many expensive buildings. 
He d., 1851, leaving ten children. 
VII. Chauncey, b. Feb. 8, 1788. -|- 

VIII. Abigail, b. in Rindge, May 15, 1791 ; md. Feb. 
21, 1826, John Allison, and resided many years 
in Peterboro, N. H. She d. Feb. 13, 1873, in 
Sioux City, Iowa. John Perry Allison, a son of 
this marriage, is a successful banker in Sioux 
City. 

IX. Sarah, b. June 12, 1793 ; d., unmd., March 19, 

1842. 
X. Daughter, b. July 12; d. July 15, 1795. 

XI. Selinda, b. Jan. 29, 1798; d., unmd., Jan. 23, 1851. 
xii. Jason Bigelow, b. Sept. 27, 1801. -j- 

JoHN Perry came to Rindge at nine years of age. 
He learned the trade of miller with William Kimball; 
md. Jan. 29, 1809, Mary Lock, b. Oct. 31, 1788, dau. of 
Joseph and Mary (Butterfield) Locke, of West Cam- 
bridge, Mass. They resided in West Cambridge, where 
he d. Oct. 31, 1837 ; she d. in Aug., 1832. 

I. John Butterfield, md. Aug. 23, 1835, Hannah M. 
W. Locke, b. March 1, 1813, dau. of Peter 
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1842, and he md. (2d) June 28, 1849, Elvira 
Raymond ; settled in Cambridge. 
II. (Toseph, md. Maria White. 

III. Mary, md. Thomas Russell. 

IV. Persis Maria, md. Paul Dodge. 



Chauncey Perry, md. June 5, 1818, Abigail Stearns, 
b. Jan. 31, 1793, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Crosby) Stearns, 
of Ashburnham, and granddau. of Hon. Isaac Stearns, of 
Billerica, Mass. In 1823 they removed from Rindge to 
New Ipswich, where she d. April 14, 1853. Their sons, 
John Philander, Albert, and Isaac Stearns were clergy- 
men. Chauncey and Timothy are lawyers in Brooklyn, 
N. Y. ( Vide p. 361.) 



Col. Jason" B. Perry resides upon the homestead 
farm. At all times manifesting a commendable interest 
in the welfare of the town, the schools, and all laudable 
public enterprises, he is an influential and useful citizen, 
and has been much employed in public affairs. At 
an early age he was commissioned in the 12th Regi- 
ment of militia, and retired with the rank of colonel, 
although the line of promotion was open to him, if addi- 
tional honors had been desired. He represented the 
town in the Legislature, 1852 and 1853; has been select- 
man sixteen years, and was chairman of the war com- 
mittee during the war of the Rebellion. After thirty 
years continuous service as treasurer of the Congrega- 
tional Society, he declined a reelection, in March, 1871. 
In the settlement of many estates, and as guardian of 
the orphan, he has faithfully rendered the most efllcient 
service. He md. Nov. 11, 1828, Sally Wilson, b. Sept. 22, 
1804, dau. of Major Supply and Sally (Scripture) Wilson, 
of New Ipswich, and granddau. of Supply Wilson, of 
Woburn and New Ipswich. Their nine children are as 
follows : — 

I. Mary, b. March 18, 1830 ; md. Dana S. Walker, q.v. 
II. Eliza, b. Aug. 3, 1831 ; md. Julius A. Hale, q.v. 

III. Susan, b. April 11, 1833 ; md. Washington Whit- 

temore, q. v. 

IV. John Wilsofi, b. April 17, 1836; md.Feb. 15, 1860, 

Mary Vose Cutter, dau. of William T. and 
Lydia (.lennings) Cutter, of Jaffrey. They re- 
side in Denmark, Iowa. 
V. James Bigelow b. Aug. 13, 1837 ; received a lib- 
eral education, and for several years was a suc- 
cessful teacher. He wiis a member of the 16th 
N. H. Vols, {vide p. 322). In the spring of 1864 
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prosperously engaged in mercantile pursuits. 
His superior abilities and unimpeachable charac- 
ter have been promptly recognized by his towns- 
men by whom he has been elected trustee and 
president of the civil government of the incor- 
porated village of McHenry, and for several 
years he has been a justice of the peace. He 
md. Aug. 25, 1867, Arl'ette Tuttle, dau. of Joseph 

B. and (Horton) Tuttle. They have two 

children. 
VI. Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1839; md. May 1, 1862, Wal- 
ter Morse Flanders, of Warner, N. H,, where 
she d. June 18, 1863; and he md. (2d) Jime 2, 
1864, her sister, Sarah. They reside in Warner. 

VII. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1842; md. Walter Morse Flan- 
ders. 

VIII. Jason Stanley, b. Jan. 8, 1847; md. Nov. 15, 1871, 
Elsie Augusta Page, dau. of Joel and Sarah 
(Peirce) Page, of Fitchburg, and granddau. of 
Benjamin and Sarah (Raymond) Peirce, of 
Rindge. He is a farmer, and resides upon the 
farm formerly of his father and grandfather. 
IX. Jane Sophronia, tAvin ; b. Jan. 8, 1847. 



Asa Perry, parentage unknown ; a farmer. Resided 
several years on the farm now of Derostus W. Emory. 
He md. Jerusha Gibson, dau. of Reuben Gibson, of Fitch- 
burg. He d., leaving no children, Sept. 23, 1822, and his 
widow md. (2d) Oct. 23, 1823, Capt. Francis Dean, of 
Fitchburg, Mass. 



James Philbrick was b. in Hampstead, jN". H., Nov. 29, 
1739; md. Nov. 30, 1762, Eunice Hale, dau. of Moses 
Hale, Senior, of Rindge. Previous to his removal to this 
town he had served in the French and Indian Avars, hav- 
ing been a member of Capt. Tash's company, in Col. 
Josej^h Blanchard's Regiment. In the Revolution he was 
in Col. Nichol's Regiment {vide p. 167). He was select- 
man for the year 1779, and Avas frequently named on com- 
mittees. His residence was in the north part of the town, 
where James P. Clay now resides, and for several years 
he had the management of the old saw-mill near Grassy 
Pond. His wife Eunice d. May 4, 1776, and he md. (2d) 
Nov. 14, 1776, Elizabeth Cutter, dau. of Jonathan and 
Elizabeth (Hastings) Cutter, q. v. In 1803 the family 
removed to Vermont. 

I. Elizabeth, b. July 18, 1763. 
II. James, b. Oct. 13, 1764. 
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IV, Sarah, h. Dec. 26, 1767 ; md. March 30, 1792, Reu- 
ben S afford, of Jaffrey. 
V. Enoch, b. June 25, 1769. 

VI. Eunice, b. May 13, 1771 ; md. Francis Emory, q. v. 
VII. Walter, b. Feb. 7, 1773. 

VIII. Lucretia, b. Aug. 10, 1775; md. Abel Perkins, 
Jr., q. V. 

Children of second wife : — 

IX. Son, b. June 19, 1777 ; d. June 20, 1777. 
X. MoUey, b. April 22, 1778; md. Dec. 10, 1798, 
Corin Ladd. Their sons, John and Ambrose, 
were residing in Winchendon 1823-4. 
XI. Daughter, b. Dec. 4, 1779 ; d. same day. 
XII. Jonathan Cutter, b. Nov. 30, 1780. 

XIII. Hepsy, b. June 22, 1782. 

XIV. Betsey, b. March 25, 1784; d. July 31, 1786. 
XV. Joseph, b. 19, 1786. 

XVI. Rachel, b. June 22, 1788. 
XVII. Azuhah, b. June 16, 1790 ; d. July 12, 1790. 
XVIII. Seyie, b. Aug. 10, 1791. 

XIX. Benjamin, b. March 14, 1792. 
XX. Rebecca, b. March 14, 1794. 



Thomas Piper, a blacksmith, removed from Littleton, 
Mass., to Rindge, soon after the Revolution. He md. 
June 20, 1786, Hepsibeth Jewett, dau. of Ezekiel and 
Hannah (Platts) Jewett, q. v. About 1818 they removed 
to Watertown, N. Y., where he d. March 22, 1849; his 
wife, a woman of character and uncommon energy, d. 
July 29, 1845. 

I. Hepsibeth, b. Jan. 27, 1787 ; md. Thomas Smith, q.v. 
II. Thomas, b. April 16, 1789; removed, 1810, to 

Hartland, Vt. ; md. Hannah Shaw; d. 1831, in 

Columbus, Ohio, 
in. Polly, b. Feb. 13, 1791 ; md. Joshua Converse, 

Esq., q. V. 
IV. Lavina, b. Jan. 19, 1793 ; md. in Rindge, Jan. 5, 

1812, Obadiah Perry; she d. in Littleton, Mass., 

1817, leaving two children. 

1. Lavina. 

2. Mary, md. Henry Gipson, q. v. 

V. Mersylma, b. Feb. 26, 1795; md. Feb. 21, 1822, 
Leonard De Lano, son of Capt. Thomas and 
Olive De Lano. They resided in Watertown, 
N. Y., where he d. June 10, 1872, aged 78. 
Their children are as follows : — 

1. Harriet M., b. Dec. 4, 1822; md. Oct. 5, 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



1846, Albert Knight ; she d. in St. Peter, 
Minn., Sept. 22, 1873. 

10 2. Thomas L., b. Nov. 18, 1823; drowned 
June 28, 1835. 

11 3. Eveline S., b. April 1, 1825 ; md. Feb. 16, 
1845, James C. Burbank; reside in St. 
Paul, Minn. 

12 4. Marcus D., b. June 5, 1826; md. Oct. 5, 
1850, Jeanette Sutton ; live in Brookside, 
Wis. 

13 5. Mortimer C, b. June 25, 1828 ; md. July 
28, 1851, Silvia Birmingham. He d. in 
Brookside, Wis., April 30, 1873. 

14 6. Laura M., b. Sept. 24, 1829; resides, unmd., 
in Watertown. 

15 7. William W., b. Sept. 29, 1833; md. June 
2, 1856, Eliza J. Bundy; reside in Pen- 
saukee. Wis. 

16 8. George W., b. March 14, 1835 ; md. Mary 
A, Rudd ; live in Brookside, Wis. 

17 VI. Sophia, b. Jan. 13, 1797 ; md. Abel Platts (No. 46 
of Platts Register) ; she d. in Michigan 1859. 

18 Yii. Betsey, b. March 17, 1799; md. 1817, Otis Darling, 
of Pomfret, Vt. 

19 VIII. Hannah, b. May 8, 1801 ; md. 1820, Amasa Skin- 
ner. Resided in Watertown, and in Wisconsin, 
where she d. 1872, leaving five children. 

20 IX. Arathusa, b. April 19, 1803 ; md. Walter Brooks, 
q. V. 

21 X. JVancy, b. April 7, 1805; md. Oct. 2, 1823, Alfred 
Guthrie, Esq. She d. in Chicago, 111., July 20, 
1854, Mr. Guthrie has held many positions of 
trust, both municipal and state, and has received 
several appointments from the general govern- 
ment. 

22 1. Eveline, b. Jime 24, 1824; md. William M. 
Dunn. He was drowned in the Missis- 
sippi River, leaving one son and three 
daus. 

23 2. Ossian b. Feb. 28, 1826. Resides in Chicago. 

24 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 11, 1828; resides in San 
Francisco, Cal. Has a family. 

25 4. Warden, b. April 29, 1831 ; is md. and lives 
in Chicago. One dau. living. 

26 5. Sybil, b. July 30, 1841 ; d. April 13, 1844. 

27 XI. Silvester, b. June 6, 1808 ; md. May 18, 1828, Sarah 
Newell, b. June 1, 1810. They reside in Illinois. 



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3. Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1835. 


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4. Seth K, b. Dec. 2, 1837. 


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5. Harriet N., b. May 31, 1840. 


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6. Charles, b. Jnly 29, 1842. 


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7. Albert, b. Feb. 21, 1847. 


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8. Sarah I., b. Feb. 25, 1850. 


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9. Ada, b. Nov. 12, 1851. 


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XII. Eveline, b. Feb. 15, 1810; d. 1823. 



PLATTS. 

The Platts family is of English origin. The name appears upon the rec- 
ords of Rowley as early as 1654, and several persons bearing the name were 
residents of that town earlier than Lieut. Abel Platts, who was an officer 
in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He md. in Rowley, May 8, 1672, Lydia 
Holly, and their son Moses, b. 1673, by wife Hannah had Abel, of Rindge, 
b. 1704 ; Moses, b. 1707 ; Nathan, of Lunenbm'g, the father of Nathan of 
Fitzwilliam, b. 1715, and Jonathan, b. 1719. The following registers 
present conchisive proof that the descendants of Abel Platts, of Rindge, 
are exceedingly numerous. Those in the male line retaining the name 
are easily enumerated, but in the descendants of the daus. the number is 
still greater. From his dau. Mary are descended the Isaac Wood family, 
with numerous branches, and the Gragg family. From Hannah have 
sprung an army of Jewetts, the Pipers, the Colburns, the Converses, the 
children and grandchildren of Walton Brooks, the family of Thomas 
Smith, and other names more recently intermarried. To the family of 
Capt. Joseph Platts add the Ameses, the Ruggs, and the Buttricks, and 
with all these include the multitude bearing names not mentioned who 
have gone abroad, then will Abel Platts appear not only the first settler. 
but the father of the town. 



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Capt. Abel Platts, son of Moses, and o-randson of 
Lieut. Abel, was b. in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 6, 1703-4. He 
md. in his native town, April 21, 1725, Mary Varnum, and 
in 1738 removed to Lunenburg. The same year, with 
Nathan Heywood, the surveyor, he came to this town in 
the capacity of chain-man, and assisted in tracino- the 
boundaries of the Massachusetts grant. With excellent 

judgment he selected the farm 
ow of Martin L. Goddard, 
!md many adjoining acres, 
and commenced his clearing as early as 1742. "His ax 
first awoke the echoes in the forests, and the untested 
soil received from his thrifty hand the first seed scattered 
in anticipation of fruitful harvests. Perhaps from fear of 
incursions by the Indians, during the continuance of the 
war which commenced in 1744, his labors Avere inter- 
rupted; but in 1751, or the following year, he commenced 
a permanent residence in this toAvn upon the shore of 
Pool Pond, having given the other lot to his eldest son. 
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HISTORY OF RINBGE. j 

Between 1738 and 1751 his family had remained nearly 
all^ of the time in Lunenburg, and he had served one cam- 
paign at least in the wars, and had participated in the 
capture of Louisburg. In the new township he was an 
active and influential citizen, and Avas frequently ai)i)ointed 
on important committees. He d. July 23, 1777. His will, 
dated July 3, 1771, was soon after entered in probate. 
To his son Joseph, probably on account of a former gift 
of land, he only bequeaths " ray blacksmith tools Avhich I 
esteem to be worth five pounds." To Abel, Jr., he left all 
his real estate, being lots 16 and 17 in the eighth range. 
He also mentions his wife Mary, his dau. Hannah Jewett, 
and his granddau. Elizabeth Wood. She was the dau. of 
Michael and Mary (Platts) Wood, and subsequently the 
wife of Daniel Gragg, of Rindge. His widow was buried 
upon the farm, but the date of her death is unknown. 



I. Joseph, b. 1726. -f- 
II. 3Iary, b. ; md. 



in Lunenburg, Dec. 2, 1745, 



Michael Wood, q. v. 

III. Abel, b. in Lunenburg, March 28, 1738. + 

IV. Hannah, b. in Lunenburg, Jan. 13, 1741 ; md. June 

16, 1759, Ezekiel Jewett, q. v. 
V. Sarah, b. in Lunenburg, Sept. 4, 1744. Sarah 
Platts admitted to the church in Rindge, Jan. 
26, 1766, by letter from the church in Lunen- 
burg. Perhaps the second wife of Ensign 
Joseph Platts is meant, as this dau. is said to 
have d. at eight or ten years of age. 



Ensign Joseph Platts settled in Rindge as early as 
1752. The conflict of titles between him and the Maso- 
nian pro])rietors is given in Chap. II., and need not be 
repeated in this connection. He resided upon the same 
farm until his death, but during several years the man- 
agement dcA^olved upon his son, Capt. Joseph. He md. 
Nov. 16, 1752, Deborah Page, dau. of Joseph and Debo- 
rah (Gould) Page, q.v.; she d., leaving tlirec children, 
and he md. (2d), Oct. 2, 1760, Mrs. Sarah Bowers, widow 
of Nehimiah Bowers, and dau. of Samuel Larrabee, q.v.y 
she d., also leaving three children, and he md. (3d) Mrs. 
Elizabeth (Page) Wright, a sister of his first wife, and 
widow of Thomas Wright, who d. in Lunenburg 1777. 
By Mr. Wright she had three children. Ensign Joseph 
Platts d. Aug. 25, 1817, aged 91 ; his widow d. Sept. 28, 
1824, aged 83. 

I. 3fercy, b. Oct. 20, 1753 ; d. young. 
II. Joseph, b. 1755; bap. Aug. 31. -f- 
III, Hannah, b. 1758; bap. March 5; md. Ajn-il 9, 
1777, Samuel Parker, q. v. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 639 

Children of second wife : — 

IV. Ehenezer, b. 1761. -f 
V. Abigail, b. 1766; bap. Nov. 17; md. Aug. 11, 

1785, Ezekiel Jewett, Jr., her cousin, q. v. 
VI. David, b. 1767 ; bap. Dec. 27 ; probably d. young. 



Abel Platts, Jr., md. April 26, 1759, Phebe Wether- 
bee, dau. of Hezekiah Wetherbee, q. v. He resided 
upon the old homestead in Rindge, where he d. March 6 
1819; his widow d., at the residence of her grandson, 
Hosea, in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 3, 1841, aged 101 years, 4 
months, and 24 days. He and his son Abel were both 
styled junior, and it cannot be determined with absolute 
certainty Avhich is referred to in all cases. It is probable 
that it was the father who was a member of Capt. Hale's, 
Capt. Brown's, and Capt. Stone's Companies. ( Vide pn 
108,135,136.) 

I. Mary, b. Jan. 31, 1760. 

II. Abel, (Jr.), b. Dec. 10, 1761. + 

III. Phebe, b. Nov. 11, 1763. 

IV. Asa, b. May 28, 1766. + 
V. /Sarah, b. June 18, 1768. 

VI. Zuci/, b. April 2, 1771 ; md. Jan. 28, 1787, Daniel 

Gilson, and resided at Mt. Holley, Vermont. 
VII. JJolley, b. Sept. 14, 1773. "Betsey, dau. of Dolley 
Platts, b. in Rindge Feb. 8, 1796.'' Town records. 
VIII. Buth, b. Feb. 29, 1776 ; md. March 17, 1799, Joel 
Chamberlain. 
IX. Aaron, b. Nov. 2, 1778. 
X. Arajn, b. March 30, 1781. 
XI. Huldah, b. July 3, 1783. 



Capt. Joseph Platts, son of Ensign Joseph, md. 
March 24, 1778, Abigail Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and 
Mary (Holden) Sawtell, q. v. He settled on the farm of 
his father, of which he soon acquired possession. He 
was in the Revolutionary service on four occasions {vide 
pp. 108, 136, 140, 164), was selectman 1796, and held other 
positions of trust. He d. March 29, 1799, and his widow 
md. (2d) Enos Lake, q. v. 

I. Sally, b. Sept. 6, 1778; md. Jeremiah Ames, q. v. 
II. Debby, b. Jan. 28, 1781. 

III. Joseph, b. March 6, 1784. -|- 

IV. John Varnum, b. April 22, 1786. -(- 

v. Josiah S., b. April 28, 1788; md. Oct. 31, 1811, 
Lydia Walton, dau. of William Walton, q. v. 
In 1812 they removed from town. 
VI. Cynthia, b, June 8, 1790 ; md. Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 



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HISTORY OF BINBGE. 



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VIII. 
IX. 



Warham Ji., h. July 18, 1792; md. Sallie Harvey, 
of Chesterfield, where he continued to reside 
until his death in 1872. He was sheriff of Che 
shire county. 

Fanny^ b. July 14, 1794 ; md. Amos Buttrick, q. v. 

Phinehas, b. Aug. — , 1796. 



Ebenezer Platts, son of Ensign Joseph, had a saw- 
mill on Platts' Brook, near the highway leading from 
Converseville to the residence of Gilman P. Wellington. 
He was in the Revolutionary army. ( Vide pp. 164, 166.) 
He removed, about 1800, to Vermont, where his wife 
Priscilla d. March 9, 1806, aged 43. His name upon the 
Rindge records is frequently written Eben. Eight of 
his eleven children were b. in Rindge. 

I. Betsei/, b. Sept. 27, 1782; md. Avery; lived 

in Orford, N. H. 
II. Sukey, b. April 4, 1784; was md. and removed to 
the West. 

III. Eben, b. April 22, 1786 ; settled in Montreal ; had 

a family. 

IV. Parmer, or Palmer, b. June 26, 1790 ; resided in 

Claremont, N. H. 
V. Lucy, b. Sept. 25, 1792 ; removed to the West. 
VI. Priscilla, b. April 3, 1794. 

VII. Pavid, b. March 11, 1796; resided in Vershire, 
Vt. ; md. Ellen Fuller. He wrote his name 
Piatt. Among his fourteen children is Horace 
Piatt, of Fitchburg. 

VIII. Sallie, b. Aug. 16, 1798 ; md. Norcross ; lived 

in Maine, and later in CleA'^eland, Ohio. 
IX. Joseph, b. May 2, 1800. 
X. Mahala, b. May 12, 1802. 
XI. Almira, b. Feb. 26, 1804. 



Abel Platts, Jr., son of Abel, Jr., md. Dec. 26, 1786, 
Meletiah Metcalf, dau. of Lieut. George Metcalf, q. v. In 
1781 he enlisted into the Continental service, and re- 
mained in the army until the close of the war. About 
1802 he removed to the State of New York, and d. 
at or near Sacket's Harbor in 1812. Previous to his 
removal, four children were b. in Rindge. 

I. Henrietta, b. May 19, 1788. 
II. Martin, b. May 8, 1790. 

iiL Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1793 ; md. Sophia Piper, q. v. ; 
resided in Watertown, N. Y., and in Fairfield, 
Mich. Two sons and two daus. 
IV. Asa, b. Jan. 6, 1796; d. 1812. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 641 

Asa Platts, son of Abel, Jr., md. Jan. 29, 1799, 
Rebecca Buswell, dau. of John Buswell, q. v. He was a 
successful farmer, and lived in the old Ninth School Dis- 
trict. ( Vide p. 284.) He d. March 18, 1848, aged nearly ' 
82 ; his wife d. March -zO, 1848, aged nearly 76. 

I. Hebecca, b. Sept. 30, 1800; d. unmd. Dec. 25, 

1824. 
II. Asa, b. Feb 27, 1802. + 

III. Ifosea, b. Feb. 17, 1804.4- 

IV. Harvey, b. Nov. 1, 1805; was for a short time 

engaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware 
with Levi Howe and StejDhen Jewett. In 1852 
he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he d. Sept. 20, 
of that year. He rad. Oct. 13, 1829, Harriet 
Davis, who d. Oct. 10, 1852. Their dau. Susan- 
nah d. Oct. 11, 1852, and the other children 
removed to the West. They were Henry H., 
who md. Emily Sawtell, dau. of Solomon Saw- 
tell, 2d, Asa, Charles, George, Jonathan, Sally, 
Silas, and Abel. 
V. Almon, b. Feb. 22, 1808; md. Dec. 29, 1841, Abbv 
M. Howe, of Portsmouth, N. H. He was 
engaged in the lumber business, and d. in Bos- 
ton, Oct. 7, 1862. 

1. Maria Victoria, b. Nov. 14, 1842; d. Sept. 

13, 1847. 

2. Henry Almon, b. Jan. 20, 1845; d. March 

11, 1846. 

3. Georgiana, b. Dec. 1, 1847; resides in 

Boston. 

4. Ella M., b. Sept. 1, 1850 ; resides in Boston. 

5. Almon, b. May 12, 1856; d. March 7, 1864. 

VI. Laura, b. Nov. 13, 1809; md. April 12, 1832, 

Jonathan Peirce, q. v. 
VII. John, b. Nov. 8, 1811; md. March 26, 1840, Nancy 
W. Stearns, dau. of Capt. Freeborn Stearns, 
q. v.; she d. Oct. 17, 1847; rad. (2d) March 
16, 1856, Louisa (Adams) Hale, widow of Mar- 
shall A. Hale, q. v., and dau. of Israel Adams, 
q. V. He has resided in Boston since 1835, and 
for the past twenty years has been a commis- 
sioned surveyor of lumber for the Suffolk Dis- 
trict. His residence is in Charlestown District. 

1. John Franklin, b. May 13, 1841. 

2. Harriet Maria, b. July 12, 1842; d. Oct. 26, 

1843. 

3. Ellen EUza, b. March 8, 1844. 



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HISTORY OF EINDGE. 

4. Edwin Morton, b. May 29, 1845 ; he was in 

the Union army, and was killed at the 
battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 1^1, 
1863. 

5. Infant son, b. and d. Oct. 17, 1847. 

6. Harvey Adams, b. March 14, 1857. 

VIII. I'hebe, b. April 24, 1814; md. Dec. 10, 1835, John 
Barrett. She is now residing, his widow, in 
Boston. 



Joseph Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, md. Charlotte, 
dau. of Thomas and Lucy Ames, or Eames, of Rindge. 
He resided upon the Bixby place, and d. from exposure 
April 14, 1836; his widow d. May 29, 1856. 

I. Addison, b. June 25, 1810; md. Harriet Laws; 
resides in Waltham, Mass. ; one dau. living. 

1. Henrietta. 

11. Charlotte A.,h.Oct. 3, 1812; d., unmd., Oct. 9, 
1855. 
Phinehas, b. Feb. 8, 1815 ; md. Lucy Vinall ; re- 
sides in Waltham. 



Ill 



1. 



Edwin A.; 
Waltham. 



md. Lucy Chase ; resides in 



IV. Abigail S., b. June 6, 1817 ; md. Sept. 20, 1854, 
Luke S. Rugg, son of Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 



John Varistum Platts, son of Capt. Joseph, md. May 
2, 1811, Maria Demary, dau. of Ezekiel Demary, q. v. He 
resided in Rindge, where he d. May 6, 1839 ; his wife d. 
Feb. 4, 1834. 

I. Joh}i Varnum, Jr., md. (pub. Dec. 11), 1840, 
Louisa D. Bill, of Gilsum, N. H. Removed, 1849, 
to Ashburnham, Mass. 

II. Caroline, b. ; md. April 4, 1833, William 

Dana ; removed to State of New York. 

III. Maria, b. 1815; d., unmd., June 4, 1842. 

IV. Cynthia, b. 1817 ; md. April, 1837, A. A. Fowle, q. v. 
V. Famiy D., b. 1820; md. April 16, 1841, A. A. 

Fowle, q. v. 
VI. Bowena, b. 1824; d,, unmd., Nov. 10, 1848. 

VII. Aaron E., b. 1828; md. Oct. 13, 1853, Susan R. 

Wetherbee, dau. of Joseph Wetherbee, q. v., and 
in 1855 removed to Kansas ; now live in Kanwa- 
kee, in that State. 

1. Susan. 

VIII. Eliza, b. 1830 ; d., unmd., April 3, 1846. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 643 

Asa Platts, son of Aas, md, Aug. 2, 1832, Frances 
Jones, dau. of Asa Jones, q. v., Avho d. April 20, 1836, and 
he md, (2d) Fidelia (Emerson) Pratt widow of Moses 
S, Pratt, and dau. of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Symonds) 
Emerson of Reading, Mass. Mr. Platts resided, until 
1853, upon a farm near West Rindge, and then removed 
to the house now occupied by his son, Anson A. Platts, 
and for several years had a mill which stood upon the 
site of the wheelwright shop of E. B. Cutter. He d. Nov. 
28, 1873. 

I. Maria F., b. May 13, 1839 ; md. Feb. 25, 1868, 

J. Wallace English; she d. March 16, 1871. 

II. Asa Anson, b. Sept. 20, 1841 ; d. Jan. 11, 1843. 

III. Ahnon A., b. July 18, 1845. He has pursued a 

regular course of study, and is a civil engineer, 
in Stoneham, Mass. 

IV. Anson A., twin, b. July 18, 1845; md. June 29, 

1869, Cynthia L. Lawrence, dau, of William and 
Lucinda (Lowell) Lawrence, q. v. They reside 
in Rindge. 
V. Martin TK, b. July 13, 1849; d. Aug, 26, 1849. 
VI, Lyman TFi, b. Sept, 11, 1852; a clerk; resides in 
Troy, N. H. 

HosEA Platts, son of Asa, md. April 14, 1831, Nancv 
Smith, b. Aug. 11, 1807, dau. of Elijah T. Smith. He is a 
farmer in Fitzwilliam. They have had eleven children. 

I. Hosea Oshorn, b. March 8, 1832; md. Emily 
Hodge. 

II. Nancy Ann, b. March 11, 1833; md. Geo. J. Strat- 

ton; d. Feb. 11, 1865. 

III. Elijah Smith, b. Oct. 18, 1834; d. March 27, 1837. 

IV. Mary Rebecca, b. July 12, 1836 ; md. George A. 

Whittemore, Esq.; d. Dec. 13, 1872. 
V. John Aicstin, b. Sept. 16, 1838; md. Feb, 13, 1864, 
Susie C, Crowell, dau, of ChristO]iher and Anna 
(Gibbs) Crowell, of Westminster, Vt. They have 
three children. 
VI. /Sarah Maria, b. Sept. 28, 1840 ; md. Sylvester 
Underwood, Reside in St, Johnsbury, Vt, 

VII, Elijah Thayer, b. Aug, 30, 1842; md, June 25, 

1868, Ellen M. Bennett, dau, of Lyman and 
Lucinda (Wellington) Bennett, q. v. They re- 
side in Rindge. Two children. 

VIII. Henrietta Ellen, b, Oct, 13, 1844, 

IX. Charles Frederick, b, April 22, 1847 ; md. Nov. 27, 
1867, Julia M, Stearns, dau, of Col. George W. 
Stearns, q. v. He is a merchant in Rindge. 
X. H. Afjnes, b. July 13, 1849 ; d-. Nov, 5, 1867, 



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XI. Frank Warren, h. Oct. 16, 1851 ; rad. Martha 
Emerson. Resides in Marlboro, N. H. 



Joseph Pollard was taxed 18U3-1809, James Pollard, 
1805-1831 ; William Pollard, 1848-1865 ; but the records 
preserve no memoranda of their families. Levi Pollard, 
son of Levi, of Winchendon, was also in this town several 
years, and Abel Pollard, a blacksmith, was here 1809, until 
his death Oct. 29, 18"26, aged 41. A part of this time he 
lived in the Dea. Breed house, and occupied the Hunt 
shop. The children of Abel Pollard and Sukey, his wife, 
b. in Rindge were : — 

I. Dawson, b. Jan. 8, 1810. 
n. Grata, b. Sept. 16, 1812. 

III. Sukey, b. Jan. 3, 1816. 

IV. Martha, b. April 27, 1818. 



Nehemiah Porteb came from Weymouth near the 
close of the year 1771. He served several months in 
the army {vide j). 110). He removed or d. between 1780 
and 1793. His children b. between 1750 and 1771, were 
as follows: Nehemiah, Joseph, Benjamin, Silvanus, Sarah, 
Lydia, Ebenezer, and Mary. 



Moses Porter, from Newbury, was in Rindge 1825-31, 
but no connected record of his family can be given. He 
occupied the same farm for a time with Benjamin Barker 
with whom he was in some way connected by marriage. 
His son resided with him. His wife d. Jan. 4, 1828, and 
dau. Mary d. Feb. 3, 1828. 



Oilman Powers, md. March 10, 1833, Sarah Clark, 
dau. of Luther and Sarah (Walker) Clark, of Hubbards- 
ton, Mass., a descendant of Hugh Clark, the emigrant. 
They resided in Rindge a few years. Their children were : 

I. Henry Newell, b. Oct. 15, 1833 ; d. Aug. 13, 1834. 
II. Charles Thurston, b. Sept. 13, 1836. 

III. Henry Ne%oell, b. June 29, 1839. 

IV. Arethusa Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1841. 
V. Augustus Gilman, b. June 22, 1844. 



John Prichard, of Boxford, Mass., md. Sept. 24, 1767, 
Lucy Wood, and removed to Rindge previous to 1770. 
"Being very sick and weak in body," he made a will, 
March 30, 1775, and d. July 3, following. His widow md. 
Nov. 10, 1781, Eliakim Darling, q. v. Their eldest child 
was b. in Boxford, the others in Rindge. 

I. Martha, b. May 6, 1768. 
II. iMcy, b. Feb. 1, 1770. 
m. John, b. Oct. 28, 1771. 



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IV. I'aul, b. Aug. 1, 1773. 
V. Hannah, h. Aug. 10, 1775 ; posthumous. 



John Prichaed, and wife Lovisa, were in Rindge 
1815-21. Perhaps this John was number four of this 
register; if so, he returned after an absence from this 
town ; or, possibly, he was a son of Paul, of New Ipswich. 
Two children were b. in Rindge. 

I. George Washington, b. March 18, 1816. 
II. Nancy, b. June 24, 1819. 



John Priest, b. 1761 ; md. Rebecca Gibson, b. 1765, 
and came to Rindge about 1785. He resided near the 
residence of Asa and Charles E. Stickney. He i-emoved 
from this town 1811 ; his wife d. 1814, and he d. April 12, 
1830. His sons have a most honorable record in mercan- 
tile and other pursuits, 

I, John Fox, b. May 30, 1786. He was an importer 
of iron and steel, and an extensive dealer in hard- 
ware, Boston. He md. 'Catherine Brewer Ma- 
rean. Of their thirteen children, several d. in 
childhood or youth ; (1) Sarah A., the eldest, md. 

Hall, of Boston ; (2) John Lothrop, resides 

in Boston ; (3) Catherine Brewer, md., 1841, Sam- 
uel Hammond Gibbens, Esq., son of Col. Daniel 
and Mary L. (King) Gibbens, and a brother 
of the wife of Thomas Sherwin ; their son, Fred- 
erick H. Gibbens, is Treasurer of the Delaware, 
Lackawana and Western Railroad Company, 
office in New York ; (4) George A., resides in 
Boston ; (5) Adaline M., md. — -— Lewis, of 
Boston ; (6) Ellen Marean, md. — ^ Kingsbury; 
md. (2d) -^ Langford, of Bosto'n. , /,^/: 7^ 
II. Josiah, b. Feb. 14, 1788, resided in Luntoburg, 
Mass. 

III. Abraham Gibson, b. July 10, 1791. At the re- 

quest of a maternal uncle, he assumed' the name 
of Abraham Priest Gibson. He was consul 
many years at St. Petersburg, Russia, and d., 
unmd., in England, jDossessed of considerable 
wealth. 

IV. Warham, b. May 26, 1793. 

V. Rebecca, b. May 15, 1795 ; md. Hayward. 

VI. Dole Johnson, b. April 26, 1796. 
VII. Joel, b. May 11, 1799 ; a merchant in Boston. 
VIII. Miranda, b. July 16, 1802; md. Abraham G. Wy- 
man, a most worthy citizen of Boston. 
IX. Stillman G., b. Dec. 18, 1807; a merchant in Boston. 
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X. Fannie, b. June 12, 1809 ; md. Dr. Chandler, of 

Natick, Mass, 
XI. Joyias Seyward, b. July 6, 1812; a merchant in 

Watertown, Mass. 



Amos Ramsdell, son of Amos and Phebe (Henry) 
Ramsdell, was b. in Boston June 18, 1801. He md. Sept. 
10, 1830, Harriet Wright, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 4, 
1804, dan. of Liberty and Betsey Wright. Soon after 
his marriage he removed to this town, and engaged in the 
manufacture of wooden-ware and coarse lumber. He 
was a man of quiet manner, and of unfailing integi'ity. 
He d. March 5, 1862; she d. Oct. 5, 1874. 

I. Harriet Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1837 ; md. Nov. 

30, 1854, Joel Wellington, q. v. 
II. Charles Henry, b. Oct.l2, 1841 ; d. April 4, 1863. 



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Col. Jasies Ramsdell, a brother of Amos, was b. in 
Boston June 26, 1807; md. Nov. 16, 1837, Lucy Rice, 
dau. of Abijah and Sophia (Waters) Rice, q. v. Previ- 
ous to his remdval from New Ipswich to Rindge, he was 
lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of militia to which 
that town belonged. He was engaged, with his brother 
Amos, and later on his own account, in the manufacture 
of lumber. For a few years previous to his death he had 
mills in Benton, N. H. He d. Sept. 20, 1873. Four 
children were b. in Rindge. 

I. James Gardner, b. July 7, 1841 ; md. Sept. 30, 
1863, Julia Alice Carter. Resides in Philadel- 
phia. 
II. Cassius G., b. Oct. 30, 1845. Resides in San 
Francisco, Cal. 

III. Eva Josephine, b. April 14, 1854; md. June 17, 

1874, D. L. White, son of C. A. White, of 
Boston. 

IV. Lucy F., b. Feb. 13, 1856 ; d. March 16, 1856. 



Reuben Ramsdell, a brother of Amos and Col. James, 
was b. in New Ipswich Aug. 11, 1811. He md. in 
Rindge, Dec. 24, 1835, Lavina P. Converse, dau. of Joshua 
Converse, Esq., q. v. He resides in the east part of the 
tOAvn, where he has been, and continues, extensively en- 
gaged in the manufacture of wood-ware. ( Vide p. 305.) 

I. Henrietta Lovina, b. Nov. 3, 1836; d. Feb. 14, 

1842. 
n. Phebe Amaiida, b. Dec. 19, 1839; md. Dec. 21, 
1855, Edward Jewett, son of Stephen and 
Hannah (Barker) Jewett, q. v. 



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RAND. 

Daniel Rand was a resident of Shrewsbury, Mass., at the time of his 
marriage, Jan. 18, 1720, to Mary Keyes, b. Oct. 24, 1700, dau. of Col. John 
and Mary (Eames) Keyes, of Marlboro, and later of Shrewsbury, 
granddau. of Elias and Sarah (Blanford) Keyes, of Sudbury, and great- 
granddau. of Robert Keyes, the emigrant. In 1723, the house of Col. 
Keyes was burned in the night, and three of the brothers of Mrs. Rand 
perished in the flames. Mr. Rand was one of the founders of the church 
in Shrewsbury, and his son Solomon was the first child baptized after its 
organization, the pastor being Rev. Job Cushing, the father of Rev. 
John Cushing, D. D., of Ashburnham. His wife d. March 5, 1757, aged 
nearly 57, and he md. (2d) Mai'tha Bruce. The date of his death is not 
known. Solomon Rand, the eldest son of Daniel and Mary (Keyes) Rand, 
/ was b. March 13, 1723 ; md. Sept. 15, 1741, Deborah Dodge, dau. of Jabez 
-- Dodge, of Ijiswich and Shrewsbury, and a sister of Rev. Ezekiel Dodge, 
of Abington. He settled upon the farm formerly of his father, where he 
d. 1801, aged 78, and his widow, 1810, aged 84. Their sons, Daniel, Ezekiel, 
and Solomon, settled in Rindge. Their son Artemas was in Rindge a short 
time, but never became a permanent resident here. He subsequently d. 
in the Revolutionary army. 



Col. Daniel Rand, son of Solomon, grandson of 
Daniel, was b. in Shrewsbury, Oct. 15, 1742 ; he md. May 
21, 1767, Susannah Hemenway, b. April 16, 1746, dau. of 
Daniel and Ruth (Bigelow) Hemenway, of Shrewsbury. 
She was a cousin of the second wife of John Perry, of 
Rindge. They settled upon a lot of land since occupied 
by Gates Rand and Liberty Rand, and there resided until 
their death. In the Revolution, he was an ensign in the 
Lexington company, a lieutenant in Col. Isaac Wyman's 
regiment in 1776, and a captain in Col. Moore's regiment in 
1777 (pp. 108, 125, 141), and was several years a member of 
the committee of safety. In the militia, he was major m 
1782, and a colonel as early as 1785. He represented the 
town in the Legislature ten years, and was elected seven 
times to the board of selectmen. His su])erior ability was 
acknowledged by his townsmen in these rej)eated elections, 
while his faithful and able service, his strict integrity and 
unimpeachable character, are revealed in the light of his 
honorable career. He d. July 3, 1811; his widow d. 
Sept. 6, 1817, and were buried upon the homestead. 

Huth, b. May 20, 1768 ; md. William Moore, of 

Worcester, where she d. June 20, 1844. 
Warham, b. Jan. 30, 1770; d., unmd., Feb. 9, 

1792. 
Asenath, b. Oct. 22, 1771 ; md. Henry Smith, q. v. 
Hezinah, b. Oct. 2, 1773 ; md. Joseph Parker, q. v. 
Liberty, b. June 3, 1775 ; d., unmd.. May 21, 1804. 
Anna, b. Nov. 7, 1777; md. Jan. 26, 1800, Lewis 

Colburn, and removed to Plainfield, N. Y., 

where she d., 1801. 



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VIII. Susannah, b. Aug. 27, 1781. She was drowned in 
a well June 17, 1784. 

IX. Asa, b. Aug. 6, 1783. -|- 
X. Candice, b. Aug. 1, 1785 ; d., unmd., June 26, 1805. 

XI. Grata, b. May 10, 1787 ; md. Nov. 12, 1816, Rev. 
Luke Ainsworth Spofford, b. Nov. 5, 1785, son of 
Dea. Eleazer and Mary (Flint) Spofford, of Jaf- 
frey. He was a graduate of Middlebury College, 
1817, and was a devoted and faithful minister 
in Gilmanton, Brentwood, Lancaster, and Atkin- 
son, in this State, and was later engaged in mis- 
sionary labor. She d. in Williamsburg, Ohio, 
Feb. 25, 1851. Mr. Spofford d. in Rockport, 
Ind., Sept. 27, 1855. 

1. Richard Cecil, b. Dec. 22, 1817 ; a graduate 

of Amherst College. He studied divinity, 
and d. in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 
May 25, 1843. 

2. Mary Susan, b. Feb. 12, 1820; md. John 

R. Wiltsie, of Newburg, N. Y. 

3. Henry Martin, b. Sept. 8, 1821 ; a graduate 

of Amherst College, tutor at Amherst, 
now a Judge of the Supreme Coui't of 
Louisiana. He md. Ophelia Martin, of 
Pulaski, Tenn. 

4. Elizabeth Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1823; md. 

Eben Wears. They reside in Owensville, 
Ohio. 

5. Ainsworth Rand, b. Sept. 12, 1825; md. 

Sarah Partridge, of Medway, Mass. 
Since 1865 he has been Librarian of 
Congress. 

6. Ann M., b. Sept. 22, 1827; d. July 1, 1843. 



XII. Matilda, b. Dec. 20, 1794: 
croft, q. V. 



md. Timo.thy Ban- 



Gates Rand md. Nov. 1, 1803, Caty Towne, dau. of 
Dea. Francis Towne. He was selectman 1804, '10, '11, 
'21, and was frequently chosen on important coijamittees. 
He evinced an active interest in public schools and town 
affairs, and was a valuable citizen. He d. Jan. 21, 1858; 
she d. Aug. 14, 1859. 

I. Laura, b. April 4; d. Dec. 6, 1805. 

II. Warham, b. Nov. 13, 1806; md. April 6, 1837, 
Mariah Bartlett, dau. of Samuel Bartlett, of 
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ufacturing and in mercantile pursuits in several 
places. Returning to his native town in 1866, 
he resides, a farmer, upon a portion of the exten- 
sive farm of his grandfather. 

22 III. Liberty, twin, b. Nov. 13, 1806; md. June 20, 
1836, Abigail Whitney, who d. Oct. 4, 1840; and 
he md. (2d) Sept. 15, 1841, Azubah Whitney, 
her sister, dau. of Hananiah and Azubah Whit- 
ney, of Winchendon. Mr. Rand was selectman 
1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846. In 1867 he removed 
to Madison, Wis., where he d. May. 20, 1872. 

23 1. Marshall W., b. July 11, 1838; d. Jan. 12, 
1839. 

24 2. Henry H., b. Sept. 14, 1840; md. Jan. 1, 
1865, Harriet E. Lawrence, dau. of Will- 
iam and Lucinda (Lowell) Lawrence, q. v. 
They reside in Madison, Wis. 

25 IV. Caroline, b. Nov. 12, 1808 ; d., immd., July 4, 1830. 

26 V. Susannah JTemenway, h. Oct. 29, ISIO ; d., unmd., 
Sept. 8, 1831. 

27 VI. Daniel Towne, b. Aug. 13, 1812 ; md. Oct. 3, 1838, 
Julia Ann Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas Jewett, 
q. V. He d. at Eaton Rapids, Mich., Sept. 3, 
1843. 

28 1. Howard, b. Dec. 8, 1839 ; d. Sept. 17, 1862 
(vide pp. 317, 362). 

29 2. Thomas Gates, b. Sept. 3, 1841 ; d. Aug. 20, 
1842. 

30 VII. Asa Payson, b. Aug. 30, 1814; d. Oct. 3, 1814. 

31 VIII. Fanny Woodbury, b. Aug. 29, 1815 ; d. March 29, 
1823. 

32 IX. Asa Payson, b. Feb. 7, 1818; md. Oct. 23, 1838, 
Maria Murdock, dau. of James and Polly (Chap- 
lin) Murdock, of Winchendon. He is proprietor 
of a stone quarry in Westfield, Mass., and owns 
an extensive tract of land in Kansas, which fully 
engages his attention. They have no children. 

33 X. Gardner Thorndike, b. July 5, 1820; md. May 21, 
1845, Abigail D. Page, dau. of Joseph and Mary 

(Wilder) Page, q. v. She d. , and he md. 

(2d) Agnes Harvey. He is a physician in Char- 
lotte, Mich., and has been county treasurer 
several years. They have three children. 

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HISTORY OF RIJVDGE. 

XI. Leonard Gates, b. March 11, 1822; nid. Rachel 
Hall, of Napoleon, Mich. He was a merchant. 
He d. in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 22, 1849. 

1. Leonard G., b. Jan. 23, 1849. Is a telegraph 
operator. 



Rev. Asa Rand {vide p. 334) md. Nov. 6, 1812, 
Grata Payson, dau. of Rev. Seth Payson, D. D., q. v. 
She d., leaving two children, April 29, 1818. He md. 
(2d) Feb. 8, 1820, Clarissa Thorndike, dau. of Capt. 
Nicholas Thorndike. (She d., leaving three children, July 
7, 1825, and he md. (3d) July 6, 1826, Mary (Gushing) 
Coolidge, b. April 27, 1782, widoAv of Elisha Coolidge, of 
Boston, and dau. of Rev. John Gushing, D. D., of Ash- 
burnham. He d. in Ashburnham, Aug. 24, 1871 ; she d. 
June 12, 1871. 

I. Harriet JSFewell.h. Dec. 8, 1814; rad. Jan. 22, 1841, 
Rev. Russell S. Gook, then a Secretary of the 
American Tract Society. She d. Feb. 15, 1843. 
Like her mother, and her grandmother Payson, 
she Avas endowed with unusual graces of mind 
and character. A memoir of this excellent and 
accomplished lady was written by Mrs. L. H. 
Sigourney, and published in 1853. 
II. William Wilberforce, b. Dec. 8, 1816. He was 
l^repared for a collegiate course in the gi'ammar 
and Latin schools of Boston, and graduated at 
Bowdoin 1837, at Bangor Theological Seminary 
1840, and was ordained at Ganastota, N. Y., in 
Sept., 1841. In 1848, he removed to New York, 
and engaged in the publishing de])artment of 
the American Tract Society, and is now secre- 
tary of that department. He md., 1841, Marcia 
S. Dunning, dau. of Robert Dunning, Esq., of 
Brunswick," Me. ; she d. Nov. 11, 1844. Their 
two children d. in infancy. 

Ghildren of Rev. Asa and Glarissa (Thorndike) Rand : 

III. Thorndike, b. Nov. 15, 1820 ; md. Hannah P. Noursc, 
of Beverly, Mass. He d. at Bahia, Brazil, 1854, 
leaving one son and one dau. 
IV. Charles Asa, b. May 21, 1822; d. in Brownsville, 

Texas, July 7, 1863. 
V. Annie Thorndike, b. Oct. 26, 1824; md. John F. 
Nourse, principal of one of the Boston Public 
Schools. He d. Jan. 17, 1854, and she md. (2d) 
William Endicott, Jr., P^sq., of Boston. 



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Ens. Ezekiel Rand, a brother of Col. Daniel, was b. in 
Shrewsbury, March 24, 1747 ; nid. Anna Demary, dau. of 
John Demary, q. v. He was ah ensign in the Rindsje 
company at the battle of Bunker Hill, and remained with 
his company in the siege of Boston until the close of the 
year, and was an officer in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment 
in 1778. He was a man of character and good abilities; 
but for several years preceding his death he was insane. 
He d. March 17^ 1826; his widow d. Sept. 23, 1833. 

I. EzeUel, b. Nov. 26, 1780; md. 1805, Mary Stone, 
of Fitzmlliam, b. Nov. 1, 1782. They removed 
to Greensboro, Vt., where he d. Aug. 28, 1849. 
His ^^'idow d. at the residence of her dau., Mrs. 
Child, in Hyde Park, Feb. 13, 1868. 

1. Parkman S., b. Nov. 4, 1806; d. in Phila- 

delphia, unmd., Dec. 5, 1850. 

2. Carlos, b. Feb. 15, 1808 ; d. in Charlestown, 

Mass., unmd., April 13, 1827. 

3. Anna D., b. Sept. 20, 1809; d. in Jan., 

1811. 

4. Jasper, b. Aug. 17, 1811 ; resides in St. 

Albans, Vt. He has a family. 

5. Louisa M., b. Nov. 21, 1812; md. Sears 

Cook. They reside in Lyme, N. H. One 
child. 

6. Abner S., b. Feb. 11, 1815; d. in Greens- 

boro, unmd., Nov. 21, 1848. 

7. Chertina, b. Jan. 26, 1817; md. John A. 

Child. She resides, his widow, in Hyde 
Park, Vt. 

8. Frederick, b. June 6, 1819. He is a lawyer 

in Indianapolis, Ind. Two daus. 

9. Mary Jane, b. July 6, 1821 ; md. Dea. 

Hamilton, of Lyme, N. H. ; d., s. »., Dec. 5, 
1858. 
10. Nelson, b. March 7, 1824, resides in Crafts- 
bury, Vt. 

II. Asaph, b. Nov. 24, 1782 ; md. in Perry, Me., July 
1, 1817, Lucinda Gushing, b. Sept. 5, 1791, in 
Pembroke, N. H. From Maine, he removed to 
Tam worth, N. H. He d. Sept. 27, 1868, aged 
nearly 86. 

1. Ezekiel D., b. in Perry, Me., March 12, 

1818. 

2. Alfred P., b. Nov. 11, 1819; d. in Charles- 

town, Mass., Jan. 4, 1846. 

3. Thomas C, b. in Tamworth ; md. 1845, and 

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4. Susan A., b. Oct. 16, 1823; md. Feb. 10, 

1859, George V. Smith. 

5. Jasper, b. April 9, 1826; resides in Lewis- 

ton, Idaho. 

6. Asaph, b, July 25, 1828; resides in Weare, 

N. H. 

7. Parkman, b. Dec. 8, 1830; d. Oct. 7, 1834. 

8. Lucy, b. Oct. 21, 1835. 

III. Absalom, b. Sept. 3, 1784; md. Sept. 28, 1806, 
Mary Winship, of Charlestown, Mass., where he 
resided xxntil his death. His wife d,, leaving 
seven children. May 21, 1818; he md. (2d) Nov. 
25, 1821, Sarah Gill, of Concord, Mass., who d. 
June 23, 1857. He d. April 5, 1855. The chil- 
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Children of second wife : — 

8. Edward T., b. Dec. 19, 1829; resides in 

Charlestown, Mass., where he conducts an 
extensive business in the manufacture of 
soaps of various kinds. 

9. Sarah, b. Jan. 6, 1826. 

10. Benjamin S., b. May 9, 1828. 

11. Hannah G., b. July 23, 1830. 

12. Caroline, b. April 26, 1833. 

13. John F., b. March 29, 1838. 

IV. Jasper, b. Aug. 11, 1791 ; md. April 10, 1833, Sarah 
Peirce, dau. of Abraham Peirce, q. v. He was a 
farmer, and resided upon the homestead ; d. /elo 
de se, Nov. 14, 1837, and his widow md. (2d) 
Christopher Smith, a native of England. He d. 
Jan. 26, 1862 ; she resides in Rindge. Mr. Rand 
left two children. 

1. Caroline A., b. Oct. 10, 1833; md. Augus- 

tus Rugg, son of Thomas Rugg, Jr., q. v. 

2. John Warren, b. March 28, 183- ; resides 

in Winchendon. 



Capt. Solomon Rand, b. in Shrewsbury, March 5, 
1750; md. June 22, 1774, Sally Adams, of Grafton, Mass. 
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the war was a captain of the militia. He was selectman 
in 1782, and was a useful, intellis^ent citizen. He d. 
April 27, 1827 ; his wife d. Feb. 18, 1815. 

I. jSalli/, b. April 8, 1776 ; md. Silas Demary, q. v. 
II. Debbt/, b. Jan. 17, 1778 ; md. Jacob Perkins, q.v. 

III. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1781; md. William Wil- 

son, q. V. 

IV. Lucy, b. July 24, 1785 ; md. Greene Towne, q. v. 
V. Leonard, b. March 15, 1788.-4" 

VI. Polly, b. March 14, 1790 ; md. James Bowers, q. v. 
VII. Andrew, b. Aug. 4, 1792 ; d. March 19, 1793. 

Leoxard Rand, son of Capt. Solomon, md. Nov. 17, 
1812, Sally Hubbard, dau. of Dea. Hezekiah Hubbard, 
q. V. They resided in Rindge, where he d. Feb. 26, 1816, 
and his Avidow md. (2d) Daniel Norcross, q. v. 

I. Solomon H., b. Jan. 1, 1815; md. June 7, 1843, E. 

Emeline, dau. of Capt. Salmon Allen, q. v. They 

resided in Jaffrey. He d. about 1861. 
II. Sarah A., b. Aug. 11, 1816; md. Emerson Howe, 

son of Peter Howe, of Rindge. They reside in 

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RAYMOND. 

The Raymonds of Rindge were from Winchendon, and were descend- 
ants of Paul Raymond, son of Paul, who was b. in Salem, Mass., May 12, 
1732 ; md., 1755, Abigail Jones, b, in Weston April 20, 1733, dau. of 
James and Abigail (Garfield) Jones, and a descendant of Lewis Jones, 
who d. in Watertown about 1683. After their marriage they removed to 
Holden, and from thence to Winchendon, where he d. 1817. His wife d. 
1809. Among their children were Capt. Joel Raymond, and Silas, who 
resided in Rindge. Another son, Paul Raymond, Jr., md. Sarah Gale, 
and in Winchendon had nine children. Of these, Sally, b. June 28, 1789, 
md. Benjamin Peirce, of Rindge ; Harriet, b. Nov. 1, 1803, md. Liberty 
Thomas ; and Smnner, b. April 5, 1799, was a 'resident of this towai for 
several years. Jesse Raymond, another son of Paul and Abigail (Jones) 
Raymond, b. May 4, 1769, md. Polly Miller ; and of their children Charles 
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in early life, and subsequently rad. Mary Ball, of Holden. 
As a farmer, merchant, and proprietor of extensive tracts 
of land, he was reasonably successful in business, and his 
influence at all times was among the controlling forces in 
the community. He d. Nov. 30, 1840. His widow d. 
Jan. 1, 1848, aged 85. 

I. Laughter, b. Sept. 1, 1789 ; d. July 2, 1790. 

II. Laughter, twin, b. Sept. 1, 1789; d. July 8, 1790. 

III. Polly, b. Nov. 9, 1791 ; md. Amos Cutler, Jr., q. v. 

IV. Linda, b. ; md. Benj. Ward, Esq.; md. (2d) 

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Silas Raymond, brother of Capt. Joel, b. Oct. 15, 1771, 

He md, Ruth , and resided 1797-1803 in this town, 

where four children were b. 

I. Charles, b. May 13, 1797. 

II. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1799. 

III. Sophronia, b. April 19, 1800. 

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Sumner Raymond, son of Paul, Jr., b. April 5, 1799. 
Resided in Rindge from his youth until 1834. He was a 
tanner, and the foundation of the buildings occupied by 
him can be seen south of the highway, and a short dis- 
tance east of the residence of Charles F. Stearns. He 
md. Dec. 19, 1824, Irene Jewett, dau. of Dr. Thomas 
Jewett. After leaving this town he made a brief stay in 
several towns, and subsequently removed to Moline, 111. 
His wife d. in Marlboro, N. H., Aug. 29, 1847. He d. in 
Moline Jan. 20, 1869. 

I. JElmira Green, b. Nov. 29, 1825; md., 1850, 
Franklin J. Carlton. Surviving her husband, 
she d. in Shirley, Mass., s. p., April 24, 1857. 
II. Cynthia Ann, b. Jan. 25, 1829 ; md. at Marlboro, 
July 19, 1853, Charles R. Whitcomb. Reside in 
Winchendon. No children. 

III. Thomas, b. May 2, 1831; md. at Moline, 1856, 

Hannah Lawton. 

IV. Rebecca, twin, b. May 2, 1831 ; d. June 25, 1832. 
V. William, b. Oct. 21, 1833 ; d. in Moline, unmd., 

April ^9, 1860. 
VI. Samuel, b. at Bellows Falls, Vt., March 10, 1839 ; 
member of the 3d Minnesota Vols. ; d. on board 
the steamer " Undine," bound for Fort Donald- 
son March 22, 1862. 



Joel Raymond, son of Jesse, b. June 3, 1798. He was 
a farmer in Rindge; md. Jan. — , 1827, Maria Shurtleff, 
dau. of Asahel and Sarah (Dewey) Shurtleff. He d. 
March 19, 1845, and his widow resides Avith her sons in 
Jaffrey. 

I. Benjamin Ward, b. Nov. 23, 1827; d. May 9, 

1829. 
n. Orlando J.,h. Sept. 7, 1829; md. Jan. 20, 1859, 
Hattie E. Giles (Russell Register, No. 126). He 
was selectman 1868, '69, '70, '71. Removed to 
Jaffrey 1872. 



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1. Ernest Orlando, b. Nov. 16, 1866. 

III. Asahel Shurtleff, b. May 24, 1832; md. Oct. 6, 

1869, Marietta A. Stowe, dau. of David and 
Mary (Converse) Stowe, q. v. With his brother, 
under the firm of O. J. & A. S. Raymond, was 
extensively engaged in the manufacture of nest- 
boxes in Rindge for several years. Removed to 
Jaffrey 1872. 

IV. Sarah Maria, b. March 12, 1835; md. Jan. 20, 

1859, Thomas Annett, of Jaffrey. She d. Feb. 
11, 1868; and he md. (2d) Mary Helen Bancroft, 
dau. of Dea. James Bancroft, q. v. 



Charles Raymond, a brother of Joel, 2d, b. July 23, 
1796. Resided a farmer in the south-west part of the 
town 1819-1821. He md. Charlotte Moors, who md. (2d) 
Silas Coffin, and returned to Rindge after an absence of 
more than fifty years. 



James Reed, son of Joshua and Susannah (Houghton) 
Reed, of Lexington, Mass., was b. Dec. 15, 1771, and was 
a resident of this toAvn at the time of his marriage. He 
was a descendant of William Reed, the emigrant, of 
Woburn, and a relative of Gen. James Reed, of Fitz- 
william, and Col. Samuel Reed, of Lunenburg. He md. 
Nov. 29, 1792, Susannah Stone, dau. of Capt. Salmon 
Stone, q. v. They resided in the south-east corner of the 
town, and many years were keepers of the toll-gate on 
the old turnpike. He d. Oct. 7, 1832. His widow md. 
(2d) John Fenno, and d. May 11, 1840. 

I. Hepsibeth, b. 1793 ; md. Amos Fenno, q. v. 
11. Joshua, b. 1795 ; md., 1816, Betsey Fenno, b. Jime 

29, 1795, a sister of John and Amos Fenno, q. v. 

He d. July 13, 1826; and she md. (2d) Nov. 9, 

1858, Samuel Buttrick. She d. Sept. 9, 1860. 

Children of Joshua and Betsey (Fenno) Reed : — 

1. James A., b. Jan. 21, 1818; md. Samantha 

Peterson, and removed to Jay, Maine, 
where he d. Dec. 14, 1870, leaving seven 
children. 

2. Charies, b. April 24, 1820 ; d. Sept. 20, 1824. 

3. Lewis, b. Sept. 29, 1822 ; md. Melissa Dar- 

ling. He d. in Walthara, leaving six 
children. 

4. Eliza Ann, b. July 10, 1825; d. Oct. 26, 

1844. 



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RICE. 

Edmund Rice, b. about 1594, came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, 
in England, and settled in Sudbury, 1639. He was selectman several 
years, one of the deacons of the church, and the recipient of several 
appointments from the General Court. He was one of the petitioners 
for the grant which afterwards was known as Marlboro, and subsequently 
removed to that place. His wife, Tamazine, d. in Sudbury June 13, 
1654; and he md. (2d) March 1, 1655, Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, widow of 
Thomas Brigham, the emigrant. He d. in Marlboro May 3, 1663, and 
was buried in Sudbury. His widow md. (3d), 1664, William Hunt, and 
d. Dec. 28, 1693. Thomas Rice (son of Edmund) and wife Mary resided 
in Sudbury until about 1664, when he removed to Marlboro, where he d. 
Nov. 16, 1681. His ninth child was James Rice, b. March 6, 1669; md. 
Sarah Stone, b. Feb. 14, 1675, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Ward) Stone, of 
Sudbury. He resided in Marlboro, Sudbury, and Worcester, where he d. 
Oct, 14, 1730. Zebadiah Rice, second son of James, was b. in Marlboro 
Nov. 23, 1698, and settled in Worcester, where he d. 1778. By wife Eliza- 
beth he had eight children, and among them was Samuel Rice, b. May 
9, 1742 ; he md. Dec. 6, 1765, Hepsibah Flint, of Concord, and settled in 
Ashby, where she d., in June, 1790 ; and he md. (2d) Mary Davis. He 
d., 1805, leaving eleven children. 

Abijah Rice, son of Samuel and Hepsibah (Flint) 
Rice, was b. March 31, 1786. He md., 1809, Sophia 
Waters, dau. of Rev. Cornelius and Sybel (Cxardner) 
Waters, of Ashby, Mass. They resided several years in 
New Ipswich, and in 1841 removed to the east part of 
this town. He was a farmer, a man of integrity, and 
unexceptionable character. He d. Aug. 14, 1865. She d. 
Aug. 23, 1865. 

I. Helen Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1810; md. Oscar Gasset, 
of Boston. She d. March 3, 1872. 

3 II. Emeline, b. April 16, 1812 ; md. Abel F. Farrar, q. v. 

4 III. Harriet F., b. May 16, 1814; md. James G. San- 
derson, of Boston. A dealer in beef, Quincy 
Market. An upright, honest man. 

IV. Jennie G., b. May 29, 1816; md. George W. 
Greene, son of Benj. Greene, of Boston. They 
reside in Milton, Mass. 

6 V. Lucy, b. June 7, 1818; md. Col. James Rams- 
dell, q. V. 

7 VI. Addison Gardner, b. Nov. 14, 1819; d., unmcl., 
July 5, 1860. 

vii. Harrison G., b. Dec. 24, 1821. -}- 
9 VIII. Bichard H, b. March 29,1824; md. Mary Reed. 
He d. at Victoria, Texas, about 1858, 

10 IX. Jerome, b. Nov. 22, 1825; md. Amanda Hill, of 
Conway, N. H. He d. in San Francisco, C!al., 
about 1862. 

11 X. Almira S., b. Sept, 28, 1828 ; md. E. L, Frothing- 
ham, Esq., of Boston. Their residence is now in 



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Milton, Mass. He is cashier in the Boston Cus- 
tom House. 
XI. Cornelius, b. and d. Dec. 22, 1830. 



Harrison G.Rice md. Elizabeth H.Wood, dau. of David 
and Mary (Earl) Wood. He is a farmer in Rindge. 
Selectman 1858, '59, and '60, and has been frequently 
elected to other positions of trust. 

I. George Greene, b. July 8, 1845 ; md. Oct. 29, 1873, 
Martha Hale, dau. of John F. Hale, q. v., a 
farmer, and resides upon the farm formerly of 
his grandfather, Abijah Rice. 
II. Sophia Waters, b. Jan. 15, 1847 ; d. July 24, 1857. 
HI. Mary Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1848. 
IV. Jennie Maria, b. Dec. 24, 1849; d. July 2, 1857. 
V. Hattie Frances, b. July 31, 1851 ; md. May 3, 1872, 
George M. Osborn, son of George Osborn. They 
reside in Peabody, Mass. 
VI. Ella Augusta, b. Feb. 22, 1853. 
VII. Walter Channing, b. May 6, 1855. 
viii. Emma Ida, b. June 14, 1857. 
IX. Harold Clifton, b. Aug. 9, 1859. 
X. Jessie, b. March 31, 1862. 
XI. Victor Hugo, b. Feb. 3, 1865. 



David Rice, son of David and Dorcas (Amidon) Rice, 
of Fitzwilliam, resided several years in West Rindge. 
He md., 1823, Fidelia Norton, and d. Oct. 4, 1864, leaving 
three children, John, Edwin, and Charles, of whom no 
record is received. 



I^'axon Rice, a brother of David, md. Rebecca Bacon, 
of Jaffrey. They reside in West Rindge. 

I. Elmer F., b. 1846; d. in the army {mde p. 324). 
II. Willis M., b. 1850 ; resides in Rindge. 



Elijah Rice, parentage unknown, and wife Martha 
were in this town at an early date. He d. Oct. 20, 1777. 

I. Levi, b. 1774 ; probably d. young. 
II. Paul, b. Nov. 7, 1775. 
III. Silas, b. Sept. 28, 1777. 



Thaddeus Richards, son of Daniel and Elizabeth 
(Richardson) Richards, and of the sixth generation of the 
descendants of Edward Richards, of Dedham, was b. in 
Newton, Mass., Sept. 9, 1770. He md. Dorothy Coolidge, 
b. Jan. 30, 1772, dau. of David and Dorothy (Stearns) Cool- 
idge, of Watertown, and granddau. of David and Mary 
(Mixer) Coolidge ; her maternal grandparents were Josiah 
and Dorothy (Prentice) Steartis, of Watertown. In 1820 



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Mr. Richards removed with his family to this town, and 
resided upon the farm subsequently owned many years by 
Samuel Stearns, and now by Stephen Hale. He d. in 
Rindge, March 29, 1829; she d. Aug. 16, 1847. They 
were persons of ability and refinement, and were highly 
respected by their acquaintances. 

I. Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1792 ; md. Ebenezer Noyes, of 
Newbury, Mass. They resided in Newton, Mass., 
where he d. Nov. 5, 1856. They had no chil- 
dren. 

II. Catherine, b. July 27, 1794; d. Jan. 21, 1796. 

III. David C, b. Oct. 19, 1796, was a merchant in the 

South, and last at Columbus, Miss., and has held 
several municipal and State oiRces. He md. 
Aug. 9, 1827, Elizabeth S. Parish, dau. of Henry 
and Elizabeth (Strother) Parish, of Tennessee; 
md. (2d) Sept. 15, 1848, Mary Pearce, dau. of 
John K. Pearce, of Newport, R. I. Their seven 
children were b. 1828-1853. 

IV. jEliza,h. Sept. 28, 1798; md. Capt. Ebenezer W. 

Brown, q. v.; md. (2d) Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 
V. Dorothy C., b. Jan. 30, 1801 ; a teacher; d., unmd., 

March 1, 1848. 
VI. ^arah G., b. Oct. 21, 1803; md. Dea. Marshall 

Adams, of Rindge, and New Boston, N. H., q. v. 
VII. Charlotte M., b. July 25, 1806; md. Dec. 25, 1850, 

James Crumble, of Nashua ; d., s. p., Sei^t. 19, 

1857. 
VIII. William 6\, b. June 20,1809 (vide p. SQO) ; md. 

July 6, 1841, Eliza G. Willard, b. April 30, 1818, 

dau. of Levi and Olive (Heyward) Willard, of 

Keene, N. H; 
IX. John, b. Oct. 20, 1811 ; a physician in Providence, 

R. I., and later in Taunton, Mass. He md. June 

9, 1839, Eliza W. Russell, dau. of Daniel and 

Mary ("Walker) Russell, of Providence. 



John Richards, son of John Richards, of Lunenburg, 
Mass., came to Rindge previous to 1814. At this time he 
was one of the Rindge soldiers at Portsmouth. He md. 
Nov. 20, 1821, Candice Page, and settled in the west part 
of the town, where he now resides. 



I. Eli jS., md. 
until 1867. 



Bosworth. Resided in Rindge 



Now lives in Winchendon. 
II. Augusta X., md. Chauncey Bosworth. They re- 
side in Fitzwilliara. 
III. Abram, md. Esther A. Demary, dau. of James L. 
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IV. John W., b. 1845 ; mcL, 1866, Mmy E. Hale, dau. 
of Charles and Mary Ann (Metcalf ) Hale, q. v. 
They reside in Winchendon. 



ROBBINS. 

There are several distinct families bearing the name of Robbins in 
New England. The families early in Rindge were descended from Rich- 
ard and Rebecca Robbins, who united with the church in Charlestown, 
Mass., May 24, 1640, and afterwards removed to Cambridge. Their son 
Nathaniel md. Aug. 4, 1669, Mary Braside, and d. 1719. Among their 
children was Joseph Robbins, b. in Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1689 ; md. Aug. 3, 
1709, Jane Dickson, and had several children ; among them was William 
Robbins, b. Jan. 2, 1711-12; md. July 13, 1733, Ruth Butterfield. They 
were the parents of William and David, who settled in Rindge. He md. 
(2d) Oct. 17, 1764, Hannah Hartwell, who survived him ; he d. Sept. 3, 
1773, aged 61. 



William Robbins, b. in Cambridge Aug. 20, 1740; 
md. May 9, 1766, Hannah Paine. He first came to 
Rindge in 1764, and soon after this date became a perma- 
nent resident of the settlement. With his brother David 
he purchased of his uncle, Edward Robbins, of Lan- 
caster, lots 20 in the first and 20 in the second range, 
and upon this land they settled, and continued to reside, 
until their death. His wife d. 1801 ; md. (2d) May 9, 
1802, Nancy Leland. He d. in Winchendon April 16, 
1824; his widow d. Dec. 29, 1861. A small portion of 
their land fell within the town of Winchendon, as the 
lines were subsequently established. 

I. JETannah,}). Dec. 22, 1767; md. Paul Stewart, of 

Winchendon, son of Jeremiah and Hannah 
Stewart. He was a brother of Richard, a 
pioneer manufacturer of wooden ware. She d. 
July 28, 1828. 

1. Enoch, b. in Winchendon May 17, 1791. 

Removed to New York State. 

2. Kezia, b. in Winchendon July 2, 1794; md. 

Oratio P. Hall, of Fitzwilliam. 

3. Joseph B., b. in Winchendon Nov. 19, 1797. 

II. William, b. April 26, 1770 ; md. Eunice Ware, of 

Fitzwilliam. They had eight children, Nahum, 
David, and sisters, but no record has been 
received. He resided in Fitzwilliam, Royalston, 
and Winchendon. He d. April 4, 1853. 

III. Daniel, b. Aug. 19, 1771 ; was insane ; d., unmd., 

1802. 

IV. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1774; md., 1804, Sarah Cutting, 

of Royalston, dau. of Nathan Cutting. They 
resided in Winchendon, where he d. Jan. 14, 
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1. Alonzo W., h. Nov. 15, 1805; d. young. 

2. Abigail E., b. March 23, 1808; md. Jacob 

Taylor, of Winchendon. He d. 1866. 

3. Joseph A., b. Oct. 10, 1809; d. young. 

4. Joseph A., b. May 22, 1811 ; md. Betsey 

Goodridge. He is a dealer in grain in 
Winchendon. 

5. Sarah Maria, b. May 1, 1813 ; md. Howard 

Sawin, and removed to California. 

6. Susan Sophia, twin, b. May 1, 1813 ; md. 

Wetherbee, and resides in Manches- 
ter, Vt. 

7. James Hervey. 

8. Frances, md. Jacob Taylor, not a relative 

of the Jacob Taylor who md. her sister. 
Removed to California. 

Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1776; md. Jan. 1, 1807, Sally 
Steele. -|- 

Lucy, child of second wife, b. May 30, 1803 ; md. 
Jan. 1, 1828, Daniel May, and resided in Winch- 
endon. She d. April 22, 1844. 



Samuel Robbins md. Jan. 1. 1807, Sally Steele, dau. 
of Samuel Steele, q. v. They resided in the south-west 
part of this town, and \\\)0\\ a part of the homestead. He 
d. Aug. 28, 1857 ; she d. March 9, 1861. 

I. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1807 ; md. Nov. 23, 1841, Oliver 
Wilder, of^Sullivan, N. H. She d. Aug. 8, 1843. 
II. Sabri7ia, b. Dec. 16, 1808; md. Jan. 4, 1831, Jason 
Keith, of Winchendon. She d. March 19, 1874. 
III. David A., b. June 24, 1810; md. Jan. 21, 1841, 
Betsey Coolidge, of Gardner, Mass., who d. April 
22, 1843. He md. (2d) June 30, 1844, Louisa 
Stone, of Winchendon. In 1865 he removed 
from Rindge to Sciota, 111. 

1. Mary S., b. Nov. 15, 1841; md. Nov. 3, 

1864, Horace E. Lovejoy. (Lovejoy Reg- 
ister No. 35.) 

2. Betsey C, b. April 16, 1843 ; d. May 6, 1864. 

Children by second wife : — 

3. Ostram A., b. July 30, 1845 ; md. Sept. 15, 

1870, Frances Spurgeon, of Greenbush, 111. 

4. Harlan S., b. May 28, 1848. 

5. Warren A., b. April 18, 1850. 

IV. Georye W., b. June 19, 1812; md. Nov. 27, 1841, 
Hannah E. Bugbee. He d. June 15, 1864. 



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V. Abiffail S., h. Aug. 29, 1814; md. Sept. 26, 1859, 

Uri Day, of Royalston, Mass. 
VI. Hut/iy, b.'july 23,' 1816; d. Oct. 9, 1819. 
VII. liachel P., b. April 23, 1818 ; d. Dec. 3, 1826. 
VIII. Samuel W., b. Aug. 16, 1820; md. Dec. 30, 1847, 
Mary Page, dau. of Joseph Page, q. v They 
reside in Peoria, 111. 



David Robbins, b. Jan. 27, 1742-3, settled in Rindge 
with his brother William, and with him built a saw-mill near 
their residence, but over the line in Winchendon, which 
was probably the third mill erected in this immediate vicin- 
ity. The land on which he settled has remained in the 
possession of his descendants, and is now the farm of James 
B. Robbins, Esq. He md. Marv Ballard, who d. June 29, 
1796; and he md. (2d) April 6, 1797, Eunice (Carlton) 
French, widow of Jonathan French, and dau. of William 
Carlton, q. v. He d. Jan. 31, 1811 ; his widow d. March 
28, 1853. 

I. I^ermelia, b. May 18, 1783 ; d. young. 
II. David, b. Dec. 1, 1784 ; d. young. 

III. Polly, b. March 4, 1786; md. Jonathan Kim- 

ball, q. V. 

IV. James, b. June 9, 1789. -j- 
V. David, b. July 18, 1791 ; d. at eleven years of age. 

VI. Ruthy, b. Aug. 9, 1792; md. Dea. Luther God- 
dard, q. v. 



James Robbins md. Sally White, dau. of Joel and 
Sarah (Cutting) White, of Royalston, Mass., and grand- 
dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Muzzy) White, of Spencer, 
Mass. He was a man of even temper and unimpeachable 
character, and was held in high esteem. He d. Nov. 27. 
1859. 

I. David Rallard, h. April 2, 1817; rad. Susan M. 

Bellows, of Leicester, where they reside. 
II. Joel White, b. May 16, 1819 ; he was killed Sept. 
18, 1835, by falling from a loaded wagon which 
passed over his body. 
III. James JBurnham, b. Nov. 13, 1821, md. June 9, 
1864, Mary T. Spaulding, dau. of Abel and Mary 
Ann (Stoughton) Spaulding, of Jaffrey. He is a 
farmer, and resides upon the old homestead. 
Was selectman, 1869, '70, '71, '72, and a member 
of the war committee, 1861-65. They have four 
children. 

1. Frank White, b. March 20, 1865. 

2. Arthur James, b. Julv 13, 1866. 

3. Minnie A., b. Jan. 30, 1871. 
4.. Sarah E.,b. Oct. 29, 1872. 

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IV. Benjamin FranJdin, b. Dec. 23, 1825 ; md. July 
28, 1852, Josephine A. Pearsons, a native of 
Maine ; she d., without issue, Dec. 4, 1865. He 
resides in Chicago, 111. 
V. Buth jS., b. April 10, 1829. 



David Robixson came from Bedford, Mass., 1777. He 
served two enlistments in the Kevolutionary army (vide 
pp. 140, 166). Later he was assisted by the town; he d. 
in Marlboro, N. H., 1814. 

I. Nathaniel, b. in Bedford, April 5, 1777. 
II. Jonathan, b. in Rindge, Feb. 27, 1779.-1- 

III. Buth, b. Sept. 14, 1781. 

IV. Susannah, b. Jan. 26, 1784. 
V. John, b. June 16, 1787. 

VI. Increase, b. June 16, 1789. 



JoisrATHAN Robinson md. Elizabeth , and resided 

in Rindge, where he d. June 24, 1823. 

. Hiram,\). 1811 ; md., 1843, Eliza A. Smith, dau. of 
Silas Smith, q. v. He d., leaving two children, 
June 18, 1855. 
II. Charles, md. Oct. 16, 1838, Elvira Fenno, dau. of 
Amos Fenno, q. v. She d., felo de se, March 7, 
1858. He d. in New Ipswich, about 1865. Their 
children were Elizabeth, Charles, James, Mary, 
Alfred J. 

III. John S., b. May 11, 1816 ; d., unmd., March 16, 

1836. 

IV. Infant, d. March 5, 1819. 

V. Horace E., b. Oct. 21, 1821 ; resides in Rindge. 



Thomas Rugg, a descendant of John Rugg, who d. in 
Lancaster, Mass., leaving ten children, about 1695, was b. 
Feb. 17, 1743, He md. Eunice Stickney, who d. soon 
after, leaving two children; and he md. (2d) Mehitable 
Houghton. In 1766 he removed from Sterling to Winch- 
endon, and served in the Revolution while a resident of 
that town. About 1790 he removed to Rindge, where he 
d. Dec. 29, 1811. His children were : — 

I. 7%omas, b. May 28, 1765.-[- 

II. Eunice, md. Jedediah Towne, and removed to 
Windsor, Vt. 

Children of second wife : — 

III. Polly, md. Dec. 26, 1827, Josiah Peirce, of 

Rindge, q. v. ; his second marriage. 

IV. Thirsda. 

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VI. William, b. Jan. 9, 1781. -\- 
VII. /Sahnon, lived and d. in Providence, R. I. 
VIII. Oliver, d. in Cuba. 

IX. Joseph, was 2d officer of a ship, and d., unrad., in 
New Orleans, La. 



TnoMAS RuGG, son of Thomas, md. June 6, 1787, Eliz- 
abeth Norcross, dau. of Lieut. Page Norcross, and settled 
with the parents of his wife upon the farm now owned 
by Nathan Woodbury. When a mere lad he entered the 
armv, and continued in the ser^dce through the last years 
of the war. He d. Nov. 8, 1846, aged 81. She d. April 
9, 1851, aged 81. 

I. iMA;e, b. July 15, 1788.+ 
II. Betsey, b. Dec. 26, 1790; md. Israel Gibson, q. v. 

III. Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1793 ; d. Sept. 10, 1796. 

IV. Thomas, b. March 21, 1796; d. Aug. 12, 1798. 

V. Thomas, b. Aug. 8, 1798. + 

VI. Eunice, b. March 14, 1801 ; d.. unmd., April 15, 

1836. 

VII. Louisa, b. July 8, 1803; md. May 22, 1828, 

Lewis Grout, son of Isaac and Sally (Stearns) 
Grout, of Winchendon. He d. Sept. 5, 1839; 
md. (2d) June 3, 1845, David Shole, who d. 
June 29, 1863. She resides in Winchendon. 

VIII. William Stickney, b. Jan. 19, 1806 ; d. March 20, 

1806. 
IX. William Stickney, b. March 8, 1807.-]- 
X. Erastus, b. April 20, 1810.-]- 



WiLLiAM RuGG, son of Thomas, was for many years a 
miller in this town. He rad. Jan. 13, 1803, Sarah Bus- 
well, dau. of John Buswell, q. v. She d. Sept. 29, 1842, 
and he md. (2d) July 13, 1843, Mary (Putnam) Hum- 
phrey, widow of John Humphrey, and the mother of John 
Humphrey, Esq., of Keene. He d. in Montague, Mass., 
where he had resided a few years, Aug. 14, 1863, aged 83. 
His A\adow d. in Keene, 1874. 

I. William, b. May 1, 1803 ; d. in Rindge, April 22, 

1851. 

II. Alpheus, b. May 27, 1805; md. Sept. 17, 1835, 

Mary Hartwell, b. Nov. 24, 1815, dau. of Capt. 
Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hartwell, of 
Lunenburg, and removed to Montague, Mass., 
where he d. Dec. 22, 1866. 

1. Mary E., b. Nov. 2, 1841. 

2. Sarah M., b. Sept. 27, 1847. 

3. Eliza A., b. Oct. 22, 1849; d. Nov. 11, 

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4. Alpheus A., b. April 12, 1851. 

5. Evelyn R, b. Jan. 18, 1855. 

III. Lurena, b. Jan. 28, 1807 ; md. Abraham Peirce, of 

Rind2;e, q. v. 

IV. Caroline, b. May 30, 1808; md. Dec. 23, 1834, 

Robert B. Hopkins, of Antrim, N. H. 

1. Caroline E., b, Sept. 10, 1835. 

2. Henry B., b. Nov. 10, 1846. 

V. Hepsiheth, b. Dec. 13, 1809; md. Asaph W. Good- 
ridge, q. V. 

VI. Sarah, b. Oct. 22, 1811; md. June 8, 1837, Simon 

Smith, and removed to New Jersey, where she 

d. Jan. 29, 1845. 

VII. Josiah, b. Sept. 18, 1813; removed to Chester, Vt. 

VIII. jRe Jecca, b. Dec. 16, 1814; md. Isaac Wright, and 

removed to Post Mills, Vt. 

IX. Amos, b. Sept. 24, 1816; resides in Montague; 
md. June 29, 1843, Julia Kellogg. 

1. Amelia M., b. Nov. 27, 1846. 

2. Clarence A., b. Feb. 12, 1848 ; d. Sept. 12, 

1849. 

3. Julia E., b. June 30, 1850; md. Thomas J. 

Campbell, of Westfield, Mass. 

4. Francis A., b. Jan. 28, 1856. 

5. Walter A., b. Dec. 4, 1862. 

X. Harriet, b. July 9, 1818; md. Aug. 23, 1840, 
Edward Root, of Montague, Mass. 

1. George William, b. Aug. 13, 1840. 

2. Arabella M., b. May 25, 1842. 

XI. Grata, b. March 3, 1822; md. Oct. 2, 1845, 

Hale, and removed to New York. 



Capt. Luke Rugg md. Aug. 19, 1813, Cynthia Platts, 
dau. of Capt. Joseph Platts, q. v. She d. Oct. 17, 1845; 
and he md. (2d) Dec. 2, 1846, Eliza (Richards) Brown, 
-widow of Capt. E. Wilder Brown, and dau. of Thaddeus 
Richards, q. v. He was selectman 1832, '33, '34, and 
has been chosen to other positions of trust. His children 
by the former marriage were : — 

I. Clarinda, b. Feb. 3, 1814; md. June 2, 1835, 
Charles E. Plummer, formerly of Rindge, now of 
Winchendon. 

1. George E., b. Feb. 28, 1838 ; md. Jan. 1, 
1859, Mary A. Withington, of Winchen- 
don. He was a member of 36th Mass. 
Vols., and was killed at Campbell's Sta- 
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2. Charles W., b. March 25, 1840 ; md., 1862, 

Frances Nuttinsf. 

3. Henry F., b. March 10, 1845 ; d. Oct. 19, 

1846. 

4. Walter W., b. Oct. 1, 1857. 

II. JF'atimj PlatU, b. Feb. 17, 1816; d. Sept. 24, 1816. 

III. Luke S., b. Jnne 30, 1821; md. Sept. 20, 1854, 

Abigail S. Platts, dau. of Joseph, Jr. ; resides in 
Winchendon. 

1. Abbie Lizzie, b. 1857. 

IV. Addison, b. March 23, 1823; md. Jan. 9, 1851, 

Eliza K. "Whitney, dau. of Lovell Whitney, 
q. V. ; resides in Ware, Mass. Their children 
are : Frank A., Addie E., Fred O., and Clara E. 
V. Wdrhani Harvey, b. May 11, 1825; md. Dec. 9, 
1852, Eliza A. Brown, dau. of Capt. E. W. and 
Eliza (Richards) Brown, q. v. They reside in 
Rindge, vipon the farm with their aged parents. 



Thomas Rugg md. April 22, 1823, Orinda Whitcomb. 
He d. June 28, 1846, and his widow md. (2d) Nov. 9, 
1848, Asher Taylor, of Fitzwilliam; she d. Jan. 31, 1867. 
The children of Thomas and Orinda Ruga: were : — 



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I. Augustus, b. July 10, 1823; md. Caroline A. Rand, 
dau. of Jasper Rand, q. v. She d. April 19, 
1852 ; md. (2d) 1857, Angeline Grant, of Jaffrey ; 
she d. Dec. 10, 1863 ; and he md. (3d) Nov. 29, 
1866, Martha J. Rugg, of Illinois. He resides in 
Fitzwilliam. 
II. Harriet O., b. Sept. 25, 1826; md. Sept. 14, 1854, 
Nelson Willoughby, of Winchendon, now of 
Jaffrey. 

III. Elisha, b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; resides in Winchendon. 

He was a member of the 6th N. H. Vols. ; md. 
Martha J. Stevens, of Ashby, Mass.; md. (2d) 
Nellie A. Stanley, of Troy, N. H. 

IV. Warren, b. Jan. 6, 1833; md. Helen Mann, of 

Ashby. He was a member of the 6th Mass. 

Battery, and d. at New Orleans, June 9, 1863. 
V. Ann G., b. Sept. 9, 1835; md. July 4, 1854, George 

A. Olmsted, of Fitzwilliam. Reside in Winch- 
endon. 
VI. Ellen 31., b. March 9, 1838; md. July 4, 1854, 

Daniel J. Parkhurst of Troy, now of Antrim, 

N. H. 
VII. Cynthia J., b. Nov. 9, 1842 ; md. Dec. 27, 1865, 

Henry S. Drury, of Rindge. 



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Capt. William S. Rugg, md. July 30, 1835, Clarissa 
Sawtell, dau. of Solomon, 2d, and Rebecca (Dwinnell) 
Sawtell, q. v. For many years he was an invalid, but 
endured affliction with 2;veat fortitude. He d. April 30, 
1874; his wife d. Nov. 25, 1867. 

I. Mvira J., b. April 2, 1837 ; rad. William A. Hale, 
son of Nathan, q. v. 

11. Julius Erastus, b. Dec. 28, 1838; md. April 30, 
1866, Mary Adelaide Young, dau. of Andrew P. 
and Mary Ann (Fowle) Young, of Boston. For 
several years he has been connected with the 
horse railroads centering in Boston, and is now 
Superintendent of the Highland Street Railway. 

III. William II. II, b. July 17, 1842; d. of disease at 

Annapolis, Md., Jan. 20, 1862, a member of the 
6th N. H. Vols. 

IV. Clara Frances, b. June 29, 1844; md. Nov. 2, 

1870, Foster Edson Beaman, of the firm of H. O. 
Goodrich & Co., dealers in clothing, etc., Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 
V. Herbert JVorton, b. Sept. 8, 1847 ; md. July 22, 1874, 
Addie A. Cushing, dau. of Laban and Ada ine 
(Keyes) Cushing. He is a wholesale dealer in 
confectionery, in Fitchburg, Mass. 
VI. Alfred Alison, b. Oct. 27, 18^^51 ; d. March 3, 1854. 

VII. Albe7-t Nelson, twin, b. Oct. 27, 1851 ; d. Feb. 26, 
1854. 

VIII. Frederic Waldo, b. Dec. 1, 1855 ; a clerk in Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 



Hon. Erastus Rugg, of Chelsea, Mass., left his native 
town in 1832, and was a clerk in a store in Boston until 
1836, when he commenced business on his own account 
in the West India goods line, in Chelsea, from which he 
has retired, with the accumulation of a successful career. 
Previous to the incorporation of the city of Chelsea he 
was honored with nearly every office within the gift of 
the town. He was also a coroner twenty-five years, and a 
deputy sheriff of Suffolk County for nearly an equal length 
of time. Upon the adoption of a city charter in 1857, he 
was elected to the Common Council, and soon after was 
chosen city marshal, and acceptably discharged the 
duties of this office until 1862. He has also been super- 
intendent of streets, and for the past three years an 
influential member of the Board of Aldermen, and is 
now chairman of that body. He naturally inherits a 
love for military affairs, his father and grandfather 
having been soldiers in the Revolution, and his remoter 
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repelling the attacks upon the town of Lancaster. Mr. 
Rugg formerly commanded the Highland Guards, a mili- 
tary organization which enjoyed considerable fame. In 
the direction of several monetary organizations his 
services have commanded respect and confidence. He 
has been a director of the Chelsea Gas Light Co. since 
its organization in 1852, and its treasurer since 1871. He 
is treasurer of the Winnisimmet Railroad Co., and has 
been prominently connected with other enterprises of 
like character. An honored citizen of Chelsea, who has 
been intimately acquainted with Mr. Rugg for many 
years, says of him : " He came among us when a young 
man, and when this city was an unimportant village of a 
few hundred inhtibitants. With but little capital, save 
an unbending integrity and a large shai-e of common 
sense, he engaged in business, and early manifested the 
marked ability and sound judgment which have resulted 
in pecuniary success. He has held many important public 
trusts, with credit to himself and with benefit to the 
community. His Avord has always been as good as bond, 
and while many have trusted him, none have ever had 
occasion to regret the confidence placed in his intentions 
or his deeds. By integrity, industry, and economy he has 
accumulated property, which he enjoys without parsi- 
mony, and without ostentation or prodigality." Mr. 
Rugg md. May 3, 1836, Ann Symonds, dau. of Thomas 
Symonds, of Rindge, q. v. They have no children. 

RUSSELL. 

There are several distinct families of Russells in New England, but the 
numerous families bearing the name who have resided in this town, 
perhaps with a single exception, have been of a common line of descent, 
and the kinship is easily determined. They belong to the Lexington 
family, and are descended from William Russell, an English emigrant. 
The date of his arrival in New England is not known, but he and wife 
Martha were residing in Cambridge as early as 1645, and members 
of the church in that place. He d. Feb. 14, 1662, leaving nine chil- 
dren; and his widow md. March 24, 1665, Humphrey Bradshaw. In 
1683 she md. (3d) Thomas Hall, and d. in 1694. The sixth child 
and fourth son of William and Martha was Philip Russell, b. in 1650 ; 
md. April 19, 1680, Joanna Cutler, dau. of James and Phebe (Page) 
Cutler, of Lexington. She was of the same family as the Cutlers 
of Rindge, and a cousin of "Gov." Samuel Page, of Lunenburg, whose 
descendants have been numerous in this town. They settled in Lexington, 
and Hudson's History of that town refers to him in these words : " The 
name of Philip Russell is borne upon our earliest parish and town 
records ; and he appears to have enjoyed the confidence of the people, not 
only in the new settlement (Lexington), but in the old town (Cambridge). 
Though residing in the precinct, he was one of the selectmen of Old 
Cambridge in 1700 and 1701. He was a subscriber for the meeting- 
house at the Farms in 1692, and one of the committee to 'seat the 
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Nov. 26, 1703, aged 43 ; and he md. (2d) Oct. 18, 1705, Sarah Brooks, of 
Medfield; he d. Feb. 7, 1730. William Russell, son of Philip and 
Joanna, held a commission of captain, and in 1722 and '23 was a 
constable of Lexington. The name of his wife was Elizabeth, but 
no record of his marriage has been found. Among his children 
were Joel Russell, who settled in Rindge, and is mentioned here- 
after (No. 1 in the following register), and Nathaniel Russell, Esq., 
who was bap. in Lexington, Feb. 23, 1707, and soon after marriage to 
wife Mara, or Mary, he removed to Littleton, about 1728. He was a 
lawyer, possessed of considerable property, and one of the leading men 
of his time. Being a justice of the jjeace, he joined many persons in 
marriage, a fact made known by the records of Littleton. He frequently 
served in the affairs of the town, and was chosen to many important 
positions, Sept. 20, 1754, the town voted to accept "a New Book given to 
the Town by N. Russell, Esq., for to keep their Records in." He d. about 
1763, and his widow came to Rindge, and resided with her son, Nathaniel, 
Jr., who was an early settler of this town, and is number 32 in this 
register. Another son of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was Isaac, b. Aug. 26, 
1729, and by wife Mary had a son, Jeremiah Russell, who was in Rindge 
several years, and whose descendants are numerous. He is numbered 133 
in the following records of the Russell family. 



Joel Russell, son of William, was b. in Lexington 
Aug. 2, 1716. He md. Huldah , and resided for sev- 
eral years in Littleton. He was in this town, and had 
commenced a clearing, previous to the removal of his 
family in 1752. He resided for a short time in the north 
and north-west part of the town, but soon settled upon 
the farm which was afterwards occupied many years by 
Benjamin Hastings. His wife was living April 10, 1775, 
but d. previous to 1780, and he d. soon after the latter 
date. 

I. Silas, b. Oct. 10, 1742 ; md. Aiig. 22, 1765, Kezia 
Phillips, of Ipswich, Mass. They removed from 
town previous to the Revohrtion. Three chil- 
dren were b. in Rindge, and were baj). here. 

1. Silas, b. Jan. 12, 1766 ; d. Dec. 17, 1766. 

2. Susannah, b. Oct. 22, 1767. 

3. Seth, b. April 2, 1769. 

n. Hannah, b. April 2, 1744 ; d. Jan. 8, 1750. 
HI. Joel, b. April 18, 1747. He was in the army 1775, 
1776, but soon after removed to New Ipswich. 
He md. Dec. 29, 1769, Mary Foster. Their 
eldest and their youngest child was b. in New 
Ipswich ; the others in Rindge. 

Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1770. 
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 13, 1772. 
Abijah, b. Sept. 3, 1774. 
Wiihara, b. Aug. 1, 1776. 
Hepsibah, b. Oct. 3, 1778. 



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IV. Lydia, b. April 1, 1749. 

V. TFi/Zmm, b. June 18, 1751. In 1776 he served in 
Col. Wyman's Regiment {vide p. 126), and in 
1777 enlisted into the Continental service. His 
name should appear on p. 131, from which it was 
accidentally omitted. There were two persons 
of the same name in this town for a year or 
more, including 1777, and to one of them the 
church records refer under date of Oct. 5, 1777. 
" Josiah, son of William Russell, and Lucy, his 
wife, baptized." 

VI. Samuel, b. May 31, 1753; md. July 22, 1774, Abi- 

gail Russell, dau. of Nathaniel. He serA'ed 
three enlistments in the army {vide pp. 108, 136, 
164). About 1795 he removed to New Ipswich, 
where four children not named below were b. 
Several years later he removed to Whitingham, 
Vt., where he d. 

1. Lois, b. Dec. 22, 1774; md, Joseph Bi'own? 

of New Ipswich, probably a son of Josiah 
and Sarah (Wright) Brown, and grand- 
son of John Brown, of Concord, Mass. 

2. Son, b. Feb. 27; d. March 1, 1776. 

3. Daughter, b. Jan. 8, 1777 ; d. same day. 

4. Samuel, b. July 6, 1778; d. Dec. 16, 1780. 

5. Rebecca, b. March 13, 1780. 

6. Daughter, b. Jan. 20 ; d. March 4, 1782. 

7. Nathan, b. Jan. 25, 1783. 

8. Abigail, b. Dec. 14, 1785. 

9. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1787. - 

10. Samuel, b. Feb. 5, 1789. 

11. Son, b. Dec. 16; d. Dec. 21, 1793. 

VII. Daniel, b. March 18, 1755 {vide pp. 131, 142, 157). 

It is ajDparent from the records that on account of 
his wounds he was unable to labor for several 
years, and is later referred to as Dr. Russell. 
His name fades from the records about 1790. 
vin. Elizabeth, b. April 21, 1757. 
IX. Hannah, b. Aug. 8, 1759. 

X. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1762; was taxed until 1795. 
XI. Abigail, b. Jan. 16, 1765. 



Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was b. in 
Littleton Dec. 27, 1733 ; md. Nov. 13, 1755, Abigail Gold- 
smith, and with three children removed to this town in 
1762. He settled upon the farm now of William E. Rob- 
bins, where he continued to reside until his death. Few 
men appear to have been more useful, or to have exercised 
an equal influence in public affairs. Among the proprie- 

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tors previous to the incorporation in 1768 he took an 
active part, and upon the organization of the town he 
was elected chairman of the board of selectmen, and was 
reelected 1769, '70, and again in '75. He was also the 
first town clerk, and transcribed the records for the years 
1768, '69, '70 ; and in 1776 he was constable. He was 
often called iipon to settle the estates of deceased persons, 
and his advice was frequently sought by his townsmen. 
In the establishment and maintenance of the schools, and 
in other public enterprises, his labors were conspicuous, 
and as the first school-master in Rindge his name will be 
long remembered. He was a member of Capt. Hale's 
Company in 1775 {vide p. 108), and was one of the com- 
mittee of safety and correspondence 1775, '76, and '79. 
Abigail, his wife, d. in Sept., 1769. She was buried the 
29th, but the date of her death is not found in the 
records. Five of her nine children survived her. He 
md. (2d) March 26, 1770, Anna (Worcester) Thayer, b. 
in Littleton, Aug. 16, 1736, widow of Eliakim Thayer, 
and dau. of Joseph and Ann Worcester. He d. of 
spotted fever Jan. 1, 1812. His widow d. Sept. 23, 1825, 
aged 89. 

I. Abigail^ b. Nov. 30, 1756 ; md. Samuel Russell, son 
of Joel (No. 15, this register). 

II. Mara, b. April 5, 1758 ; md. David Hale, son of 
Moses, q. v. 

III. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1759; d. 1762; buried 

Feb. 22. 

IV. Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1762; md. Dec. 16, 1790, 
.Betty Towne, of Rindge. He resided near the 

Monomonock Lake, and not far from the present 
residences on Hubbard Hill, and removed, 1810, 
to Jamaica, Vt. His children, b. 1791-1809, were 
as follows : — 

1. Rebecca, md., in Jamaica, Maynard ; 

(2d) Darling. 

2. Charles, resided in State of New York ; had 
a family. 

3. Nathaniel, resided in Jamaica, and in Peru, 
Vt. 

4. 'Betsey, md. Cursey, of Winhall, Vt. 

5. Ira, lived in Peru, Vt. ; had a family. 

6. Susan, md. Walter Williams, of Winhall. 

7. Edward, was md., and resided in Saratoga, 
N. Y. 

8. Sabra, md. Daniels ; resides in New 

York State. 

9. Polly, md. Cursey ; d. soon after mar- 

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10. Goldsmith, mcl. (2d) Lucinda Cobb, dan. of 

Benj. Cobb, of Jamaica; resides in State 
of New York. 

11. Jarvis, d. unmd. 

r. Hanna/i^h. Oct. 19, 1764; md. Jonathan Towne, 
son of Jonathan, q. v. Removed to Walpole, 
jN". H. She d. in an apopletic fit in the meeting- 
house, leaving sons Thomas, John, Hollis, and 
Jonathan; and dans. Phebe (Mrs. Wolfe), and 
Esther. Hollis settled in Somerset, Vt., where 
he was many years prominent in town affairs. 

VI. Soji, I ^_ .^^^^ ^-j_ ~^j_ 23 1766. ■ 
VII. Dau., j •' ' 

VIII. Thomas, b. July 25, 1767 ; d. in Rindge, unmd., 
July 14, 1825. 

IX. Dan., b. and d. Sept. 11, 1769. 

Children of second wife : — 

X. JEliakim, b. March 1, 1771. + 
XI. Anna, b. May 9, 1772; d. young. 
XII. Simeon, b. Oct. 30, 1774. -j- 

XIII. Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1776 ; md. March, 1806, Daniel 

Giles ; resided in New Ipswich, where she d. 
1816. Five children: — 

1. Daniel, b, 1807; resides, unmd., in Lincoln, 

Mass. 

2. Ann, twin, b. 1807; md. James Davis, of 

New Ipswich ; d. 1874. 

3. Alfred, b. 1810 ; md. Betsey Russell, dau. of 

Simeon, q. v. 

4. Noah, b. 1815; lived in Waltham; md. 

Mary A. Brown. He d., and his widow 
md. (2d) John I. Reynolds, and (3d) 
Leonard P. Wellington. 

5. John, resides in Springfield, Mass. 

XIV. Mary, b. June 16, 1778; d., unmd., July 11, 1853. 



ELIA.KIM Russell, son of Nathaniel, md. Nov. 17, 
1796, Sarah Converse, dau. of Zebulon, q. v. They 
resided in Rindge until a short «time previous to their 
death, when they went to Ashburnham, and lived with 
their dau., Mrs. Brooks. He d. Nov. 4, 1859, aged nearly 
89 ; she d. June 21, 1863, aged 87 years and 3 months. 

I. EuseUa, b. Sept. 14, 1797; md. Oct. 23, 1823, 
Alvan Ward, son of Samuel and Ruth (Town- 
send) Ward. They resided in Ashburnham. 
He d. June 20, 1869. 



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64 1. Maiyann T., b. Dec. 17, 1824; md. Calvin 
Dows. He d. Feb. 18, 1874. She resides 
in West Medfield. Four children. 

65 2. George P., b. Aug. 18, 1826 ; md. July 22, 
1849, Eunice K. Wood, dau. of Jona- 
than, q. V. 

66 3. Achsah C, b. Aug. 12, 1828 ; md. Milton 
Brooks, son of Samuel, of Ashburnham, 
where they reside. 

67 4. Ivers, b. Feb. 15, 1830 ; d. Jan. — , 1832. 

68 5. Franklin W., b. July 9, 1833 ; md. Sophro- 
nia Stone, of Fitzwilliam. He is a book 
and job printer, in Winchendon. 

69 6. Marcus L., b. March 20, 1836; md. Julia 
A. Muzzy, of Winchendon. Reside in 
Dighton, Mass. 

TO 7. William L, G., b. Aug. 12, 1837 ; md. Abi- 

gail Bride, and resides in Sharon, Mass. 

71 8. Angeline G., b. Feb. 18, 1839; md. John 
Baldwin, of Winchendon. He was a 
member of the 53d Mass. Vols.; was 
killed May 2, 1863. She md. (2d) Henry 
C. Whitcomb, son of George, of Rindge. 
She d. Aug. 18, 1867. 

72 II. William, b. March 3, 1799; md. Mary Bradish, of 
Winchendon. Reside in Winchendon. 

73 III. Sarah, b. Jime 30, 1800; md. Samuel Forrister, of 
Framingham. Reside in Natick. No children. 

74 IV. Nathaniel Converse, b. May 13, 1803 ; md. Jan. 
31, 1833, Mary A. Gibson, dau. of Abel and 
Achsah (Puffer) Gibson, of Sudbury. Reside 
in Rindge. 

75 1. Loammi, b. and d. Feb. 4, 1835. 

76 2. Lucinda, b. March 25, 1837 ; d. April 5, 
1838 

77 3. Amanda M., b. F^b. 1, 1838 ; md. Sept. 9, 
1855, Edmund J.Miller, of Jamaica, Vt. 
She d. Dec. 24, 1864. 

78 4. Sarah Converse, b. Sept. 27, 1839; md. 
Aug. 10, 1867, Daniel W. George, of 

' Acworth, N. H. She d. March 7, f871. 

79 5. Ellen Maria, b. March 9, 1843 ; d. May 2, 
1846. 

80 6. Francis Eugene, b. Dec. 15, 1847; d. May 
1848. 

81 v.- Lucinda, b. May 9, 1805 ; d. Aug. 7, 1808. 

82 I VI. Levi, b. April 23, 1807 ; md. April 5, 1838, EHza 
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1858; md. (2d) Mary Louisa Towne, dau. of 
Joshua, q. v. Reside in Riiidge. Theii- first 
and fourth child d. young. 

83 2. James Wilson, b. May 13, 1841 ; md. March 
9, 1864, Martha M. Webster; lives in 
Keene, N. H. 

84 3. Edwin Jones, b. May 22, 1843 ; md. July 3, 
1866, Arabella A. Nutting, of Jaffrey. 

85 5. Lewis E., b. June 8, 1850. 

86 VII. JRufus, b. April 4, 1809 ; md. April 23, 1838, Abby 
H. Forrister, b. April 2, 1807, dau. of Amariah 
and Sally A. Forrister, of Framingham, and a 
sister of Samuel Forrister, who md. his sister 
Sarah. Resided in Marlboro, Mass., until 1851, 
and since that date in Framingham, Mass. He 
is a farmer. 

87 1. Sarah J., b. Aug. 12, 1841. 
2. Theodore F.,b."March 11, 1844; enlisted in 

Co. F, 45th Mass. Vols. ; d. at Newburn, 
N". C, May 25, 1863. 

89 3. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1847 ; d. June 1, 
1851. 

90 4. Abby F., b. Aug. 14, 1849. 

91 VIII. Zucinda, b. Feb. 16, 1811 ; d. Dec. 23, 1815. 

92 IX. Zuci/, b. July 18, 1812; md. William Brooks, of 
Ashburnham ; md. (2d) Rev. Isaac Peaslee, and 
resides in Sutton, N. H. No childi-en. 

93 X. Ira, b. Nov. 9, 1814. A physician of Winchendon. 
(Vide Chap. XYIL) He md. April 24, 1844, 
Rowena Greenwood, dau. of Henry and Sarah 
(Woodbury) Greenwood, of Winchendon. 

94 1. Fred WilHam, b. Jan. 27, 1845. Graduate 
Harvard University 1869. During the 
war he was a year in the Hospital Corps. 
Received in 1870 the degree of M. D. at 
the University of the city of New York, 
an^d has since pursued his professional 
studies in Vienna. He is now in practice 
with his father in Winchendon. He md. 
June 11, 1871, Caroline E. Marvin, dau. of 
Rev. A. P. and Caroline (Holbrook) 
Marvin. 

95 2. Sarah Jennie, b. Jan. 11, 1846; md. E. H. 
Walcott, son of Jonathan and Henrietta 
(Mills) Walcott, of Natick, where they 
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April 14, 1849. 

XI. An7ia Worcester^ b. Aug. 19, 1817; md. Sept. 8, 
1852, Caleb Howard, son of Benjamin Howard, 
of Ashby, where they reside. Their dan. Ellen 
Maria, was b. Oct. 26, 1855, and d. Dec. 25, 1872. 
Emma Armenia was b. Nov. 25, 1856, and d. 
Dec. 28, 1872. One dau. survives. 

1. Eliza Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1853. 

XII. Eliahim Thayer^ b. April 14, 1820 ; md. Oct. 21, 
1862, Lydia A. Eveleth, of Jaffrey. They reside 

in Natick, Mass. 

1. Alice L., b. Sept. 2, 1864. 

2. Stella L., b. Sept. 7, 1867. 

3. Theodore F., b. Aug. 10, 1872. 



Simeon Russell, son of Nathaniel, md. Nov. 24, 1800, 
Martha or Patty Russell, dau. of Jeremiah. They resided 
in Rindge, where he d. Jan. 14, 1853. His wife d. AjotI 
5, 1845. 

I. Nancy, b. March 20, 1802; md. Nov. 24, 1821, 
Hiram Truell. Resided in Grafton. She d. 1872. 

1. Martha; md. Charles C. Poor. Reside in 

Fitchburg. 

2. Sumner ; resides in Grafton. 

3. Abigail ; md. Charles Ryan. 

4. Jane ; md. Joseph Howard. Reside in 

Ashby, Mass. 

II. Eudotia, b. July 17, 1803 ; md. Amos Fenno, q. v. 

III. Martha, h. March 19, 1804; d., unmd., Aug. 22, 

1842. 

IV. Sumner', d. young, Aug., 1808. 

V. Elvira, b. Jan. 20, 1807; md. June 7, 1836, Will- 
iam Matthews, son of John and Phebe (Sprague) 
Matthews, of Jaffrey. They resided in New 
Ipswich, where she d., leaving four children, 
Aug. 12, 1842. 

1. John Russell, b. March 4, 1838. 

2. Elvira Ann, b. April 23, 1839; d. young. 

3. Francis Harrison, b. Dec. 5, 1840. 

4. Elvira Ann, b. June 27, 1842. 

VI. Sumner, b. March 1, 1809; md. Ann Wilson; 
resided in Rindge a few years, and removed to 
Waltham, Mass. He returned to this town in 
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1. Sarah M., b. ■ ; md. George Fairfield; 

one dau., S. Annie Fairfield, b. Jan. 20, 
1858. 

2. John Henry, b. ; d. July 17, 1837. 

3. John Henry, b. June 23, 1838; md. Nov. 5, 

1858, Mary Elizabeth Battles, dau. of 
Thomas and Sarah (Taylor) Battles, of 
Sudbury, Mass. He is a carjjenter and 
master builder, and resides in East 
Rindge. 

VII. Albert, b. , 1810; d. young. 

VIII. Jlenry, b. Sept. 19, 1811; md. Feb. 22, 1838, 
Alraira Burt, b. Dec. 12, 1811, dau. of Lloyd B. 
and Lydia Burt, of Killingly, Conn. He was 
engaged several years in the manufacture of 
various kinds of wooden-ware, at the mill now 
of R. Ramsdell & Co. (Vide Chap. XIV.) 
Resides in East Rindge. 

1. Henry Augustus, b. May 13, 1842; md. 

Oct. 24, 1872, Martha Aurilla May. He 
is accountant and foreman at the mills of 
the Union Box and Lumber Co. 

2. Albert Eugene, b. Jan. 18, 1848. 

IX. Frederick, b. July, 1813; d. March 26, 1816. 
X. Betsey, b. Oct. 1, 1816; md. Oct. 8, 1839, Alfred 
Giles, son of Daniel and Anna (Russell) Giles 
(No, 56, of this register). Lived in Rindge. 
He d. Sept. 7, 1872. She resides in Jaffrey 
with her dau. 

1. Hattie E., b. March 26, 1841 ; md. Jan. 20, 

1859, Orlando J. Raymond, son of Joel, 
q. v., and resides in Jaffrey. 

XI. Sarah Ami, b, Feb., 1818; d. Jan. 30, 1819. 
xii. Mersilvia, b. Dec. 28, 1819; md. Nov. 26, 1850, 

Samuel E. Adams. He is a farmer, in Mason, 

N. H. They have two children. 

1. Maria M., b. Dec. 25, 1851. 

2. Albert, b. July 30, 1854. 

XIII. Mary Ann, b. April 5, 1824; md. Ivory L. Coz- 
zens, and d. a few years later, leaving one dau. 

1. Ida, b 1857. 



Jeremiah Russell, a son of Isaac, and grandson of 
Nathaniel Russell, Esq., was b. in Littleton, Jan. 5, 1752. 
He md. in New Salem, Mass., July 6, 1772, Martha 
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autumn of that year. During the Revolution he was 
prompt to enter the service, and his patriotism is attested 
by the evidence of pages 108, 110, 126, 141. About 
1785, leaving his family in Rindge, he went to the State 
of New York, with the hope of improving his fortunes. 
He never returned to this town, and the date of his death 
is not known. His widow md. (2d) March 8, 1792, Daniel 
Poor, and continued her residence in this town. He d. 
Jan. 9, 1816, aged 66 ; she d. July 1, 1834, aged 81. There 
were seven children of Jeremiah and Hannah Russell. 

I. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 20, 1772; md., 1795, Polly 
Smith, dau. of Daniel Smith, of Bloomfield, Me. 
They resided in Bloomfield, and had but one 
child, non comp. 
II. Asa, b. May 30, 1774. He removed to Bloom- 
field, Me., where he md. Nov. 28, 1798, Sally 
Conant, b. in Sudbury, Mass., June 10, 1775, 
who d. at Corinna, Me., June 8, 1816 ; md. (2d) 
Nov. 28, 1817, Huldah Pratt, b. in Abington, 
Mass., Sept. 2, 1784 ; d. in St. Albans, Me., Oct. 
23, 1851. He came with his family to this town 
in 1800, and four years later retui'ned to Maine, 
and d. in Norridgewock, Sept. 2, 1858. 

1. Charlotte Temple, b. in Canaan, Me., Nov. 28, 

1799; md. Nov. 29, 1826, Levi Higgins,b. 
April 1, 1800, son of Elhana and Polly Hig- 
gins. They resided in Palmyra, and in 
St. Albans, Me. He d. Jan. 5, 1850 ; she 
d. March 30, 1861. Their children were : 
Edwin G., b. Feb. 17, 1829; md., 1858, 
Miranda Jackson ; Mary Jane, b. Nov. 5, 
1830 ; md. Dec. 25, 1856, WilHam Sumner 
Wliitman; Elizabeth Sarah, b. May 15, 
1836; md. Feb. 22, 1858, Loring D. 
Hayes. 

2. Ede Patch, b. in Rindge, Feb. 2, 1803 ; md. 

1826, Thomas Philbrick, son of Michael 
and Jane Philbrick, of Livermore, Me., 
where he was b. Jan. 20, 1802 ; she d. 
April 17, 1771. Of their seven children 
only one is living : Charles Boardman, b. 
in St. Albans, Aug. 23, 1837 ; md. April 
27, 1861, Hattie ^Maxim, dau. of Rev. 
Sullivan A. and Clara Maxim. 

3. Philenia Sawyer, b. in Canaan, Me., Feb. 

24, 1805; md. Oct. 31, 1833, Charles 
Franklin Boardman, son of Samuel L. 
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in Norridgewock, Jan. 14, 1870; she d. in 
Auo;usta, Nov. 8, 1870, leaving three chil- 
dreii: Sally R., b. 'July 31, 1834; md. 
Oct. 23, 1855, Rufus Alonzo Davis, b. 
July 6, 1829, son of Rufns and Mary 
Davis, of Temple, Me.; she d. May 24, 
1865, leaving four children; Samuel 
Lane, b. March 30, 1836; md. June 12, 
1860, Temperance Ann Bates, b. Jan. 11, 
1838, dan. of John and Cynthia (Burgess) 
Bates. Mr. Boardman is the well known 
and able editor of the Maine Farmer. 
He is Secretary of the State Board of 
Agriculture and Trustee of the Agri- 
cultural College, a member of the City 
Council of Augusta, and also a member 
of the New England Historic Genea- 
logical Society, Maine Histoi-ical Society, 
and several other associations of a similar 
character; Asa R., b. Sept. 17, 1841; md. 
Jan. 1, 1870, Susan J. Jackson, b. in 
Milton, Me., Aug. 19, 1841, dau. of Orrin 
and Rebecca (Higgins) Jackson. 

4. Seth Payson, b. March 22, 1807 ; md. July 

22, 1836, Martha Walker, dau. of Edward 
and Sarah Walker, and had six children, 
b. 1837-1850. 

5. Laura Jane, b. April 11, 1809; md. Jan. 23, 

1833, Joseph Bigelow, b. May 13, 1804, in 
Canaan, now Skowhegan, Me., son of 
George and Polly (Clark) Bigelow. Two 
children : Henry K, b. Nov. 27, 1833 ; md. 
June 6, 1854, Mary Frances Piper, dau. of 
Cyrus and Abby Piper. He d. leaving 
two children June 27, 1864; Anna Laura, 
b. July 7, 1847; an accomplished teacher, 
and one of the board of school supervisors 
of Skowhegan. 

6. Phebe Fifield, b. April 23, 1811 ; md. Jan. 

23, 1833, Oliver Walker, b. Jan. 10, 1807, 
son of Edward and Sarah Walker, of 
Canaan. She d. Feb. 29, 1868. Two 
children : Frank G., b. March 14, 1835 ; a 
musician ; d. in the army Feb. 20, 1862 ; 
Flora E., b. April 24, 1841 ; md. April 16, 
1863, Warren H. Orcutt. 

7. Stephen, son of Asa Russell, by his second 

wife, b. March 25, 1820; md., 1851, 
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Abigail (Sampson) Johnson, b. in Nor- 
ridgewock April 18, 1829. He d. a pris- 
oner in a hospital within the enemy's 
lines Aug. 21, 1861, leaving two children : 
Benjamin Piper Merrill, b.^IsTov. 24, 1852; 
Sanzio Raphael, b. Sept. 2, 1854. 

III. David^ b. Nov. 1, 1775 ; removed to Maine ; md., 

1795, Betsey Smith. 

IV. Patty ^ b. Aug. 14, 1777 ; md. Simeon Russell, son 

of Nathaniel, q. v. 

V. Phebe, b. Oct. 1, 1778 ; md. Benjamin Rumrill, of 
New Ipswich, and removed to Moriah, Vt. 
Their children were, Benjamin, Daniel, Roxana, 
Clarissa, Dorothy, Martha, Phebe, Warren, John, 
Maria, but no dates or other information has 
been secured. 

VI, Isaac, b. March 3, 1780. Resided in Maine and in 
the city of New York, where he md. Mary Ann 
McKissock, dau. of William McKissock, a native 
of Ireland, but of Scotch descent. 

1. John A., b. May 5, 1815. Resides, unmd., 

in New York. He is a clerk and account- 
ant, and for several years held a position 
in the city post-office. Mr. Russell is well 
versed in the historical literature of the 
country in which he evinces a lively inter- 
est, and possesses a valuable collection of 
historical and genealogical publications. 
To his intelligent assistance these registers 
of the Russell family are indebted. 

2. Martha Ann, md. Gustavus A. Conner, of 

New York. He d. Jan. 21, 1867. Their 
children are : Anna Augusta, Edwin D., 
Josej^hine, William E., Lizzie D., Mattie A. 

vii. mnnj, b. Nov. 14, 1781 ; d. March 10, 1784. 
Children of Daniel and Martha Poor : — 

I. Betsey, b. March 17, 1793. 
II. Daniel, b. July 22, 1794; d, Dec. 26, 1799. 



Jabez Russell, probably not related to other families 
of this name, came from Bedford, Mass., in June, 1777. 
By wife Hannah he had nine cliildren, b. previous to this 
date. He afterwards became blind, and was in reduced 
circumstances. He d. March 9, 1818. 

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II. Meichen, b. Oct. 23, 1756; md. Oct. 20, 1778, 
Susannah Streeter, probably a dau. of James 
Streeter, q. v. He served three enlistments in 
the army, and removed from town between 1783 
and 1793. The birth of one child is found 
upon the records, 

1. Susanna, b. in Rindge March 2, 1779. 

III. ITatinah, b. Sept. 29, 1759 ; md. James French, q. v. 

IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 23, 1762; md. Hezekiah Sawtell, 

son of Jonathan, q. v. 
V. Benjamin, b. July 15, 1764. 

VI. Lucy, b. May 11, 1767 ; md. John Hannaford, q. v. 
VII. Bhoda, b. Feb. 23, 1770. 
VIII. Lydia, b. April 1, 1773.- 
IX. John, b. April 3, 1776. 



Amos B. Russell came from Gardner, Mass., 1838, and 
removed to Mason, N. H., 1844. The names of two chil- 
dren of Amos B. and Mary Russell are found upon the 
records. 

I. Lorena, b. in South Gardner, Oct. 9, 1836. 
IL Louisa, b. in Rindge June 20, 1839. 



Daniel H. Sargent, son of Eliphalet R. and Lydia 
(Wells) Sargent, of Dunbarton, N. H., and gi-andson of 
Daniel Sargent, was b. in Goffstown, N. H., Jan. 18, 1831. 
His father, formerly of Goffstown, has resided many 
years in Dunbarton, where he has been much employed 
in public affairs, and has represented the town in the 
Legislature. Mr. Sargent md. Oct. 7, 1858, Clarinda A. 
Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Woodbury, q. v., and removed 
to this town in 1864. 

I. Edwin H., b. in Dunbarton Aug. 21, 1859. 
II. George A., b. in Dunbarton June 16, 1862. 
III. Stella A., b. in Rindge July 12, 1869. 



SAWTELL. 

Richard Sawtell, the ancestor of all the families bearing the name 
in Rindge, was a native of England. The date of his emigration is not 
exactly known, but he was a resident and proprietor of Watertown pre- 
vious to 1637. Subsequently he was a proprietor and one of the first 
settlers of Groton, Mass., and was the clerk of that town the fii'st three 
years after its organization, 1662, '63, '64. He d. Aug. 2, 1694, and his 
widow, Elizabeth, d. Oct. 18, of the same year. They had ten chil- 
dren, and descendants of two of them are residents of this town. 
Obadiah, their eldest son, resided in Groton, and by wife Hannah had a 

son, Obadiah, Jr., who md., about 1680, Hannah . They were 

the parents of six children. Of these, Hezekiah, b. ]\Iarch 2, 1703, md. 
Joanna Wilson. Their eleven children were b. in Groton 1724-1747. 
He d. March 18, 1779 ; she d. Sept. 11, 1786. Their eldest son, Jonar- 



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than, removed to Rindge, and the register of his family is hereafter 
given. Another son of Hezekiah and Joanna (Wilson) Sawtell was 
Obadiah, b. Oct. 11, 1732. He probably resided in that part of Groton 
which was included in the town of Shirley, which he represented 1776 in 
the General Court, and was three years in the army. He was an inn- 
holder, and a prominent citizen in the affairs of that town. His name 
appears upon the Rindge records, but he did not become a permanent 
resident of this town. He md. Mary Gould, who d. Feb. 14, 1773, and 
who was the mother of eight children. Among them was Solomon Saw- 
tell, who came to Rindge, and is named below. 



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Jonathan Sawtell, son of Hezekiah and Joanna 
(Wilson) Sawtell, b. June 6, 1724; md. Dec. 13, 1749, 
Mary Holden, b. April 3, 1728, dau. of Nathaniel and 
Abigail (Stone) Holden. They removed to Rindge pre- 
vious to the Revolution. He' d. Aug. 12, 1801. Their 
children w^ere b. in Groton. 

I. Jonathan, b. Jan. 31, 1753. -|- 
II. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1754; md. Abijah Page, q. v. 
in. Joanna^h. June 17, 1756; md. Abraham Wether- 
bee, q. V. 
IV. AhigaiXh. June 27, 1758 ; md. Capt. Joseph Platts, 

q. V.' md. (2d) Enos Lake, q. v. 
V. Hezekiah, b. Feb. 26, 1761. -f 
VI. Maria, b. Jan. 18, 1763 ; md. Thomas Wetherbee, 

Jr., q. V. 
VII. Mebecca, b, Jan. 28, 1765 ; md. in Rindge Feb. 4, 
1796, Enoch Day, and resided in this town until 
1810. 

1. Dorinda, b. June 26, 1797. 

2. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1800. 

3. Enoch, b. April 23, 1803. 

4. Rebecca, b. Jan. 9, 1805. 

VIII. Josiah, b. Nov. 24, 1766 ; md. Sept. 4, 1788, Molley 
Page, dau. of John and Esther (Lawrence) Page, 
q. v., and resided uj^on the Griswold farm in the 
south-east part of the town. She d. Dec. 1, 1821, 
and he md. (2d) Sibyl (Howe) Stone, b. 1772, 
widow of Capt. Ebenezer Stone, and dau. of 
Isaac and Sibyl Howe, of New Ipswich. Mr. 
Sawtell was selectman 1805, '6, '7, '8, '9. He d. 
Oct. 1, 1825, and his widow md. Moses Hale, her 
third husband. 

1. Eliphalet (son of Josiah and Molley), b. 
June 3, 1789; was a merchant in this 
town a few years, and d., unmd.. May 22, 

1822. 

Jonathan, b. Jan. 31, 1753 ; md. Oct. 9, 1777, Hannah 
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(vide pp. 136, 164). He d. Dec. 29, 1830; his widow d. 
July 15, 1842, aged 88. 

I. Amaziah, b. Jan. 9 ; d. July 12, 1778. 

11. Amaziah, h. July 10, 1779; md. Nov. 15, 1804, 
Joanna Wetherbee, dau. of John Wetherbee, q. v. 
He was taxed in Rindge until 1810. Two chil- 
dren b. here. 

1. Irene, b. March 26, 1805. 

2. Adaline, b. May 18, 1806. 

III. Rebecca, b. May 7, 1781; md. Jonathan Page, son 

of John, No. 93, q. v. 

IV. Clarissa, b. April 6, 1785; md. Josiah Weth 53 

bee, q. V. 
V. Solomon, b. 1786. -{- 
VI. Luther, b. May 18, 1789. 

VII. Sophia, b. May 30, 1790 ; md. Salmon Allen, q. v. 
VIII. Mille, d. young. 
IX. Mille, b. N0V.I6, 1796. 
X. MImu7id,h. Jan. 1, 1799; d. Nov. 12, 1814. 



Hezekiah Sawtell, b. Feb. 26, 1761 ; md. Nov. 26, 
1782, Sarah Russell, dau. of Jabez Russell, q. v. She d. 
March 14, 1816. He md. (2d) April 28, 1818, Lucy 
Taylor, b. June 1, 1772. He was in the Revolutionary 
army, and was wounded. He d. Oct. 1, 1824 ; his widow 
d. in New Ipswich, of small-pox, June 1, 1849. 

I. Jojiathan, b. March 14, 1783. -{- 
II. Molley, b. July 26, 1785 ; md. June 26, 1808, Rufus 
Farr. She d., leaving five children, Aug. 21, 
1859. 

III. Sarah, b. May 23, 1787 ; md. 1804, Joseph Howe. 

She d. Jan. 25, 1826. 

IV. Asa, b. March 18, 1789. -f 

V. Jahez, b. May 14, 1791 ; d., unmd., Sept. 29, 1862. 
VI. Kinsley, b. July 9, 1793; d. 1795. 
VII. Levina, b. June 2, 1795 ; md., 1821, Asa Petten- 
gill. Only a portion of their married life was 

passed in Rindge. He d. ; she d. Oct. 3, 

1865. 

1. Almena S., b. May 22, 1824; d., unmd., 

Dec. 2.3, 1855. 

2. Hannah, b. Oct. 20, 1833 ; md. Timothy F. 

Hubbard, son of Eliphalet, q. v. 

3. Asa, b. Sept. 2, 1835; md. Hannah Heard. 

VIII. Betsey, b. May 5, 1797; md. Eliphalet Hub- 
bard, q. V. 
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X. Josiah, b. March 5, 1802 ; md. May 8, 1828, Re- 
becca B. Barbour, davi. of Dr. William and 
Rachel (Cutter) Barbour. They resided in 
Mason, now Greenville, N. H., where he d. May 
14, 1871. 

XI. Almena, b. May 17, 1805 ; d., unmd., April 6, 1858. 



Solomon Sawtell, b. 1786; md. Nov. 12, 1812, Re- 
becca Dwinnell, who d. Aug. 12, 1818. He md. (2d) 
1819 (pub. May 8), Nancy Whitney, of Marlboro, N. H. 
He was at Portsmouth in the War of 1812. He d. Dec. 
13, 1861 ; she d. April 17, 1864, aged 67. 

Harriet, b. 1813; d., unmd., Aug. 27, 1832, 

Clarissa, b. 1814; md. William S. Rugg, q. v. 

Jjucinda. 

Solomon Nelson, b. 1817 ; enlisted from Harris- 

ville, N. H., into the 6th N. H. Vols., and d. of 

wounds Sept. 27, 1864. 

Children of second wife: — 

V. J^enjamin Whitney. 
VI. Joshua Towne. 

VII. John Leonard, md. Lucy Towne, of Marlboro. 
VIII. Jayie L., resides, unmd., in Fitchburg, Mass. 
IX. Emily, md. Henry H. Platts, son of Harvey, q. v. 
X. Amaziah, rad. Louisa Hardy. 

Edwin, b. Aug. 25, 1838; md. Nov. 24, 1859, 

Anna L. Holbrook ; resides in Brockton, Mass. 
J. Warren, b. 1840; enlisted into a New York 
regiment; d. in the service July 9, 1864. 



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Jonathan, son of Hezekiah, md. April 14, 1807, Mary 
Wetherbee, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Gates) Wether- 
bee, q. V. She d. May 6, 1843 ; and he md. (2d) April 9, 
1844, Lucy Foster, dau. of Lieut. Benjamin and Elizabeth 
(Gary) Foster. He d. April 14, 1857. iv. and v. d. 
young. 

I. Alvin, b. March 9, 1808; md. Lydia Baker; md. 
(2d) Sarah Dwinnell ; resides in Northboro, 
Mass. 
II. Mary Ann, b. April 25, 1807 ; md. John E. 

Lake, q. v. 
III. Almira, b. A])ril 18, 1811 ; rad. Alison Lake, q. v. 
VI. Irene, h. May 11, 1816; md. Thomas Saunders, of 

Townsend, Mass., who d. in Ayer, Mass. 
VII. Laviy^a, b. June 13, 1818; md. Dana Davis, of 

Fitzwilliam. 
VIII. Lucy, b. Jan. 26, 1821 ; md. Robert McDonald, of 
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IX. Sibi/l, h. Marcli 4, 1826; md. Hiram George, of 
Vershire, Vt., where they now reside. 



Asa Sawtell, son of Hezekiah, md. Nov. 8, 1812, 
Anna B. Hastings, dan. of Capt. Charles and Anna Hast- 
ings, b. in Ashburnhani. They resided in Rindge until 
1818, and later in Mason, N. H., and in AshbWnham, 

Mass. 

I JSzra Hastings, b. Dec. 11, 1813; md. Feb. 29, 
1836, Betsey Scripture, dau. of James and Lucy 
(Dakin) Scripture, of Mason, IST. H. She d. in 
Warwick, R. I., July 29, 1853 ; md. (2d) March 
26, 1856, Sultyna (Jones) Woods, widow of Asa 
Elbridge Woods, and dau. of Dea. Daniel Jones. 
( Yide Converse Register, No. 27.) They reside 
in Ayer, Mass. He has one child by his fii'st 
wife. 

1. Mary E., b. Feb. 23, 1837. 

II. Seth P., b. April 1-, 1816; d. July 30, 1818. 

III. Mary A. B., b. Sept. 18, 1818; md. Jonas Morse. 

She d. Oct. 18, 1873. 

IV. Sarah J., b. Oct. 3, 1820; d. May 24, 1821. 

V. Eliza J., b. May 11, 1822; md. Henry Stevens. 
They resided in Caledonia, Wis., where he d. 
1874. She resides in Racine, Wis. 

VI. Lucy R., b. March 11, 1824; md. John Bemis. 

They live in Ncav York City. 
VII. Sarah X., b. July 30, 1826 ; md. Lorenzo A. Fisher, 

and removed to New York City. 
VIII. Leonard TF!, b. June 30, 1829 ; 'md. Harriet Rus- 
sell ; md. (2d) Maria Sawyer, of New York City, 
where they reside. 

IX. Augusta E.,\). OqX. 3,1832; md. Dexter Russell, 
son of Walter Russell, of Ashburnham. Re- 
sided in Ashbui'uham several years. She now 
resides, his widow, in Philadelphia. 

X. Josiah P., b. Aug. 22, 1835 ; md. Mary Foster, dau. 
of Jerome Foster. Reside in New York Citv. 



KixsLEY Sawtell, son of Hezekiah, md., 1818, Thank- 
ful Watkins, dau. of Stephen and Susan Watkins. They 
resided in Wendell, Mass., and in Walpole, N. H., Avhere 
he d. Jan. 8, 1864. 

I. Lyman, b. Nov. 2, 1820 ; d. Jan 28, 1834. 

II. Sarah J., b. May 22, 1822. 

III. S. Edwin, b. May 29, 1824. 

IV. J. Almena, b. May 7, 1826; d. Aug. 2, 1827. 
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VII. Jlorace C\ b. July 22, 1832. 
VIII. Charles IT., b. Sept. 29, 1834. 
IX. Mary A., b. May 29, 1837; md. Charles Howard. 
X. £Jmily K, b. June 30, 1839; md. Samuel Oliver. 
XI. Lyman H., b. April 11, 184'J ; md. Mary J. White- 
head. 
XII. Benry J., b. July 2, 1845. 



SoLOMO^r Sawtell, son of Obadiah and Mary (Gould) 
Sawtell, was b. in Shirley, Feb. 23, 1762. Obadiah, the 
father appears to have been in this town a short time, but 
he probably never became a resident here, as he was town 
clerk of Shirley for the years 1763, '73, '74, '75, 76, '79, 
'80, '81, '82, '83, and '85. Solomon, the son, came to 
Rindge about 1796 ; he md. Nov. 19, 1801, Olive Converse, 
dau. of Zebulon Converse, q. v. Witli the exception of a 
residence in Chelmsford, Mass., from 1809 to 1815, they 
resided in Rmdge until their death. He d. Aug. 11, 1834; 
his widow d. Aug. 10, 1843. 

I. Mary, b. Sept. 4, 1802; d. Oct. 11, 1805. 
II. Arvilla, b. June 4, 1804; d. Oct. 29, 1805. 
HI. Mary, b. June 3, 1806; d. young. 
IV. Arvilla, b. July 24, 1807 ; md. Ezra Hudson, of 

Templeton, Mass., and after her death, he md. 

Nov. 27, 1847, Caroline Jones, dau. of Edmund 

and Caty (Taylor) Jones, of Ashburnham. Two 

children by first wife. 

1. Arvilla, md. Blodgett ; reside in Chel- 

sea, Mass. 

2. Son, d. young. 

V. Cynthia, b. in Chelmsford, June 14, 1809; md. 
Lucius M. Converse, son of Joshua Converse, 
Esq., q. V. 
VI. Sherebiah Fletcher, b. ; md. Sarah Wood- 
bury; he d. in Gardner, Mass., Nov. 8, 1845. 
Their two children d. in infancy. She md. (2d) 
L. H. Bradford, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass., where 
they now reside. 
VII. Augustus W., b. June 10, 1813 ; md. May 25, 1839, 
Orris M. Butterfield ; d. in Warren, Mass., Nov. 
21, 1846. 

1. Adelaide L., b. April 22, 1840 ; d. Sept. 5, 

1843. 

2. Harriet A., b. Sept. 20, 1842; md. Oct. 20, 

1862, C. H. Baker, of Warren, Mass. 

3. Martha P., b. Aug. 20, 1844; md. June 1, 

1870, Henry L. Merritt, of Warren. 



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VIII. Alonzo, h. Oct. 11, 1815 ; rad. Mary Ann Davis, b. 
Nov. 25, 1821, dau. of Jonas and Hepsibah (Cut- 
ter) Da\as, of Temple, N. H. Removed to 
Gai'dner, Mass., and soon after to Minneapolis, 
Minn., where he now resides. 
IX. ObacUah, b. May 11, 1817 ; md. May 1, 1842, Sarah 
F. Jennison, who d. June 1, 1850 ; md. (2d) Dec. 
2, 1862, Clarissa E. Rand. He has resided in 
New York and in Texas; now lives in Mani- 
towoc, Wis. 

1. Oscar O., b. March 24, 1845 ,' d. Sept. 10, 

1845. 

2. Sarah Olive, b. June 26, 1847 ; md. Sept. 24, 

1870, David H. Spear, b. in Templeton, 
Mass., 1846, son of David W. Spear. They 
reside in Lowell, Mass. 

Children of second wife: — 

3. Cahan C, b. Nov. 14, 1863. 

4. Charles S., b. Aug. 26, 1865. 

5. Fannie Maud, b. Sept. 1, 1869. 

6. Minerva R., b. April 15, 1871. 

7. Edith R., b. Nov. 29, 1872 ; d. Oct. 6, 1873. 

X. Solomon, b. Jan. 29, 1821 ; md. Mary Ann Carpen- 
ter, of Stafford Springs, Conn. ; removed to 
Warren, Mass., where he d. Feb. 29, 1852. 
XI. Rachel Eliza, b. April 20, 1824; d., unmd., Oct. 13, 
1852. 



Aaron Sawtell, son of Joseph and Hannah (Kemp) 
Sawtell, and a grandson of Joseph and Lydia (Jenkins) 
Sawtell, of Groton, was b. in that place, 1791. He be- 
longed to the same family of Sawtells, but was not of 
near kinship to any of the foregoing. He came to Rindge 
1812 or 1813, and md. Sept. 22, 1814, Ruth Metcalf, dau. 
of Timothy and Ruth (Chaplin) Metcalf, q. v. He d. 
Nov. 9, 1870. 

I. Sylvester, b. July 8, 1816; d. Nov. 6, 1820. 
II. Huth S., md. Timothv Cudworth, q. v. 
III. Aaron S., b. March 10, 1823; md. April 29, 1847, 
Almira J. Blake, dau. of Dea. Eleazer Blake, 
q. V. She d. Sept. 12, 1869; md. (2d) Nov. 15, 
1870, Caroline W. Keyes, dau. of Samuel Keyes, 
of Ashburnham. He is a manufacturer of 
wooden-ware in West Rindge. 

1. Albert H., b. July 20, 1849; md. Nov. 18, 
1869, Abbie A. McClenathan. Reside in 
Troy, N. H. 

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2. Charles O., b. Oct. 16, 1853. 

3. Elsie H., b. May 6, 1859; d. Aug. 16, 1859. 

IV. Joseph, b. Sept. 15, 1829 ; d. May 27, 1831. 
V. Warren F., b. Sept. 30, 1832 ; md. Nov. 1, 1853, 
Christina Eveleth, dau. of Gilman Eveleth, of 
Dublin, N. H. He resides in West Rindge, 
where he is engaged in the manufacture of 
wooden-ware. 

1. Elsie A., b. April 3, 1855. 

2. Calvin W., b. Dec. 16, 1857; d. June, 1858. 

3. Oren F., b. May 27, 1860. 

4. Grace, b. Dec. 9, 1870. 



Abner Sawyer settled upon the Dea. Goddard farm 
in 1797, but was not taxed after 1809. Perhaps he was 
above seventy years of age, and continued a residence 
here after that date. There may have been children not 
named below. 

Betsey, md. Thomas Cowdin, q. v. 

Sophia, a teacher and a missionary; she conducted 

a mission school in Ai'kansas, where she d., unmd. 
Asenath, b. Sept. 4, 1789; d. June 3, 1815. 
Sarah. 
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q. V. Not a dau. of Francis Sawyer, as stated 

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resided in the north-east part of the town 1812-1826. 

I. Lovina, b. June 14, 1811. 
II. Lydia, b. April 5, 1813. 

III. Francis, b. July 21, 1815. 

IV. Lois, b. Jan. 6, 1818. 

V. Charles, b. Dec. 27, 1819. 
VI. Timothy, b. Aug. 20, 1822. 
vii. Martha, b. Oct. 25, 1825. 



Ezra Scollay, son of Grover Scollay, b. in Ashburn- 
ham March 8, 1786 ; md. Dec. 31, 1807, Mersilvia Jewett, 
dau. of Dea. Edward Jewett, q. v., a lady of most excel- 
lent character and intellectual gifts. She d. Juno 2, 1855. 
He md. (2d) Oct. 14, 1856, Polly Hale, dau. of David 
Hale, q. v., who d. Dec. 17, 1866; and he md. (3d) Sept. 
19, 1867, Mrs. Mary P. Moore, of New Ipswich. He d. 
Nov. 10, 1874, having resided in New Ipswich since his 
last marriage. 



Abel Shedd was b. in Groton (now Pepperell) March 
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Shecld, who were md. April 13, 1722. He md. Ruth 
Haskell, and settled in Rindge previous to, or in the year, 
1780, where he d. Sept. 21, 1819; his widow survived 
him several years, and d. in Windsor, Vt. 
I. Abel.-{- 

II. Samuel, md. Sally Patch, and settled in "Windsor, 
Vt., where he d., leaving three children. 

III. John, md. Susan White, and d. 1819, in Jaffrey; 

and his widow md. (2d) Dea. Kendall, of New 
Ipswich. 

1. Alvin, removed to Vermont. 

2. Henry, a clergyman, of Mt. GWlead, Ohio. 

3. Susan, md. Charles Adams, of New Ips- 

wich, and subsequently removed to Den- 
mark, Iowa. 

4. John, resided in Boston. 

IV. Henry, md., 1799, Sarah Bickford, of Salem, Mass., 

where he continued to reside until his death, in 
1802. 

1. Deborah, an only child, had a home with 

her relatives in Rindge. She md. Dea. 

Ezra C. Chamberlain, of Peacham, Vt., 

where they now reside. 
V. Josiah, b. in Rindge Nov. 1, 1781 ; md. Lydia 
Chamberlain, and practiced medicine in Peach- 
am, Vt., until his death, Sept. 4, 1851. He was 
an able and liberal-minded man. Their only 
dau, md. Dr. Noah Worcester, of Ohio. 
VI. Timothy, b. in Rindge about 1783, was twice md., 
and left several children. In 1808 he settled at 
Wells River, Vt., where he was highly respected, 
and d. deeply lamented. 
VII. Ebenezer, removed to Weathersfield, Vt. He was 
prominent in municipal and religious affairs, and 
for many years was a deacon of the church in 
that place. He md. Fanny Bannister. He d. 
at nearly ninety years of age. His aged widow 
resides in Weathersfield. 



C.VPT. Abel Shedd resided in Jaffrey from 1793 until 
1800, when he returned to Rindge, and continued a resi- 
dent until his death. He md. Oct. 22, 1793, Priscilla 
French, dau. of John Fi-ench, of Jaffrey. She d. Sept. 
27, 1799, and he md. (2d) Jan. 20, 1802, Rebecca Adams, 
b. July 27, 1767, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (Kinsman) 
Adams, of New Ipswich, and a sister of Prof. Ebenezer 
Adams, of Dartmouth College. Capt. Shedd was a man 
of good natural abilities and 'unexceptionable character. 
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I. Buthy, b. Aug. 15, 1794 ; md. William Kimball, q. v. 
II. Sally, twin, b. Aug. 15, 1794; md. Feb. 12, 1819, 

Cummings French, of Jaffrey. She d. Nov. 2, 

1862. 

III. Abel, b. May 11, 1797 ; md. June 16, 1825, Mary 

Jewett, of Jaffrey, where they resided. 

Children of second wife : — 

IV. Charles, b. Oct. 21, 1802 {vide p. 360). He md. 

Elizabeth Rowell, dau. of Rev. J. Rowell, of 
Cornish, K H. 
V. James Adams, b. Feb. 25, 1804; md. Augusta 
Adams, dau. of Major Benjamin and Olivia 
(Everett) Adams, of New Ipswich. For several 
years he practiced law in Detroit, Mich., and in 
Dayton, Ohio, and subsequently settled, a farmer, 
in Denmark, Iowa, where he now resides. His 
wife d. in Dayton, and he md. (2d) Carrie Brown. 
VI. Curtis, b. Feb. 2, 1809 ; md. Sophronia Taylor, of 
New Ipswich, and resided in New Ipswich until 
about 1840, when he removed to Denmark, Iowa. 
VII. George, b. May 13, 1810 {vide p. 360). Resides in 
Denmark, Iowa, where he md. Abby Houston, a 
native of Lowell, Mass. He is a physician. 
VIII. Rebecca, b. March 20, 1813; md. Dr. William 
Gallup, and after a brief residence in New Ips- 
wich removed about 1836 to Concord, Mass., 
where she d. Dec. 17, 1838. 



SHERWIN. 

The Sherwins were early in this town, and the foui" families that came 
hither were closely related, being two brothers, cousins to two brothers. 
Ebenezer Sherwin and wife Susannah were residents of Boxford, Mass., 
previous to 1700 ; but of the earlier generations of this family I am not 
informed. Jonathan Sherwin, son of Ebenezer, was b. in Boxford Jan. 
8, 1704; md. Nov. 26, 1728, Mary Lurvey, and had seven children, b. in 
Boxford 1730-1744. Of these, Samuel and Asa came to Rindge, and are 
named hereafter, and Elizabeth was the wife of James Carlton, of this 
town, and her record appears in the register of that family. Ebenezer, 
another son of Ebenezer and Susannah Sherwin, was b. Jan. 5, 1706; 
md. Sept. 21, 1726, Hepsibah Cole, and in Boxford had eight children, b. 
1728-1746. Of these Jonathan and John settled in this town, and their 
record is found in the following register. Ebenezer Sherwin, another 
son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah (Cole) Sherwin, md., 1748, Sarah 
Hovey, and they and their son Ebenezer, b. in Boxford Oct. 16, 1752, 
removed to Winchendon in 1769, where not a few of their descendants 
have resided. 



Samuel Sherwin, son of Jonathan and Mary (Lurvey) 
Sherwin, was b. in Boxford, Dec. 16,1738; he md. in 
Andover, June 1, 1762, Mary Stanley, probably a dau. of 
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I Andover. In 1766 or 1767 he removed to this town, and 
in 1768 a road was laid from the meeting-house, northerly 
by his barn, and thence to Josiah Ingalls' house near 
Grassy Pond, He was frequently elected to oiRce, and was 
residing in Rindge in 1781, but no record of his death or 
removal has been discovered. The date of birth of five 
children is preserved upon the records. 

I. JTannah, b. Sept. 10, 1763. 
II. Jonathan^ b. May 22, 1766. 

III. Sarah, b. March 4; d. March 11, 1769. 

IV. Charlotte, b. June 25, 1774. 
V. Isaac, b. April 28, 1778. 



Capt. Asa Sherwin, a brother of Samuel, was b. in 
Boxford Dec. 11, 1744; he md. Mehitable Porter, who d., 
probably about 1770. He removed to Rindge in 1768, and 
md. (2d) Mercy Kimball, dau. of Lieut. Richard Kimball, 
q. V. He was a man of ability and resolution, and was 
much employed in public service. In 1777 he was lieu- 
tenant in Capt. Brown's company, and after the following 
year he was styled captain, probably on account of a com- 
mission in the companies of the training band or the 
alarm lists. He was selectman in 1785 and '86, and was 
very frequently chosen on committees. For several years 
preceding his death he was an invalid, and d, of spotted 
fever, May 11, 1812; his wife d. Feb. 6, 1812, aged 58. 

I. Nathan, b. Oct. 17, 1764; md. July 5, 1785, Mar- 
gery Flagg, of New Ipsmch. 
II. David, b. Dec, 1767 ; d. young. 

III. Mehitable, b. 1770 ; d. unmd., and probably in 

childhood. 

IV. Betty Kimhall, b. Feb. 26, 1772 ; md, Dec. 23, 1790, 

Israel Chapman, and removed to Stowe, Vt. 
They had six children. 
V. Damd, b. Feb. 20, 1774. 

VI. Mercy, b. June 1, 1776 ; md. March 19, 1809, Sam- 
uel Adams. 

VII. Asa, b. June 6, 1778. 
VIII. Irene, b. March 12, 1781. 

IX. Jonathan, b. Aug. 20, 1783; md. Sarah Barker, 
dau. of Benjamin, q. v. They settled in Con- 
way, Mass., and had sons Azro, Payson, and 
Thomas. 
X. Richard, b. July 16, 1785 ; a most worthy man. 
He was a printer in Boston, and was very popu- 
lar among his associates ; md. Eunice Choate. 

XI. John, b. Nov. 27, 1787. 



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XII. Unos, b. Sept. 23, 1790; nid. Olive Gibson, of 
Fitcbbiirg. After liis marriage he resided a few 
years in Jaffrey, and the birth of two children 
is recorded in that town. 

1. Reiiben Gibson, b. June 27, 1814. 

2. Jonathan French, b. Nov. 20, 1815. 

xin. Seth Payson^ b. April 18, 1793; md. Mary Robin- 
son, of Stowe, Vt., where he resided many 
years. He d. in Morristown, Vt., about 1860. 



Jonathan Sherwin, son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah 
(Cole) Sherwin, was b. in Boxford Sept. 6, 1729; md. 
Feb. 15, 1756, Mary Crumbie, b. in Methuen, March 28, 
1735, by tradition a sister of Lieut. James Ci-umbie, of 
Rindge. He settled, in 1767, n])On the Sherwin farm, in 
the north part of Rindge. He was selectman 1769, '70, 
'73, and '76 ; and his frequent election to other positions 
of trust is evidence of the esteem in which he was held 
by his townsmen. Few men possessed an equal influence, 
or were wiser or better counsellors in public affairs. His 
wife d. May 25, 1784; and he md. (2d) June 26, 1787, 
Content (Bai'ker) La])ham, widow of CajUain Benjamin 
Lapham, and dau. of Barnabas Barker. Mr. Sherwin d. 
Feb. 23, 1804; and his widow d. April 25, 1821, aged 74. 

I. Deborah., b. Dec. 5, 1756 ; md. Aug. 8, 1782, Jona- 
than Ingalls, q. V. 

II. Thomas^ b. Feb. 28, 1759; d. from injuries 
received by a fall from a horse Se])t. 12, 1780. 

III. Bamd, b. March 13, 1761.--f 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 3, 1763; d. Jan. 17, 1765. 
V. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1765; d. Nov. 15, 1785. 

VI. William, b. Jan. 14, 1768. -f 
VII. Sarah, b. April 11, 1770 ; d. April 6, 1787. 
VIII. Jonathan, b. Aug- 5, 1772; d. Feb. 11, 1773. 
IX. Molley, b. Dee. 28, 1773 ; d. of consumption at the 

age of 16. 
X. Anna, b. Dec. 31, 1778; md. Samuel Locke 
Wilder, Esq., q. v. 



David Siieravin, son of Jonathan, md. in New Ipswich 
Nov. 28, 1786, Hannah Frichard, b. March 28, 1764, dau. 
of Paul and Hannah (Perley) Frichard, from Boxford, 
then of New Ipswich. Mr. Sherwin resided in Rindge 
until 1790, and two of his children were b. in this town. 
He subsequently lived several years in Jaffrey, owning 
and occupying the mills at Squantum, and later in West- 
moreland, New Ipswich, and Tem]»le. While a resident 
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same year. The records transcribed by him, in well 
chosen language, are enduring evidence of his ability. He 
served in Stark's Brigade, and was at the battle of Ben- 
nington. Mrs. Sherwin d, in Temple Oct. 1, 1806, 

I. Sally, b. in Rindge Nov. 20, 1787; md. Aug. 8, 
1822, Abram Mead, and d. in Littleton, Mass., 
March 30, 1860. 

II. Rebecca, b in Rindge Nov. 16, 1789; d. in infancy. 

HI. Mary, b. in Jaffrey Aug. 25, 1791 ; md. Christo- 
pher P. Farley, and d. in Hollis, N. H., Nov. 23, 
1813. 

IV. Hannah, b. in Jaffrey May 21, 1795 ; d. in New 

Ipswich Sept 21, 1819. 

V. Thomas, b. in Westmoreland March 26, 1799. -f- 
VI. Betsey, b. in Westmoreland April 16, 1801 ; d. 

unmd. 
VII. Antia, b. in New Ipswich Nov. 5, 1803. Now 
livinsf. 



WiLLiA3i Sheewin, son of Jonathan, md. Mary Baxter, 
dau. of Joseph Baxter, of Princeton, Mass. Her parents 
d. in this town. He resided upon the homestead farm, 
and was a highly respected and useful citizen. He was 
one of the school-teachers in this town, and served several 
years upon the committee of supervision ; was selectman 
1801, '2, '3, and represented the town in the Legis- 
lature 1811. He d. Sept. 16, 1834; she d. Aug. 15, 1851, 
aged 84. 

I. William Augustus, b. Nov. 9, 1801 ; md. Mrs. 
Mary (Goodridge) Eddy {vide Eddy Register). 
He is a farmer, and resides in Rindge Centre. 
n. Julius Celario, b. March 20, 1803 ; md. June 4, 
1839, Silence .Jones Adams, dau. of David 
Adams, q. v. He was a farmer in Rindge until 
a short time previous to his death, when he 
removed to New Ipswich, where he d. Nov. 27, 
1871. 

1. George H., b. Nov. 25, 1840 ; d. Sept. 26, 

1867. 

2. Mary M., b. Oct. 11, 1844; a teacher in the 

public schools of Roxbury, Mass. 

3. Ellen A., b. March 5, 1847 ; teacher. 

4. Kate A., b. March 26, 1849; teacher. 

5. Annie M., b. Aug. 2, 1851 ; md. Dec. 25, 

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md. April 16, 1835, Mersilvia Wilder, dau. of 
Samuel L. Wilder, Esq., q. v. / d. very suddenly 
Dec. 14, 1861. 

1. William Ferdinand, b. Feb. 12, 1836 ; md. 

Oct. 19, 1859, Castella E. Eddy, and a 
great-granddau. of Lieut. Benjamin Fos- 
ter (vide Foster register. No. 11). 

2. Ellen Augusta, b. Oct. 7, 1838 ; d. Jidy 1, 

1847. 

3. Henry Hamilton, b. Sept. 2, 1840; md. April, 

1869, Helen L. Silk; he d. Jan. 1, 1873. 

4. Emma Mersilvia, b. Feb. 24, 1844. 

5. Marshall Pinckney Wilder, b. Jan. 7, 1848; 

resides in Fitchburg, Mass. 

6. Edward Baxter, b. March 26, 1851. 

7. Josiah Wilder, b. July 29, 1853. 

8. Samuel Locke, b. June 2, 1856. 

IV. George Edioin, md,, 1833, Caroline Kimball, dau. 
of Ebenezer and Polly (Aiken) Kimball, of Hill, 
N. H. He resided in Mobile, Ala., and d. in 
Mississippi Feb. 5, 1861. 

1. George Donald, a graduate of Harvard Uni- 
versity; is a successful lawyer in Louis- 
ville, Ky. 



Thomas Sherwin, at an early age, and after the death 
of his mother, went to reside with Dr. James Crombie, of 
Temple, and remained in his family until fourteen years 
of age, attending, meanwhile, the short terms of the })ublic 
schools, and for a season, the instruction of Kev. Noah 
Miles, and of his son, Solomon P. Miles, then a student at 
Dartmouth. In 1813 he was aj^prenticed to the clothiers' 
trade at Groton, Mass., and remained at this employment 
six years. During the winter of 1819 he taught a district 
school in Harvard, Mass., and in the spring entered the 
academy in Groton, but soon after he^went^.^to the acad- 
emy in New Ipswich, and there .remained under the 
instruction of Amasa Edes until he entered Harvard 
University in 1821. While an undergraduate he taught 
one winter in Groton and one in Leominster, Mass. He 
graduated with honor, in 1825, in a class with Hon. 




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Charles Francis Adams, Dr. Augustus A. Gould, Judge 
Ames, and Rev. Drs. Hedge and Lothi*op. After teaching 
a year in the academy in Lexington, Mass., the college 
government gave proof of the high estimation in which he 
was held, by appointing him, in 1827, a tutor of mathe- 
matics. Though urged to retain it, he relinquished the 
position after an efficient service of one year. Subse- 
quently a few months' labor as civil engineer was termi- 
nated by a severe attack of sickness. In December, 1828, 
he opened a private school for boys, which he successfully 
continued one year, and at the expiration of this time 
he was elected sub-master of the English High School in 
Boston. 

The fruit of these years of study and of labor, of strug- 
gle and of triumph, was the preparation with which he 
approached his life work; and through forty years of faith- 
ful and devoted labor he gave proof of ability disciplined 
by study, and that he fully realized the dignity and honor 
of his ])rofession. Upon the resignation of Mr. Miles, his 
former instructor, in 1837, Mr. Sherwin, Avas unanimously 
elected master, and in this position he continued a most 
successful career, which only closed with his life. The 
eminent character of the English High School, and the 
exalted reputation of its principal, growing brighter with 
the increasing years, were widely known and acknowl- 
edged. The testimony of Mr. Eraser, an English gentle- 
man appointed to report to Parliament on the condition 
of the schools of the United States, is in conformity with 
the public verdict : "Taking it for all in all, and as accom- 
plishing the end at which it professes to aim, the English 
High School at Boston struck me as the model school of 
the United States. I wish," he emphatically adds, "we 
had a hundred such in England." 

But his influence and his labor were not limited to the 
school-room. His breadth of view and of purpose en- 
gaged him in every possible duty that would promote the 
cause of truth and sound learning. To diffuse light, to 
benefit others, and to bring all available force to the 
accomplishment of laudable purjjoses, was his apparent 
mission. He was one of the originators, in 1830, of the 
American Institute of Instruction, and its president in 
1853 and '54; the first vice-president, and the third presi- 
dent, and one of the leading minds of the Massachusetts 
State Teachers' Association ; since 1836 an active and 
influential member of the American Academy of Arts 
and Sciences, and for ten years a director of the Institute 
of Technology. In 1868 he was elected a member of the 
New England Historic Genealogical Society. In addi- 
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printed thi'ough successive years, including many deliv- 
ered before the societies of which he was a member, he 
published two valuable works on Algebra which have 
been extensively used in the schools of the United States. 

In the strictest use of the terms, Mr. Sherwin was a 
man of the purest, loftiest character, at all times guided 
by a deep-rooted love of the right, the true, and the 
good. By his pupils he was equally revered for his 
wisdom, and loved for his goodness. At the announce- 
ment of his sudden decease, a multitude of personal 
friends and pupils, recalling the warmth of his affection 
and the wisdom of his instruction, expressed their grief 
in unfeigned sorrow. Long will his deeds be read in the 
mirror of his own fame, and the reflected image will be 
scarcely less striking than the original. 

Mr. « Sherwin md. June 10, 1836, Mary King Gibbens, 
daiT. of Col. Daniel and Mary (King) Gibbens, of Boston, 
and a sister of Samuel H. Gibbens, Esq., who md. Cather- 
ine Brewer Priest, dau. of John Fox Priest, q. v. He d. 
July 23, 1869, leaving three sons : — 

I. Henry, b. April 25, 1887. He is a wholesale dealer 
in coal, New York city. He was a clerk in the 
navy during the War of the Rebellion. 
II. Thomas, b. "July 11, 1839; md. Jan. 18, 1870, 
Isabel Fiske Edwards, dau. of Hon. Thomas M. 
Edwards, of Keene, N. H. Gen. Sherwin served 
three years with distinction in the army of the 
Potomac. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 22d 
Mass. Vols., and was subsequently breveted 
brigadier-general. He is now city collector, 
Boston. 
III. Edward, b. Nov. 6, 1842. He was a paymaster in 
the navy during the war, and is now an agent of 
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron 
Co., oftice in Boston. 



John Sherwin, brother of Jonathan, and cousin of 
Samuel and Capt. Asa, was b. May 15, 1732. He md. 
Mary Gould, and in 1768 removed to Rindge. His house 
was not far from the present residence of Albert H. 
Thomas. He was residing in this town in 1781, but his 
name soon after fades from the records. 

Ruth, b. in Boxford 1765. 
Mary, b. in Rindge Nov. 23, 1768. 
Susanna, b. in Rindge Feb. 26, 1773. 
Dolley, b. in Rindge Jan. 21, 1775. 
Phebe, b. in Rindge March 19, 1777. 
Sally, b. in Rindge Jan. 28, 1781. 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 695 

John Simonds was an early inhabitant of this town. 
He came from Lunenburg and remained several years, 
when he removed to Charlestown, N. H., and in 1776. 
returned to Rindge. He served in Col. Wyman's and in 
Col. Enoch Hale's regiments (vide pp. 126 and 164), and 
Avas residing here in 1780, but removed soon after. He 
md. March" 13, 1755, Mercy Page, dau. of Lieut. Na- 
thaniel, q. V. 

J'ohn, bap. in Lunenburg Aug. 6, 1758. 
jSilas, ba]>. in Lunenbui'g Sept. 23, 1759. 
Martha, 1 

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Sarah, 



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SHURTLEFF. 

William Shurtleff, the ancestor of all the families in New Eng- 
land bearing this name, was an early emigrant, and was indentured as an 
apprentice, in 1634, to Thomas Clark, a carpenter or housewright, of 
Plymouth. In 1643 he was an inhabitant of that town, and enrolled as 
of age to perform military duty, and there he continued to reside until 
1660, when he removed to Marshfield. In 1666, his dwelling-house being 
bm'ned, he was I'esiding in the house of his neighbor, John Phillips, and 
June 23 of that year he was killed by lightning while in the house. He 
md. Oct. 18, 1655, Elizabeth Lettice, dau. of Thomas and Anna Lettice, 
who md. (2d) Nov. 18, 1669, Jacob Cook, son of Francis and Esther 
Cook. Mr. Cook d. 1676, and she md. (3d) Jan. 1, 1688-9, Hugh Cole, 
of Swanzey, Mass. There were three children of Willliam and Elizabeth 
(Lettice) Shurtleff. William, the eldest, was b. in Plymouth, 1657. He 
was selectman of Plymouth several years, captain of the train-band, del- 
egate to the Provincial Assembly in 1694, and treasurer of the town 
1695-1704. By the incorporation of Plympton, which was severed from 
Plymouth, he became an inhabitant of the new town, of which he was 
clerk, selectman, and prominent in all its affairs. He md. in Oct., 1683, 
' Susannah Lothrop, dau. of Hon. Barnabas Lothrop, and granddau. of 
Rev. John Lothrop ; she d. 1726, aged 62 ; he d. Feb. 4, 1729-30, aged 71. 
John Shurtleff, their fifth child, was b. in Plymouth, in June, 1693 ; md. 
in Plympton, March 23, 1726-7, Sarah (Lucas) Caiwer, widow of John 
Carver, and dau. of Benoni Lucas. In 1740 they removed to Hebron, 
Conn., and eight years later to Bolton, Conn., and subsequently to East- 
bm-y, where he d., about 1783. Among their children were William and 
Benoni, twins, b. April 7, 1730. Of these William md., 1755, Hannah 
Cady, b. July 9, 1732. They commenced* their married life in Tolland, 
but in 1757 they removed to Ellington, Conn., and in 1787 to Chester- 
field, N. H., where he d. Dec. 25, 1801 ; she d. soon after. One of their 
children was Rev. Prof. Roswell Shurtleff, of Dartmouth College, and 
another was Asahel, b. in Ellington May 25, 1757; md. Sarah Dewey, of 
Lebanon, Conn. ; she was b. May 13, 1759, and d. in Rindge May 24, 
1837 ; he d. March 24, 1830. Five of their seven children became resi- 
dents of this town ; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1786, resides, unmd., in Rindge ; 
Asahel Dewey, b. Sept. 8, 1789, named below ; Sophia, b. May 17, 1792, 
md. Thomas Ingalls, q. v. ; Miranda, b. Nov. 6, 1794, d., unmd., in 
Rindge Oct. 9, 1873; and Maria, b. June 4, 1800, md. Joel Raymond, q. v. 



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Dr. Asahel D. Shurtleff, a physician of • Rindo;e 
1818-1843 {vide p. 366). He md. Dec. 9, 1823, Eliza M. 
Morse, b. Jan. 9, 1802, dau. of Isaac and Miriam (Spof- 
ford) Morse, of Winchendon, and a niece of Rev. Luke 
A. Spofford, who md. Grata Rand. Dr. Shurtleff d. Nov. 
8, 1843 ; his widow d. Aug. 16, 1873. 

I. Charles Adams, b. May 22, 1825 ; md. Aug. 2, 1858, 

Jane A. Hall. Resides in Boston. 
II. Ann Eliza, b. May 5, 1827 ; md. Aug. 20, 1851, 

Horace Utley, and d. in Buffalo, N. Y., May 26, 

1857. He d. 1873. 

III. Asahel Milton, b. Nov. 5, 1832 ; md. April 14, 1856, 

Sarah Ann Keegon. He is of the well known 
firm of Codman & Shurtleff, Tremont Street, 
Boston. 

IV. Roswell Morse, b. June 14, 1838; md. June 14, 

1866, Clara E. Halliday, of Collinsville, Conn. 
He is an artist in New York city. He was a 
lieutenant in the 99th N. Y. Vols. July 19, 1861, 
was severely wounded at Bethel, Va., and cap- 
tured and exchanged after eight months' impris- 
onment. Mr. Shurtleff is a landscape painter, 
and lives in New York City. In early life he 
showed i-emarkable aptitude for pictorial art, and 
many of his clever sketches of men and things 
about his native town are well remembered. 
For several years after attaining manhood he 
was engaged in the illustration of periodicals and 
books, and numerous volumes of travel and 
adventure contain the work of his industrious 
pencil. In the cultivation, under adverse circum- 
stances, of the art which he has chosen — or 
which has chosen him, — he has evinced the per- 
sistent and enthusiastic devotion of true genius. 
In recent years he has given his attention exclu- 
sively to oil-painting. His finest pieces are 
mountain and woodland views, and animal 
pictures. He usually passes the summer among 
the Adirondack Mountains, where so many of 
the guild find most attractive subjects. The 
exhibitions of the National Academy of Design 
in New York annually present specimens of his 
work, and his paintings have received the com- 
mendation of most competent and careful critics. 



Israel Sloan was in Rindge as early as 1781. He 
resided on the farm now of Addison Bancroft, and was 
taxed until 1804. He md. in Townsend, Mass., Oct. 4, 
1781, Rebecca Wilson. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 

I. Israel, h. Au^. 23, 1782. 
11. Rebecca, b. March 12, 1785. 

III. Moody, b. Nov. 8, 1787. 

IV. Samuel, b; Aug. 16, 1790. 
V. Earl, b. April 10, 1793. 

VI. Sojyhia, 
VII. SuJcey, 



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SMITH. 

Daxiel Smith is presumed to have been a son of John Smith, Senior, 
of Watertown, who was one of the first settlers of that town. Whatever 
may have been his parentage, he was an early resident of Watertown. 
He md. Elizabeth Porter, dau. of Roger and Grace Porter. Their only 
child was Daniel, b. Sept. 27, 1642; md. Feb. 22, 1667-8, Mary Grant, 
dau. of Christopher and Mary Grant, of Watertown. He d. June 7, 1681, 
leaving seven children. Joseph Smith, his son, was b. June 8, 1680, and 
by wife Hannah had a son, Henry Smith, b. Sept. 29, 1705 ; he md. Feb. 
18, 1730-1, Mary Stratton, b. Jan! 8, 170.5-6, dau. of Thomas and Dorcas 
(Maxwell) Stratton; he md. (2d) Dec. 7, 1738, Mary Smith, b. June 18, 
1717, dau. of William Smith, of Weston. They resided in Watertown, 
where she d. April 14, 1756, and he d. in Sept. following. Henry Smith, 
their son, settled in Rindge, and -is named hereaftQr. 

Thomas Smith, a son of John, the emigrant, and probably a brother of 
Daniel, first named above, md. Mary Knapp, dau. of WiUiam Knapp. He 
came to America in the summer of 1635, and d. in Watertown, March 10, 
1692-3. His son, Joseph Smith, was b. June 10, 1643; md. Dec. 1, 1674, 
Hannah Tidd, dau. of John and Rebecca Tidd, of Woburn; he d. 1711. 
leaving five children, among them Daniel Smith, b. Sept. 26, 1681 ; md., 
1708, Mary Burridge, of Newton, and soon after removed to Lexington, 
where he d. March 5, 1757. Jonathan Smith, his son, was b. Oct. 15, 
1713 ; md. Aug. 30, 1738, Abigail Stratton. He was selectman of Lexing- 
ton 1771, and was in the Revolutionary service. His son, Nathan Smith, 
was bap. March 25, 1764 ; md. April 24, 1794, Catherine Bacon, and 
several years later removed to Fitzwilliam. He was a pensioner, and d. 
in that town June 14, 1855, leaving sons: Rufus, who d. unmd. Oct. 1, 
1855; Royal T., who md. Ruhamah Whitcomb, and d. April 26, 1820; and 
Martin, who md. Grace Childs, and resided in Fitzwilliam, but was acci- 
dentally killed in Rindge by a fall from his wagon, Aug. 22, 1857. His 
son Nathan lived in this town, and is number 63 in the following register. 



Henry Smith, son of Henry and Mary (Smith) Smith, 
was b. Feb. 16, 1741 ; md. April 11, 1765, Eunice Peirce, 
b. July 18, 1747, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Adams) Peirce, 
of Weston, and a sister of Benjamin and Abraham 
Peirce, of Rindge. He settled in Lincoln, Mass., and in 
1771 removed to the south-west part of Rindge. He was 
in Stark's Brigade, and was at the battle of Bennington. 
He d. Nov. 3, 1824, aged 83 ; his wife d. Aug. 6, 1821, 
aged 74. 

I. Edwin, b. April 11, 1766; d. young. 
II. Henry, b. July 18, 1768. + 

III. Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1771 ; d. young. 

IV. Braddyll b. Oct. 5, 1774.+ 



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V. Dille, b. March 26, 1777; md. June 10, 1824, 
George Kenney, of Winchendon; and d. in 
Rindge Sept. 23, 1845. They had no children. 
VI. Rebecca^ b. March 8, 1779; d., nnmd., Jan. 11, 
1835. 

VII. Folly, b. Feb. 16, 1783; md. April 22, 1802, 

Nathan Estabrook ; md. (2d) Weston, and 

resided in Brand-on, Vt., where she d., leaving 
six children by the first marriage, March 11, 
1864. 

viii. Eunice, b. July 31, 1788; d., unmd., July 1, 1871. 



Henry Smith was a farmer, and resided where his son, 
Henry A. Smith, now lives. He md. Feb. 27, 1798, 
Asenath Rand, dau. of Col. Daniel Rand, q. v. He d. 
Oct. 22, 1841 ; she d. March 2, 1843. It will be noticed 
that four of their children d. within the space of six days. 

I. Eliza, b. June 1, 1799 ; d. Nov. 1, 1800. 
II. Anna, b. Jan. 9, 1801; d. Oct. 17, 1810. 

III. Daniel Rand, b. July 31, 1802; d. Oct. 19, 1810. 

IV. Warham Dodge, b. May 5, 1804; d. Oct. 14, 1810. 
V. Candice, b. Jan. 2, 1806 ; d. Jan. 3, 1806. 

VI. Eliza A., b. Sept. 24, 1807 ; resides, unmd., in 

Fitchburg, Mass. 
VII. Asa HemenvMy, b. Sej^t. 24, 1807 ; d. Oct. 15, 

1810. 
VIII. Lois M., b. Sept. 10, 1810; md. Dec. 1, 1847, 
Thomas White, of West Boylston, where she d., 
s.jt?., Oct. 3, 1868. 

IX. Artemas Rand, b. June 16, 1814. He is exten- 
sively engaged in the foundry business, in Fitch- 
burg, Mass., in which he has been successful. 
He md. Nov. 2, 1843, Ardelia C. Fairbanks, dau. 
of Jacob and Lydia Fairbanks, of Ashburnham. 

1. Margaret Lydia, b. April 4, 1850; md. 

Dec. 23, 1874, Edgar R. Ray, of Frank- 
lin, Mass., where they reside. 

2. Ralph Hamlin, b. Feb. 19, 1855 ; d. March 

23 1863 

3. Gertrude Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1860. 

X. Henry Austin, b. June 5, 1817; md. Feb. 8, 1849, 
Nancy Augusta, Lane, dau. of Elias and Anna 
(Jones) Lane, of Ashburnham. He was a man- 
ufacturer of pails in Townsend, Mass., 1850-55, 
and has resided a farmer in Rindge since 1861. 



Braddyll Smith, md. Oct. 23, 1798, Persis Pratt, dau. 
of Reuben and Ruth (Williams) Pratt, of Fitzwilliani. 



GENEALOGICAL BEGISTER. 699 

He was a fanner and a manufacturer of boxes. He d. 
Jan. 10, 1862; his widow d. Aug. 15, 1864. Their sixth 
child d. young. 

I. IfatUda. b. Oct. 2, 1798; md. Jonathan W. 

Allen, q. v. 

II. Gyrus^ b. Feb. 3, 1800 ; resides, unmd., in La Porte, 

Iowa. 

III. Joseph, b. April 1, 1805; d. Dec. 10, 1810. 

IV. Melinda, b. Feb. 19, 1808; md. Abel Hubbard, q. v. 

They reside in La Porte, Iowa. 
V. Jlaria, b. May 31, 1809; d., unmd., in La Porte, 
Iowa, about 1870. 
VII. Joseph i?., b.. Oct. 31, 1814; md. Sept. 10,1855, 
Emeline Hadley, dau. of Daniel Hadley. They 
reside in Brookline, Ohio. 
VIII. Marcia, b. Nov. 30, 1818; resides, unmd., in La 
V Porte, Iowa. 

Joseph Smith, son of Samuel and Judith Smith, .of 
Newbury, Mass., md. Abigail Goodrich, and settled in 
Leominster Mass., where their children were b., and where 
they resided until their removal to Rindge in 1791. He 
was a cabinet-maker, and resided upon the farm now of 
Joshua T. Hunt. 

I. Jucinda, d. unmd. 

II. Polly, md. James Buixlitt ; resided in Leominster. 

III. Betsey, b. 1783; md. Levi Hubbard, q. v. 

IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1786. + 



Thomas Smith, son of Joseph, md. March 28, 1810, 
Hepsibeth Piper, dau. of Thomas and Hepsibeth (Jewett) 
Piper, q. v., and resided upon the old homestead. Like 
his father, he was an exemi)lary citizen. He d. June 27, 
1856, and his widow d. in Worcester, Mass., July 27, 
1869. 

I. Mrmn, b. Nov. 20, 1810; md. Oct. 1, 1834, Mary 

W. Phelps, who d. 1841 ; md. (2d) Jan. 13, 1842, 

Sarah Grover, of Ware, Mass., who d. 1874. He 

resides in Worcester. 

II. Harriet, b. March 18, 1812. Resides in Worcester. 

III. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1813 ; md. June 13, 1843, 

Royal H. Chaffin. They reside in Holden, 
Mass. 

IV. Thomas, b. May 11, 1817; md. Sept. 30, 1841, 

Phebe Grover,' of Ware, Mass.; md. (2d) Dec. 
10, 1846, Mary Ann Wheeler, of New Ipswich. 
He resides in Worcester, Mass., and conducts an 
extensive manufacture of punching-presses, bolts. 



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scythe-bars for mowing machines, and other sim- 
ilar wares. 

1. Lora Jane, b. Sept. 20, 1842; md. Nov. 19, 

1868, A. P. Cutting. 

2. Walter Willie, b. Oct. 23, 1845 ; d. probably 

March 31, 1865 {vide jjage 318). 

Child of second wife : — 

3. Ella Marianna, b. Dec. 11, 1855. 

V. George E., b. July 13, 1819; md. Sept. 14, 1841, 
Eunice Whitney, dau. of John Whitney, q^. v. 
He was proprietor of a mill in West Rindge 
several years. He now resides in Fitchburg, 
Mass. Their son, Darwin A., d. in the army 
(p. 325), and other children d. in childhood or 
youth. 

1. George A., b. Jidy 28, 1854. 

VI. Hepsiheth, b. Feb. 24, 1821; md. Zachariah F. 
Whitney, son of John Whitney, q. v. 



Francis S]vnTH, a Revolutionary soldier from Chelms- 
ford, or vicinity, removed to Rindge, 1794 ; md. Hannah 
Russell, b. in Westford, a sister of John Russell, of Dub- 
lin, who md. Abigail Godding, and of Patty Russell, 
second wife of Henry Godding, Jr., q. v. He d. March 
13, 1847, aged 93 ; she d. Aug. 30, 1840, aged 86. 



Silas Smith, son of Francis above, md. 1823 (pub. Aug. 
13), Anna Watson, of Peterboro, N. H. He d. Feb. 22, 
1873, aged 87. 

I. Eliza A., md. Hiram Robinson, q. v. 
II. Sophro7iia, md. Eleazer Spaulding, of New Ips- 
wich. 
III. Albert, resides, unmd., on the homestead. 



Abel Smith, perhaps not related to the other families 
of Smiths, removed to Rindge about 1830 ; he md. Betsey 
Loring, q. v. He d. Jan. 15, 1859; she d. March 26, 1857. 

I. Loring, md. April 9, 1834, Isabella Miller, and 

removed from town. 
II. John, at about twenty years of age received a 
severe blow vipon the head, and was subse- 
quently subject to fits. He d., a town charge, 
July 4, 1847, aged 35. 

III. Joseph, lived with his parents ; d. by suicide June 

3, 1857. 

IV. Betsey, md., 1857, George Whitcomb, son of 

Ephraim, q. v. 



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John Smith, son of Elijah T. and Agnes (Hodge) 
Smith, was b. in Fitzwilliara July 25, 1814. He md. 
April 9, 1840, Sarah Maria Mavery, dau. of Rev. Charles 
and Deborah (Ingalls) Mavery, and a great-granddau. of 
Dea. Josiah Ingalls, of this town. Since their marriage 
they have resided in Rindge. 

I. Charles M., b. Jan. 26, 1841 ; d. in the Union army 

Jan. 12, 1863. 
II. Henry A., b. May 22, 1842, He enlisted in the 
14th regiment with his brother, and d. Jan. 7, 
1863. 

III. JSllen 31., b. Oct. 9, 1843; md. Nov. 24, 1869, 

Edwin D. Farnurn. They reside in Hern- 
don, Va. 

IV. George IT., b. April 10, 1850. 
V. Julia Z, b. Dec. 13, 1853. 

VI. Walter F., b. May 7, 1856. 
VII. Annie Z, b. Nov. 11, 1857. 



Nathan Smith, son of Martin and Grace (Childs) 
Smith, of Fitzwilliam, md. Oct. 22, 1849, Rosetta Whit- 
comb, dau. of Asa and Olive (Buzzell) Whitcomb. He 
resided in East Rindge from the date of his marriage 
until he enlisted in the 6th N. H. Vols, He was taken 
prisoner Sept. 30, 1864, and d. at Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 7, 
1865. 

I. Willard W., b. Oct. 4, 1855. 

II. Francis W., b. Dec. 22, 1857. 

III. JVellie li., b. May 16, 1860. 

IV. Ada M., b. July 21, 1862. 



STANLEY. 

The name of Stanley is intimately associated with the early histoiy of 
this town, but the last words of Marmion, " On, Stanley, on ! " appear to 
have ordered them forward to new settlements, and the name, after an 
honorable record, fades from these pages of local history soon after the 
Revolution. These families were descendants of Matthew Stanley, who 
was in Lynn as early as 1646. His son Samuel, b. probably about 1656^, 
and wife Joanna, were residents of Topsfield, where their seven children 
were b. 1678-1703. Of these, their eldest son, Samuel, was b. Oct. 24, 
1678 ; md. Jan. 2, 1705-6, Mary Kinney, also of Topsfield. Of their nine 
children, Jonathan settled in Rindge, and is number 1 in the following 
register. Another son of Samuel and Mary (Kinney) Stanley was David, 
b. Sept. 28, 1717 ; md. at Wilmington, Mass., March 25, 1746, Sarah 
Butters, by whom he had ten children, all of whom were b. in Wilming- 
ton. Of these, Jonathan and Jeduthan came to this town, and are 
numbers 23 and 33, in this register. 



Capt. Jonathan Stanley, b. in Topsfield May 2, 1711, 
a gre.at-grandson of Matthew Stanley, of Lynn, md. Aug. 
2, 1737, Abigail Gould, dau. of Thomas and Mercy (Sum- 

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ner) Gould, a sister of the wives of Lieut. Nathaniel and 
Joseph Page, of Rindge, and a descendant of Zaccheus 
Gould, the emigrant. Mr. Stanley was in Rindge as early 
as 1752, and in 1754 he removed his family hither. The 
fact that he was taxed in Lunenburg in 1753 and '54 
suggests that his family may have made a temporary abode 
in that town, while he was clearing land and rearing a shel- 
ter for their accommodation. The church records of Lunen- 

burg also verify this date of the removal of his family, "July 
14, 1754, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Stanley, of Rowley 
Canada^ bap." Two brothers of Mrs. Stanley, Jacob and 
Benjamin Goiild, were residents of Lunenburg, which 
possibly accounts for their temporary home in that place. 
His name appears upon the earliest records, and it is 
apparent that he was one of the leading men in the 
affairs of the proprietors. Soon after the organization of 
this town he removed to Jaffrey, Avhere in 1773 he called 
the first town'meetingheld under the charter of incorpora- 
tion. His subsequent career will be ably presented in 
the " History of Jaffrey," by Di-. D. B. Cutter, which is 
soon to be published. 

I. Abigail, b. March 20, 1738-9; md. Col. Enoch 

Hale, q. v. 
II. Mary, b. April 20, 1740; probably md. Samuel 

Sherwin, q. v. 

III. Samuel, b. March 15, 1741-2. -f 

IV. John, b. Jan. 29, 1743-4.+ 

V. Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1745; d. young. 
VI. Jedidiah, b. Jan. 31, 1747-8. 
VII. Joseph, b. Jan. 17, 1749-50. -{- 
VIII. Hannah, b. Dec. 1, 1751 ; md. Jonathan Parker, 
Jr., q.v. 
IX. Elizabeth, bap. July 14, 1754. 



Samuel Stanley ind. Sibyl Page, dau. of Lieut. 
Nathaniel Page, and she is mentioned in the will of her 
father as Sibyl Stanley. They resided in Rindge until 
about 1780, when they removed to Jaffrey. Samuel 
Stanley, son of David and Sarah (Butters) Stanley, was 
probably a resident of this town a few years, and some 
dirticulty arises in determining which is referred to in 
every instance. This Samuel Stanley removed to Jaffrey, 
where the younger of his eleven children were b. Charles 
C. Stanley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a descendant of this fam- 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 703 

ily, h.ns gathered much vahiable information of this and 
other branches of tlie Stanleys of New Enghmd. 



John" Stanley resided in Rindge until the close of the 
Revolution. He was in Wyman's Regiment in 1776, and 
the following year he Avas a lieutenant in Stark's Brigade, 
and was at the battle of Bennington. In 1780, then 
styled " Lieut.," he and his wife were seated in the meet- 
ing-house ; but soon after this date he removed to Jaffrey. 
The following children of John and Sarah Stanley were 
bap. in Rindge : — 

I. Mien, 1768. 
II. Jedidiah, 1770. 

III. Jonatlian Parker, 1773. 

IV. Daniel, 1775. 
V. Sarah, 1779. 

VI. Susannah, 1779. 

The record states that Sarah and Susannah were twins. 



Joseph Stanley md. Aug. 19, 1773, Lucy Hosmer, 
who was b. in Acton, Mass., Nov. 14, 1752. They came 
to Rindge in 1774. He served three enlistments in the 
Revolution {vide pp. 108, 135, 164), and was residing here 
in 1788, but not in 1793. The eldest child was b. in 
Acton. 

I. Lucy, b. Nov. 17, 1773. 

II. Jonathan, b. Dec. 15, 1775. » 

III. Martha,\). April 7, 1778. 

IV. Jonas, b. March 9, 1781. 

V. Buth, b. Oct. 12, 1784. 

VI. Joel, bap. Feb. 10, 1788. 

Jonathan Stanley, a son of David and Sarah (But- 
ters) Stanley, b. 1748, md. Lois Moors, perhaps a dau. of 
Benjamin Moors, of Rindge, q. v. He resided in Rindge 
a short time, and his son Jonathan was b. in this town, but 
he probably removed previous to the summer of 1776. He 
d. in Jaffrey July 12, 1789, aged 41 ; his widow d. Dec. 9, 
1828, aged 81. 

I. Jonathan, b. in Rindge July 16, 1774 ; md. Betsey 
Ross, of Jaffrey, and had six children. 

II. John. 

III. J^eiyamin 3Ioors. His dau., Lydia Ann, md. Col. 

Charles A. Jewell, formerly of Rindge, now of 
Adrian, Mich. 

IV. Jedidiah. 

V. Nathan. 

VI. Sarah. 

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Jeduthaw Stanley, also a son of David, was b. Oct. 
12, 1750, and md. in Wilmington, Mass., Jan. 23, 1772, 
Dorcas Kidder. They resided in Rindge a few years. 
Dorcas, their dau., was b. here in 1774, and in 1776 he 
signed the "Association Test" (vide p. 123). It is sup- 
posed that he removed to Groton, Mass. 

I. Mblley, b. June 10, 1772 ; md. Joshua Jaquith. 
II. Dorcas, b. Sept. 27, 1774; md. Ebenezer Hop- 



kins. 

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STEARNS. 

Isaac Stearns, probably from Nayland, Suffolk, England, came to 
Kew England in 1630, in the ship with Gov. Winthrop, and settled in 
"Watertown, Mass., near Mt. Auburn. He was admitted freeman May 
18, 1631, which is the earliest date of such admissions. He was select- 
man several years, and in 1647, with Mr. Biscoe, he was appointed by 
the selectmen "to consider how the bridge over the river shall be 
Imilt, and to agree with the workmen for doing it according to their 
best discretion." He d. June 19, 1671, leaving a widow, Mai-y, who 
d. April 2, 1677. The signature to his will is written Sternes, and in 
England the name has generally been written Sterne. The Anglo-Saxon 
of the name of the bird, the starling, which appears upon the coat-of- 
arms of this family, is steam, and in other dialects it is stern, and also 
atarn, which is probably associated with the origin of the name. The 
present orthography has been more recently adopted. Samuel Stearns, 
son of Isaac and Mary, was b. in Watertown April 24, 1638; md. Feb. 1, 



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1662-3, Hannah Manning, dau. of William and Dorothy Manning, of 
Cambridge, and a sister of Samuel Manning, who md. his sister, 
Elizabeth. He resided in Watertown, where he d. Aug. 3, 1683; 
she d. Feb. 26, 1723-4. Of their ten children, the second son 
was Nathaniel, b. Dec. 13, 1668. In the partition of his father's 
estate he received the farm which had been the homestead of his 
grandfather, Isaac Stearns. He md., 1694, Elizabeth Dix, b. Dec. 4, 
1671, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Barnard) Dix. She d. June 16, 1712; 
and he md. (2d) Oct. 29, 1713, Sarah Nevinson, b. July 22, 1672, dau. of 
John Nevinson. He d. Aug. 24, 1716 ; and his widow md. April 24, 
1718, Samuel Livermore. Daniel Stearns, son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
beth (Dix) Stearns, b. March 1, 1700-1, resided in Watertown, and 
probably upon the homestead of the first Isaac Stearns. By his first 
wife, Anna, he had one dau. He md. (2d) Mercy Grant ; he d. about 
1747. Of his ten children, Isaiah Stearns was his second son, b. Jan. 22, 
1727-8, and d. 1768. He resided in West Cambridge, and by wife Eliza- 
beth had seven sons. Of these, Daniel was b. Dec. 17, 1760. He was sev- 
eral years in the Revolutionary army, and, under Gen. Wayne, partici- 
pated in the daring and impetuous assault of Stony Point. He resided 
in Bolton, Mass., and in Dummerston and Brattleboro, Vt. He md. 
Sept. 7, 1783, Elizabeth Knowlton, b. March 17, 1764, dau. of Josiah 
Knowlton, of Sudbm-y, Mass. He d. in Brattleboro June 14, 1824 ; she 
d. Aug. 6, 1820. Of their children, Charles, b. July 17, 1800, md. 
Almira Bancroft, dau. of Major John Bancroft, of Rindge, q. v. ; and 
Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1802, resided many years in Rindge, and is named 
hereafter. 



Josiah Steakns came to Rindge in June, 1768, but 
remained here only two or three years. He was a son of 
Josiah and Susanna (Ball) Stearns, a grandson of John 
and Abigail (Fiske) Stearns, and a great-grandson of 
Samuel and Hannah (Manning) Stearns, who, as formerly 
stated, was a son of Isaac Stearns, the emigrant. This Jo- 
siah Stearns was b. in Watertown, where all his American' 
ancestors had resided, July 11, 1730, and md., 1765, Abi- 
gail Emerson. He removed from this town to West- 
minster, Mass., and subsequently to Wilmington, Vt., 
where he d. Jan. 31, 1802. His descendants are 



numerous. 



William Steakns, parentage unknown, was here pre- 
vious to the date of incorporation, and in 1769 was lessee 
of one of the public lots. He removed from this town 
previous to the Revolution. The name of his wife was 
Elizabeth. Their eldest child was b. in Harvard, Mass., 
and two in Rindge. 



I. John Burt., b. Sept. 7, 1764. 
II. Jahez, b. Nov. 5, 1766. 
III. Barhary., b, July 30, 1769. 



Isaac Stearxs, b. Oct. 28, 1781, son of Isaac and Mary 
(Crosby) Stearns, of Ashburnham, grandson of Hon. 
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grandson of John and Esther (Johnson) Stearns, great- 
great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Stearns, 
great-great-great-grandson of John and Sarah (Mixer) 
Stearns, all of Billerica, and great-great-great-great-grand- 
son of Isaac Stearns, the emigrant. This Isaac Stearns 
was a brother of Abigail, wife of Chauncey Perry, and a 
cousin of Charles Stearns who md. Rebecca Converse, 
and of Roxanna, wife of Amasa Jones. He md. Belinda 
Bedlow, probably of Ashby, and resided in this town 
1823-1840. 

I. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1823; d. Feb. 12, 1824. 
II. Isaac, b. Sept. 24, 1825. 

III. Sarah Whitney, b. Dec. 24, 1827. 

IV. Albert, b. Dec. 20, 1833. 



Samuel Stearns, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Knowl- 
ton) Stearns, and of the seventh generation of the 
descendants of Isaac and Mary Stearns, was b. Aug. 
27, 1802. He md. March 4, 1830, Mary Fitch Moore, • 
b. April 20, 1807, dau. of William and Mary (Fitch) 
Moore, of Sharon, N. H. {vide Fitch Register, No. 16), 
and removed the same month to the farm now of Ste- 
phen Hale. His wife d. Aug. 28, 1849, and he md. 

-p (2d) Sept. 26, 

18 5 0, Almira 
Hall, dau. of 
John and Betsey (Bennett) Hall, of Ashburnham. He 
was selectman 1841, '42, '43, '44, '47, '48, '50, '51, repre- 
sented the town in the Legislature 1850 and '51, and Avas 
frequently chosen to other positions in municipal affairs. 
Unusually free from any selfish or uncharitable thought, 
he possessed an affectionate heart, and maintained through 
life an even and unclouded temper. He d. April 6, 1871. 

I. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1831; d. Aug. 24, 
1832 
• II. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1832 ; md. Dec. 29, 
1864, James Van Derveer, son of Peter and Ann 
(Boylan) Van Derveer, of Somerset County, 
N. J. He was formerly a merchant in Chester, 
N. J., where he still resides. For several years 
he was an assessor of Internal Revenue, and 
sheriff of Morris County 1870-1873. 

1. Julia Louise, b. Feb. 6, 1866. 

III. Samuel Augustus, b. Oct. 14, 1834; d. Sej^t. 4, 

1837. 

IV. Almira, b. Sept. 18, 1836; d. Sept. 14, 1837. 

V. Ezra Scollay, b. Sept. 1, 1838 ; resides, unmd., in 
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VI. Samuel Henry, b. July 27, 1840. Served three 
years in the War of the Rebellion ; was clerk 
in the Treasury Department, Washington, two 
years ; and noAV resides in Colorado. 

VII. George, b. Aug. 16, 1842. Enlisted in the 9th 
N. H. Vols. ; d. of disease at West Philadelphia 
Hospital Dec. 24, 1862, and was buried at 
Rindffe. 



EpHRAiM Steaens, b. in Athol, Mass., July 19, 1798, 
son of Samuel and Lydia (Clement) Stearns, grandson of 
Col. Ephraim and Prudence (Wilder) Stearns, of Peters- 
ham, great-grandson of Ebenezer and Mary (Spring) 
Stearns, of Worcester, great-great-grandson of Nathaniel 
and Elizabeth (Dix) Stearns, of Waltham, who, as already 
represented, was a grandson of Isaac Stearns, the emi- 
grant. Ephraim Stearns, the subject of this paragraph, 
md. Feb. 11, 1824, Lucy Willard, b. July 4, 1802, dau. of 
Silas and Molley (Jones) Willard, of Ashburnham, Pre- 
vious to his removal to Rindge, in 1844, he had resided in 
Montague (and of that town was a selectman), in Temple- 
ton and in Ashburnham. In 1850 he removed to Winch- 
endon. 

I. Ephraim Lincoln, b. Feb. 23, 1825. 
II. Samuel Clinton, b. April 11, 1827. 

III. Lucy Jayxe, b. Jan. 10, 1830 ; md. W. L. Fisher. 

IV. mnry Augustus, \ ^^ g ^4, 1832. 
V. Helen Augusta, ) ^ ' 

VI. Herman I) wight, b. Jan. 9, 1836. 
VII. Albert Clement, b. Aug. 23, 1840. 
VIII. Mary E., b. April 3, 1843 ; d. April 8, 1843. 
IX. James W., b. May 11, 1844; d. Jan. 23, 1845. 
X. Clarence 0., b. April 23, 1847 ; d. Jan. 21, 1849. 



Charles Stearns was related to Isaac Stearns, of Watertown, who 
bequeaths "to my kinsman Charles Stearns £10," but does not make 
known the degree of relationship. He was admitted freeman May 6. 
1646, and two years later he purchased land in Watertown. His wife 
Hannah d. 1651 ; and he md. (2d) June 22, 1654, Rebecca Gibson, dau. 
of John and Rebecca Gibson, of Cambridge. John Stearns, son of 
Charles and Rebecca (Gibson) Stearns, was b. Jan. 24, 1656-7 ; he md. 
Judith Lawrence, dau. of George Lawrence, of Watertown ; she d., and 
he md. (2d) April 2, 1713, Mary Norcross, dau. of Richard and gi'and- 
dau. of Jeremiah Norcross, the emigrant. He settled in Lexington, 
where he d. Feb. 22, 1722. Capt. John Stearns, his son by the first wife, 
was b. in Lexington; he md. Aug. 10, 1715, Deliverance Bigelow, b. 
Sept. 22, 1695, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, of Water- 
town, and removed to Worcester, Mass. ; and in 1748 he was captain of a 
company of rangers raised in Worcester, and sent out against the Indians. 
Jotham Stearns, son of Capt. John, was bap. June 22, 1718; he md. 
Mary Flagg, dau. of Bartholomew Flagg, and in Worcester their three 
children were b., the eldest of whom was Bartholomew Stearns, b. Aug. 



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4, 1742 ; md. Mary Raymond, and settled in Winchendon, in the year 
1777. They were the parents of ten children, b. in Holden, Mass., and 
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Capt. Freeborn Stearns, son of Bartholomew and 
Mary (Raymond) Stearns, was b. in Winchendon Nov. 
24, 1784, and resided in Rindge from 1810 imtil his death. 
He was a blacksmith and farmer, and for many years was 
the sexton of the town. He commanded one of the com- 
panies of militia at an early date. He m-d. Feb. 14, 1809, 
Clarissa Demary, dan. of Ezekiel Demary, q. v. She d. 
Aug. 31, 1865, and he d. Nov. 22, 1869. 

I. Maria P., b. Nov. 17, 1809; md. Thomas A. Tar- 
bell, q. V. 

II. John J)., b. Oct. 29, 1811; md. Aug. 29, 1833, 

Harriet Darlhig, dau. of Jewett B. and Hannah 
(Murdock) Darling, of Winchendon, He is a 
blacksmith, and has resided several years in Fitz- 
william. Now in Rindge. 

1. John M., b. July 13, 1835; md. Sarah 

Wentworth. She d., and he md. (2d) 
Minnie Merchant. They reside in East 
Brookfield, Mass. 

2. Mary Ann, b. May 25, 1837; md. William 

Chtise, and resides in Northfield, Mass. 

3. Harriet A., b. Feb. 13, 1842; d. June 23, 

1845. 

4. William A., b. , 1843; md. Nellie 

Jaquith. 

5. Harriet A., b. Sei)t. 23, 1845. 

6. Nancy B., b. Jan. 27, 1848. 

III. Clarissa J)., b. March 18, 1814; md. Salmon 

Allen, q. v. 

IV. Charles, b. Feb. 8, 1816 ; d. March 9, 1816. 
V. George TFi, b. March 16, 1817 ; md. Sept. 23, 1841, 

Nancy P. Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, q. v. 
He carried on the business of blacksmithiug for 
several years, and for the past ten years has been 
a merchant at Rindge Centre. He Avas colonel 
of the Twelfth Regiment in 1840, Avas selectman 
1857, '58, '59, and Town Clei-k 1865. He was a 
member of the centennial committee named on 
p. 893, and the omission of his name was not 
discovered until too late for correction. Their 
children are : — 

1. Henry W., b. May 30, 1843; md. Jan. 4, 
1865, Addie A. Converse, dau. of Abra- 
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of Shepley & Stearns, dealers in books, 
stationery, and paper stock, Fitchburg, 
Mass., and is a most worthy, exemplary 
man. 
2. Julia M., b. March 22, 1849 ; md. Nov. 27, 
1867, Charles F. Platts, son of Hosea 
Platts, q. V. He is a merchant in Rindge. 

VI. Nancy W., b. Aug. 24, 1819; md. March 26, 
1840, John Platts, son of Asa Platts, q. v. She 
d. Oct. 17, 1847. 
vii. Charles F., b. July 10, 1821 ; d. Aug. 31, 1824. 
vm. William P., b. July 21, 1823 ; d. Dec. 17, 1823. 
IX. Harriet A., b. Oct. 24, 1824; d. March 19, 1825. 
X. Charles F., b. Jan. 26, 1826; md. Sept. 24, 1851, 
Julia Augusta Emory, dau. of Derostus W. 
Emory, q. v. He is a blacksmith ; was captain 
of the South company, and resides near Rindge 
Centre. 

1. Willie Eugene, b. Oct. 28, 1853. 

2. Emma A., b. March 18, 1865. 

XI. ITirain iV!, b. July 15, 1828 ; a merchant in Boston, 
who enjoys the respect and confidence of all 
who know him. He md. July 4, 1850, Charlotte 
A. Chipman, dau. of Samuel Chipman, of Marl- 
boro, Mass, 

1. Lottie Edith, b. July 10, 1851 ; md. Nov. 

17, 1870, Leonard B. Marshall, of Boston. 

2. Henry W., b. April 30, 1853 ; d. Nov. 22, 

1853. 

3. Emma Augusta, b. Aug. 6, 1854; md. May 

7, 1874, J. Arthur Peck, of East Somer- 
ville, Mass. 

4. Ella Frances (twin), b. Aug. 6, 1854. 

5. Mary Florence, b. Dec. 4, 1858. 

XII. Stephen A., b. March 8 ; d. March 29, 1831. 
XIII. Julius Augustus, b. Aug. 27, 1832 ; md. July 29, 
1857, Mary Ann Wood, dau. of Elbridge Wood, 
q. V. He is a blacksmith and farmer, and resides 
at Rindge Centre. 

1. Etta M., b. Aug. 16, 1858. 

2. George. W., b. J'une 18, 1861. 

3. Mary Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1865. 

4. Harland A., b. Feb. 12, 1869. 

5. Nellie Gertrude, b. Sept. 1, 1871. 

6. Henry M. B., b. Dec. 23, 1873. 

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XIV. Julia Augusta^ twin, b. Aug. 27, 1882; md. Nov. 
16, 1856, Seward E. Skilling. They reside in 
Ashburnham. 

1. Arthur H., b. Dec. 2, 1857. 

2. Etta C, b. Jan. 1, 1860. 

3. Edwin M., b. Feb. 22, 1862. 



Samuel Steele md. in Winchendon Nov. 4, 1773, 
Rachel Putnam, and removed to Rindge about 1790. He 
was a farrier, and resided uj)on the farm now of Capt. 
B. F. Danforth, and d. 1811; his widow d. in Winchen- 
don Oct. 10, 1847, aged 86. 

I. William, b. April 20, 1777 ; removed to Java, 
N. Y., where he d. 1870, leaving several chil- 
dren. 

II, James, b. May 11, 1779; 7ion com,p.; d. Aug. 5, 
1834. 

III. Sally, b. Feb. 25, 1781 ; md. Samuel Robbins, q. v. 

IV. Samuel, b. July 14, 1785. He was a successful 

teacher; resided in Albany and other towns 
in New York. He md. Betsey Buttrick, of 
Winchendon, a sister of Amos Buttrick, of 
Rindge. He d. about 1865. 
V. Rachel, b. March 4, 1788 ; d. unmd. 
VI. JVabby, b. Aug. 17, 1790; md. Asa Hyde, of 
Winchendon, and d. about 1830; his only child 
d. young. 

VII. Esther, ; md. April 29, 1823, Cyrus Grout, 

son of Isaac and Sally (Stearns) Grout, of 
Winchendon. They resided in Rindge until 
1840, and five children were bap, here. 

Abigail Elvira, bap. Aug. 10, 1828. 
Esther Augusta, bap. Aug. 10, 1828. 
Cyrus Augustus, bap. Sept. 27, 1829. 
Rachel Maria, bap. July 29, 1832. 
Joseph Lee, bap. Dec. 10, 1834. 

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Oliver Stevens resided on the " Bixby place " from 
1766 until about 1786. Two members of his family d. of 
small-pox in 1777. He md. in Acton, Mass., April 1, 
1766, Sarah Hosmer. Their children b. in Rindge were 
as follows : — 

I. Oliver, b. Jan. 14, 1767. 
II. Sarah, b. July 15, 1768. 

III. Lucy, b. Aug. 12, 1770. 

IV. Patty, b. Aug. 8, 1772. 
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STICKNEY. 

William Stickney, from England, settled in Rowley as early as 1638, 
where he was an influential citizen. He was clerk of the market, and on 
jury of trials 1653. selectman 1656 and 1661, and was styled Lieut. Stick- 
ney in 1661. He d. in January, 1664r-5, and his wife Elizabeth survived 
him several years. Amos Stickney, his son, was b. in England 1635 ; md. 
June 24, 1663, Sarah Morse, and removed to Newbury, and there estab- 
lished himself as a weaver. He d. Aug. 29, 1678, leaving nine children. 
His widow md. (2d) Samuel Acreman, and d. Dec. 7, 1711. Benjamin 
Stickney, son of Amos, b. in Newbury April 4, 1673 ; md. in Rowley Jan. 
16, 1700-1, Mary Palmer, who d. 1747, and he md. (2d) Oct. 2, 1750, Mrs. 
Mary Morrison, who surviving him md. for her third husband Samuel 
Doty. He resided in Rowley, where he d. March 5, 1756. His third son, 
Joseph Stickney, was b. Oct. 8, 1705 ; md. Dec. 26, 1727, Jane Pickard, 
dau. of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hale) Pickard. They were md. by 
Thomas Hale, Esq., the father of Moses Hale, Senior, of Rindge. She d., 
and he md. (2d) Nov. 7, 1737, Hannah Goodridge, dau. of Samuel and 
Hannah Goodridge, of Newbury, who after the death of Mr. Stickney 
md. James Barker, and d. Nov. 4, 1806. He resided in Boxford, where 
he d. 1756. Joseph Stickney, Jr., a son of the first wife, was b. June 23, 
1733. In early life he was a tailor, and resided in Boxford, and was a 
soldier in Col. Winslow's expedition to Nova Scotia in 1754, and the fol- 
lowing year he was in Major Preble's company. About 1774 he settled, 
a farmer, in New Ipswich. He md. Oct. 5, 1758, Anna Sloss, and d. 1818. 



William Stickney, the third of the seven children of 
Joseph and Anna (Sloss) Stickney, was b. in Boxford, 
Mass., Feb. 5, 1765. He removed Avith his parents to New 
Ipswich, and md. Jane Fletcher, b. in New Ipswich, April 
8, 1770, dau. of Simeon Fletcher, who was killed Sept. 7, 
1773, at the raising of the Wilton meeting-house {vide 
History of New Ipswich, pp. 69, 374, and Fletcher Gene- 
alogy, pp. 32, 33, 249). About 1790 he removed to 
Rindge, and resided here until his death June 17, 1839. 
She d. Jan. 21, 1849. 

I. William., b. June 1, 1790; md. July 5, 1818, Amy 
Peat, and settled in Edminster, N. Y., where he 
d. May 13, 1854. He was successful in business, 
and a useful, respected citizen. Eight children. 

II. Thomas, b. Jan. 9, 1792. He was a successful mer- 

chant in Troy, N. Y., and acquired considerable 
wealth. A few years previous to his death he 
was insane, and d. in an asylum in Troy, March 
3, 1865. He md. Feb. 8, 1835, Sarah Alden, by 
whom he had three children. 

III. Charles, b. Dec. 31, 1793 ; for many years has 

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N. Y., in which he has been successful. He md. 
June 6, 1822, Sarah A. Baxter, who d. June 20, 
1824; md. (2d) June 3, 1832, Sarah M. Cran- 
dall. Five children, of whom Jane A. md. 
Henry L. Lovejoy, q. v. 

IV. Jatie, b. Feb. 8, 1796; md. in Rindge Oct. 6, 1825, 
Norman R. Hopkins, and settled in the State of 
New York. Five children, one of whom d. in 
infancy. 
V. Asa, b. Nov. 28, 1797; d. Nov. 28, 1799. 

VI. Asa, b. April 22, 1800.+ 
VII. Mtncy, h. July 22, 1801 ; d. Oct. 31, 1819. 
VIII. Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1804; resided in Troy, N. Y., 
where he d. Jan. 9, 1840. He md. Sarah Smee- 
ley, by whom he had one child. 

IX. Mersilvia, b. Feb. 11, 1806; md. Thomas Symonds, 

Esq., son of Thomas, of Rindge, q. v. 
X. Warreyi, b. Aug. 11, 1808; removed to New 
Orleans, where he d., unmd., Sept. 30, 1843. He 
was by trade a stone-cutter. 

XI. Alfred, b. March 10, 1812 ; removed 1835 to New 
Orleans, where he conducted the business of 
stone-cutting, and was a master-builder. From 
1855 to 1857 he resided a farmer in Rindge. In 
1858 he visited New Orleans on business, and 
there d. soon after his arrival. He md. Jan. 9, 
1839, Hannah M. Parsels. Of their seven chil- 
dren two d. in childhood. 

1. Josephine, b. Dec. 28, 1839. 

2. Jane F., b. Dec. 2, 1841 ; md. Geo. Pine. 

3. Alfred, b. Oct. 28, 1843 ; md. Viese Greene. 

4. Hannah, b. Sept. 7, 1849. 

5. Randolph, b. Nov. 10, 1851. 



Asa Stickney, a farmer and stone-cutter, resides in 
Rindge. About forty years ago, in company with Enos 
Blake, he built the saw-mill now of A. S. Sawtell, in 
West Rindge. He md. Nov. 29, 1826, Malina Emerson, 
dau. of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Symonds) Emerson, of 
Reading, Mass. 

I. Charles E., b. June 23, 1828; md. Sept. 22, 1859, 
Mary P. Thomas, dau. of Liberty Thomas, q. v. 
He is a farmer, and resides upon the home- 

II. Sarah 3£, b. Oct. 29, 1829; md. Elipha S. Kim- 
ball, son of Samuel M. Kimball, q. v. 
III. JVancy L., b. Marcli 6, 1833 ; md. March 5, 1857, 
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IV. Jtdia A.,h. Nov. 26, 1835; md. Waldo T. Ken- 
dall ; reside in Reading. 

V. Jlwy E., b. May 7, 1841 ; md. Hudson D. Hale, 
son of Moses Hale, q. v. 



Hezekiah Stiles md. in Lunenburg, Sept. 17, 1782, 
Phebe Austin, b. April 15, 1758, dau. of Daniel, Jr., and 
Phebe (Lovejoy) Austin. They removed to Rindge in 
1785, and he d. 1791 or 1792; she md. (2d) Oct. 4, 1803, 
Joshua Holden, and continued to reside in Rindge; he d. 
Dec. 1, 1817, and she d. Oct. 30, 1835. 

I. Samuel, b. in L\inenburg Nov. 2, 1784 ; d. young. 

II. Phebe, b. in Rindge April 9, 1786 ; d. young. 

III. iSamuel, b. March 17, 1788. + 

IV. Hannah, b. Dec. 31, 1790 ; md. John Fenno, q. v. 



Samuel Stiles, a farmer and wheelwright of Rindge, 
md., 1813, Polly Washburn, of Stafford, Conn. They 
removed in 1854 to Dummerston, Vt. 



Orville C, md. 



Priest, of Fitzwilliam ; he d., 



and she md. David Barker, of Peterboro. 
II. Mary W., md. June 3, 1841, Ebenezer B. Ellis, 
and resided several years in Rindge ; they are 
now living in Dummerston, Vt. 

III. Eveline W., md. John S. Fenno, q. v. 

IV. John Austin. 

V. Lyrnan, d. Feb. 17, 1825. 

VI. Julia Ann, md. April 1, 1845, Lyman H. Bassett, 
of Phillipston, Mass. 



STONE. 

Dea. Simon Stone settled in Groton, Mass., as early as 1694, and was 
an original proprietor of that town. He was representative to the Gen- 
eral Court in 1707, and a leading citizen in the new settlement. John 
Stone, his son, b. probably in Watertown, also resided in Groton, and 
was frequently chosen to office. His son, Dea. James Stone, b. Jan. 23, 
1701, md. Dec. 28, 1726, Mary Farwell, b. Feb. 5, 1709, dau. of Joseph 
and Hannah Farwell. Dea. Stone was a man of influence, and promi- 
nent in municipal affairs. He d. Dec. 27, 1783, leaving ten children, and 
among them Salmon Stone, who settled in Rindge. John Stone, a 
brother of Dea. James, md. Dec. 22, 1722, Elizabeth Farwell, a sister of 
the wife of his brother, and also left ten children. Of these, Abel Stone 
settled in this town. 



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Capt. Salmon Stone, son of Dea. James, was b. in 
Groton A])ril 17, 1744; md. Nov. 11, 1767, Susanna Page, 
dau. of Lieut. Joseph Page, of Rindge, q. v., and removed 
to this town in 1769. He settled upon the "Lord farm," 
a short distance south-west from Rindge Centre. In the 
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137, and 140). He was selectman in 1777, and was fre- 
quently chosen to other positions of trust. He d. Oct. 4, 
1831. 

I. JBJde, b. in Groton June 24; d. Oct. 29, 1768. 

II. jEJde, b. in Rindge July 28, 1769; nid. Amos Dar- 
ling, q. V. 

/Susanna, b. Oct. 28, 1770 ; md. James Reed, q. v. 
Eunice, b. March 25, 1772. 

Permelia, b. April 29, 1773 ; md. Jonathan Hub- 
bard", q. V. 
Charlotte, b. Nov. 12, 1774; d. March 11, 1790. 
James, b. Feb. 26, 1776. 
VIII. Polly, b. Nov. 2, 1777 ; md. May 1, 1804, Sewall 
Fletcher, 
Salmon, b. Dec. 15, 1778. 
Eli, b. Oct. 7, 1780. 
XI. Lucy, b. July 15, 1782. 
XII. Sardine, b. April 29, 1784. -j- 

XIII. Rebecca, b. Aug. 5, 1787. 

XIV. Sophia, b. April 19, 1789. 

Sardine Stoke md. July 14, 1807, Mehitabel Buswell, 
dau. of John and Rebecca (Demary) Buswell, q. v. He 
was a farmer, and resided upon the farm subsequently 
occupied by Luke Lord. In 1847 he removed to Vermont. 

I. Sardine, b, Oct. 7, 1809 ; md. April, 1835, Tabitha 
Goodspeed, dau. of James R. and Esther (Smith) 
Goodspeed, of Boston. She d. Feb. 13, 1852. 
He resides in Charlestown District, Boston. 

II. Cyrus, b. July 18, 1811 ; d., unmd., in Uxbridge, 

Mass., Aug., 1833. 

III. John, b. March 23, 1813 ; md. Nov. 7, 1844, Esther 

Goodspeed, a sister of the wife of Sardine. 
They reside in Charlestown District, Boston. 

IV. Jasper, b. Jan. 30, 1815 ; md. Jan. 26, 1854, H. 

Jane Elms. They i-eside in Charlestown Dis- 
trict, Boston. 
V. Eunice, b. Sept. 7, 1816; d. April 7, 1818. 
VI. Sylvester, b. Sept. 4, 1818; md. Nov. 8, 1846, 
Harriet J. Tarbell, dau. of Calvin Tarbell, q. v. 
They reside in Boston. 
VII. Thomas Buswell, h. A^riX 29, 1820; md. Jan. 25, 
1848, Rebecca Ross. He resides, a farmer, in 
Ludlow, Vt. 
VIII. Amos Burnham, b. Feb. 18, 1822; md. Oct. 31, 
1852, Almira H. Whitcomb; lives in Ludlow. 
IX. William, b. Sept. 28, 1823; md. Dec. 25, 1865, 
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line (Goodspeed) Peirce, q. v.; she d. Sept. 25, 
1870. He resides in Boston. 
X. Susan, b. .July 4, 1825 ; md, Sept. 19, 1847, Zenas 

Ross. 
XI. Salmon, b. Jan. 7, 1827 ; md. Oct. 13, 1859, Han- 
nah B. Beals, who d. April 27, 1866 ; md. (2d) 
May 19, 1868, her sister, Ellen M. Beals, dau. of 
Luke Beals. He resides in Charlestown Dis- 
trict. 

XII. James, b. March 17, 1830; d. Aug. 15, 1847. 

XIII. Ann 31., b. April 28, 1832; md. Oct. 31, 1852. 
Windsor J. Smith, of Ludlow. 



Lieut. Abel Stoxe was b. in Groton, April 19, 1742. 
He was a son f)f John and Elizabeth (Farwell) Stone, and 
cousin of Capt. Salmon. He md. Aug. 11, 1763, Lydia 
Whitaker, and with three children removed to Rindge in 
1768. He was selectman 1776, a member of Capt. Hale's 
company in 1775, and an ensign in Stark's Brigade in 
1777, and probably removed from this town about 1780. 

I. Betf7y, b. Dee. 25, 1763. 

II. Abel, b. March 8, 1765. 

III. Lucy, b. Ausf. 12, 1766. 

IV. Damd, b. April 29, 1768. 
V. Oliver, b. March 25, 1770. 

VI. Eli, bap. Sept. 17, 1774. 
VII. Hannah, bap. Sept. 10, 1775. 
vm. Lucy, bap. Sept. 16, 1777. 

IX. Enoch, bap. Jan. 24, 1779. 
X. Enos, bap. Jan. 24, 1779. 



Isaac Stoxe, parentage unknown, was in Rindge from 
about 1790 until 1805. The following children of Isaac 
and Nancy Stone were b. in Rindge : — 



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Artemas Woodward, b. Sept. 5, 1793. 

Betsey, b. July 5, 1795. 

Nancy, b. May 8, 1798. 

Lsaac Herring, b. March 5, 1800. 

Aaron, b. Dec. 18, 1803. 



STOWE. 

Only one family bearing this name has been resident of Rindge. In 
1634, John Stowe, from England, with his wife Elizabeth and six chil- 
di"en, settled in Roxbury, Mass. He was made freeman the same year, 
and in 1638 was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 
pany, and a representative in 1639. Thomas Stowe, his son, b. in 
England, was a resident of Concord in 1640, and previous to 1660 he 
removed to Middletown, Conn. His son, Samuel, b. 1645, retmned from 
Connecticut and settled in Marlboro previous to 1677. In this settlement 
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in the Indian wars. He d. Feb. 9, 1721 ; his wife Elizabeth d. June 17, 
1737. Thomas Stowe, their son, b. Dec. 27, 1682, md. Jan. 20, 1713, 
Hannah Johnson, b. July 20, 1691 ; dau. of William and Hannah John- 
son, of Marlboro. He d. in Marlboro Aug. 28, 1765 ; she d. June 15, 
1789. They had sixteen children, and among them Benjamin Stowe, b. 
Aug. 25, 1718. He md. Dorcas Stone, b. April 11, 1725, dau. of Joseph 
and Mary Stone, of Lexington. They settled in Harvard, where their 
five children were b. Of these, Manassah Stowe md. Mary Whitcomb, of 
Littleton, Mass., and settled in Hillsboro, N. H., where he was killed 1790 
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Benjamin Stowe, the only son of Manassah and Mary 
(Whitcomb) Stowe, was b. in Hillsboro, N, H., Mai'ch 21, 
1784. He md. Feb. 18, 1813, Betsey Ager, dau. of Eben- 
ezer Ager, of Rindge, q. w., and removed to Lunenburg, 
Vt. In 1816 he came to this town, and resided here until 
his death. He was a blameless, worthy man. He d. Aug. 
21, 1869; his wife d. Dec. 11, 1861, aged 77. 

I. David,h. in Lunenburg, Vt., Feb. 24, 1815; md. 

Nov. 8, 1842, Mary Converse, dau. of Joshua 
Converse, Esq. He received a liberal education, 
and has been an earnest and efficient supporter 
' of public schools, and all benign entei'j:)rises. In 

1871 he removed to Marlboro, N. H. 

1. Mortimer M., b. Jan. 22, 1844; md. July 8, 

1862, Jennie S. Oliver, of New Ipswich. 
Resides in Marlboro. 

2. Marietta A., b. Oct. 5, 1845; md. Asahel S. 

Raymond, son of Joel Raymond, q. v. 

3. Florence H., b. May 6, 1848; md. Nov. 29, 

1866, Charles H. White, of Ashburnham. 

4. Elmer La Roy, b. Aug. 24, 1850 ; md. Sept. 

9, 1873, Mary Hosmer, of Templeton, 
M!ass 

5. Clarendon C, b. Sept. 29, 1852. 

6. Hamlin Fremont, b. July 4, 1856; d. April 

15, 1857. 

II. Warren, b. in Rindge Oct. 31, 1817. Removed, 

1855, to Kansas, where he md. Mrs. Frances 
Norton, who d. 1865. He resides in Kanwaka, 
Kansas. 

1. Clara F., b. Dec. 29, 1859. 

III. benjamin, b. in Rindge March 12, 1822 ; md. Nov. 
16, 1848, Harriet Wetherbee, dau. of Joseph, 
q. V. She d. Jan. 6, 1857, and he md. (2d) Maria 
Brown, of Ashby, Mass. In 1855 he removed to 
Kansas, and now resides in Kanwaka in that 
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Ehenezer Stratton, son of Samuel and Mary (Eaton) 
Stratton, was b. in Rutland, Mass., Nov. 2, 1751. His 
brother David, who settled in Jaffrey, was b. April 20, 
1756. He rnd. Tabitha Davis, and resided one or two 
years in Princeton, Mass., five or six years in Jaffrey, and 
about 1784 he removed to Rindge. He was a resident of 
Jaffrey in 1783, and of Rindge in 1785. He was select- 
man seven years, 1788-1794, and was one of the leading 
Baptists in this town, and preaching was sometimes had 
at his house. He d. March 22, 1837; his widow d. Feb. 
13, 1851. 

I. JEbenezer, b. in Princeton, July 15, 1776 ; d. Oct. 
8, 1785. 
Asa., b. in Jaffrey July 25, 1778; resided in 

Ashby. 
Josiah, b. in Jaffrey Feb. 24, 1781. + 
Tabitha, b. in Jaffrey March 18, 1783 ; d. Oct. 11, 
1786. 
V. Polly., b. in Rindge May 4, 1785; d., unmd., in 

Rindge May 20, 1857. 
VI. Ehenezer, b. March 12, 1787. -|- 
VII. Raymond., b. April 6, 1790 ; md. Mary Bonner, 

and removed to New Ipswich. 
VIII. Tabitha., b. June 22, 1792; resides in Rindge, 
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JosiAH Strattoji, SOU of Ebenezer, md. Jan. 26, 1808, 

Hepsibah Earl dau. of John Earl, q. v., and settled 

upon the Earl farm. He d. Nov. 30, 1856 ; she d. Oct. 
10, 1853. 

I. John, b. Oct. 19, 1808 ; d., unmd., in Boston July 
20, 1838. 

II. Raymond, b. Feb. 5, 1811 ; md. June 28, 1838, 
Mary Tyler, of Barnet, Vt. Removed to Har- 
mon, Ohio, where he d. 1869. 

1. Mary Elizabeth, b. in Rindge April 22, 

1839; md. M. G. Knox, of Harmon, Ohio. 

2. Esther T., b. in Fitzwilliam March 6, 1841. 

III. Grata, b. May 25, 1814 ; md. June 4, 1845, Ephraim 

W. Lord. Resided in Westminster, Vt. Two 
of their three children d. young. 

1. Lucius S., b. July 20, 1849 ; md. Nov. 30, 
1871, Helen A. Tuttle, of Walpole, N. H. 

IV. Mary J., b. July 16, 1818; md. Oct. 27, 1836, 

Lucius Streeter, of Weathersfield, Vt. 

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1. William L., b. Sept. 15, 1839; md. Mari- 

anna Cutler, dau. of Charles, q. v. 

2. Herbert, b. March 3, 1852. 

V. Josiah,h.J\ine 4,1821; md. Nov. 26, 1846, Mary 
Jane Bennett, dau. of Capt. James Bennett, q. v. 
He resided upon the homestead farm until 1871. 
He was in trade a short time in Rindge Centre, 
and in 1873 removed to Fitchburo;. He was 
selectman 1849, '50, '52, '53, '54, '65,^'66, '67. 

1. Emerancy H., b. July 28, 1848. 

2. Rodney J., b. June 10, 1852. 

3. Jennie M., b. Feb. 16, 1861; d. Jan. 31, 

1868. 

VI. Xievij b. July 1, 1824. Resides^ unrad., in Boston. 



Ebejcezer Stratton md. March 22, 1810, Betsey Hil- 
dreth, who d., leaving four children, Oct. 8, 1825; and he 
md. (2d) June 1, 1826, Sibyl Adams, dau. of Israel, q. v. 
He resided in the north-east part of the town until 1857, 
when he removed to Jaffrey, where he d. Jan. 5, 1864. 
His widow d. Aug. 16, 1870. 

I. Seth Jlildreth, b. Feb. 24, 1811. Insane. 

II. jStillman, b. Feb. 17, 1814; md. Dec. 28, 1837, 
Maria Keyes, dau. of Capt. Amos Keyes. He • 
d., and she md. (2d) Dea. Harvey Wyman, of 
Winchendon. 

III. George, md., 1841, Sarah J. Holton, of New Ips- 
wich. He resided several years in New Ipswich, 
but near the Rindge line. 

1. G. Frederick, md. April 6, 1869, Martha 
Moore, dau. of William and Priscilla 
(Blodgett) Moore, of Jaffrey. She d. 

Nov. 23, 1873. 

IV. Amos, b. 1824; d., unmd., Dec. 3, 1846. 



Samuel Steatton md. Oct. 20, 1818, Lovisa Gibson, 
dau. of Reuben Gibson. He d. Aug. 21, 1840. His 
widow resides in New England Village, Mass. 

I. Julia A., b. Sept. 2, 1819; d. Sept. 1, 1865. 
II. Emeline, b, Oct. 17, 1821. 

III. Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1823 ; d. Oct. 26, 1849. 

IV. Lyman C, b. March 12, 1825; was several years a 

farmer in Rindge. Now resides in Jaffrey. He 

md. , who d. Nov. 8, 1856 ; md. (2d) 

1857, Eliza Flagg, of Townsend, Mass., who d. 
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34 V. Marinda, b. Jan. 13, 1827 ; d. Dec. 15, 1842. 

35 VI. William, b. Oct. 28, 1829; a mute. Resides in 

New England Village, Mass. 

36 VII. Augicsta, b. April 27, 1831 ; d. Oct. 6, 1873. 

37 VIII. Samuel A., b. Julv 9, 1833. Resides in Grafton, 
Mass. 

IX. Maria Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1835. 



James Streeter was in Rindge as early as 1769. In 
1775 he sold a saw-mill and grain-mill which stood on the 
site of the present mill of O. D. Converse & Son, but 
continued his residence in this town until 1801. The 
birth of three children of James and Susannah Streeter 
is recorded. Perhaps Susannah Streeter, who md., 1778, 
Reuben Russell, was an elder dau., b. previous to their 
removal to this town. 

1. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 29, 1769 ; md. Feb. 22, 
1791, Susannah Metcalf, and resided in Rindge 
until 1812. 

1. Amity, b. July 19, 1792. 

II. James, b. Jan. 29, 1773; md. Nov. 11, 1792, Sarah 
Carlton, dau. of William, q^. v., and removed to 
Jaffrey about 1800. 

1. Levi, b. in Rindge Jan. Vl, 1797. 

2. Daniel, b. in Rindge Aug. 6, 1798. 

3. Sallv, b. in Jaffrev Dec. 18, 1800; md. 

1820, John Rhodes. 

4. Phinehas, b. in Jaffi-ey Feb. 20, 1803. 

5. Rufus, b. in Jaffrey June 22, 1805. 

III. Phebe, b. Aug. 21, 1780 ; md. Elipha Peirce, q. v. 



.John Streeter, perhaps a son of James, md. Dec. 29, 
1785, Sarah Carlton, dau. of James, q. v., and probablv 
d. about 1810. 

12 I I. e7b>^«, b. Feb. 2, 1788; md. Nov. 28, 1811, Nancy 
I Coburn, dau. of .Josiah, q. v. 

13 II. Sara?i, b. June 4, 1789; d. May 11, 1790. 

14 III. Ohadiah, b. March 4, 1791. 

15 IV. Polhj C, b. April 14, 1793. 

16 V. William, b. Sept. 21, 1794. 

17 VI. Benjamin, b. Mav 30, 1796 ; d. Aus:. 2, 1798. 

18 VII. N^ancy, b. Dec. 24, 1797 ; d. Feb. 20, 1825. 

19 VIII. Thomas, b. Feb. 17, 1800. -f 

20 IX. Charles, b. Nov. 2, 1801 ; d. Feb. 21, 1824. 

21 X. Adaline, b. March 30, 1803. 

22 XI. Addison, b. Feb. 6, 1805 ; d. in Ludlow, Yt., 1849. 

23 XII. Son, b. April 30, 1808 ; d. Aug. 15, 1808. 



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Thomas Stkeeter, son of John, md. in Jaffrey Oct. 26, 
1826, Paulina Locke, dau. of Edward Jewett Locke, q. v. 
They resided in Rindge, where he d. June 24, 1843. 

I. Sarah Paulina, b. Dec. 27, 1827 ; d. Auo-. 1, 1832. 
II. Susan Maria, b. April 8, 1832; d. Oct. 14, 1848. 
III. Albert Locke, b. Sept. 14, 1841. 



SYMONDS. 

The Rindge family bearing this name are descendants of John 
Symonds, who came from England, and was residing in Salem, Mass., in 
1636, when twenty acres of land were granted to him. He was a mem- 
ber of the chnrch in that j)lace in 1637, and in 1643 another tract of 
land was granted to him. He was a honsewi'ight, or carpenter, and 
acquired a "comfortable property." He d. 1671, his will being dated 
June 16 and proved Sept. 21 of that year. By wife Elizabeth, who sur- 
vived him, he had four children. Of these, James Symonds md. Sept. 
20, 1661, Elizabeth Browning. June 28, 1713, he was admitted to full 
communion with the church in Northfield, and d. soon after, as his 
estate, inventoried at £482 15>;. M., was administered in 1714. Of his 
twelve children, Thomas Symonds, the eighth, was b. Feb. 1, 1677-8. He 
md. Elizabeth Stone, and resided, a farmer and carpenter, in Salem. 
His will is dated 1752, and proved 1758, but the date of his death cannot 
be given with greater exactness. The fom-th of his ten children was 
Thomas Symonds, b. Sept. 25, 1714 ; md. Oct. 15, 1735, Hannah Skerry, 
and subsequently removed to Reading, where he continued to reside until 
his death. The date of the death of his first wife has not been discov- 
ered. He md. (2d) Hannah Parker, of Reading, by whom he had three 
childi-en. He was a blacksmith and a farmer, and d. in 1757. Thomas 
Sypaonds, son of Thomas and Hannah (Parker) Symonds, was b. in 
Reading 1745 ; md., 1765, Hannah Daymond. He followed the occupa- 
tion of a farmer, and resided upon the homestead. He d. Jan. 31, 1836, 
aged 90; his wife d. Dec. 18, 1834, and their grave-stone in Reading 
states : " This couple having lived together Husband and Wife 69 years, 
7 months, and 16 days." They had ten childi'en. 



Thomas Symonds, son of f homas and Hannah (Day- 
mond) Symonds, was ib. in Reading July 23, 1775. He 
md. May 10, 1798, Lydia Pratt, of New Ipswich, and in 
1800 removed to the farm near West Rindge which is 
still known as the " Symonds farm." He d. Oct. 14, 1814 ; 
his widow d. July 6, 1858. 

I. John Pratt, b. Jan. 30, 1799. -f 
IT. Thomas, b. March 16, 1801. -f- 
iii. Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1803; d., unmd.. May 11, 1828. 
IV. Nathan Rohhins, b. April 28, 1805; d. April 4, 

1807. 
V. Nathan Kohhins, b. July 6, 1807; md. July 3, 
1831, Eliza Herrick, and settled in Chesterfield, 
N". H., where they now reside. 

1. Amelia A., b. Feb. 17, 1833. 

2. Charles T., b. Feb. 21, 1835. 



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VI. Sylvester Smith, b, Jan. 16, 1810 ; cL, unmd., June 

9, 1831. 
VII. Ami, h. Feb. 12, 1813; md. Hon. Erastus Rugg, of 

Chelsea, Mass., son of Thomas Rugg, q. v. 



John P. Symonds, Esq., md. Oct. 10, 1820, Susannah 
Faulkner, dan. of Jonas Faulkner, g. v. She d. Aug. 24, 
1845, and he md. (2d) Oct. 10, 1846, Mary F. Beard, dau. 
of Artemas and Mary (Chaplin) Beard, of Fitzwilliam 
(vide Chaplin Register, No. 27). H^ d. Dec. 27, 1863. 
Mr. Symonds resided upon the Faulkner farm in the 
north-west part of the town. For many years he was a 
trustee and recording secretary of the Methodist organi- 
zation, and the records of that church and society bear 
evidence of his intelligent and faithful service. He was a 
justice of the peace from about 1840 until his death, and 
was frequently chosen on committees by the town. The 
labor of his life was performed without parade, but every- 
thing entrusted to his care was judiciously managed. 

I. Sylvester T., b. Sept. 21, 1822 ; md. May 1, 1845, 
Elizabeth J. Bemis, b. March 11, 1824, dau. of 
Thomas and Anna (Knight) Bemis, of Dublin, 
N. H. He is a manufacturer, and resides in 
Pottersville, iii the town of Harrisville, N. H. 

1. Anna L. A., b. Sept. 4, 1846; d. Feb. 1, 

1854. 

2. Emma I., b. May 8, 1848 ; md. Feb. 25, 1871, 

Ambrose Lapoint. 

3. Ella J., b. June 5, 1851 ; d. March 4, 1854. 

4. Dana M., b. Dec. 5, 1853; d. Jan. 24, 1854. 

5. Dana T., b. May 23, 1855. 

6. Frank P., b. Dec. 3, 1863. 

II. Lamna M., b. Sept. 1, 1824; md. July 21, 1844, 
Elbridge G. Bemis, b. Oct. 5, 1822, son of 
Thomas and Anna (Knight) Bemis, of Dublin, 
where they resided. She d. in Winchendon, 
Mass., Dec. 24, 1873. He d. in Harrisville, N". H., 
Nov. 24, 1874. Nine of their eleven children d. 
in infancy or childhood. 

1. Elizabeth A., b. May 25, 1847; md., 1868, 

Lucius A. Fisher. She d. in Richmond 
Nov. 4, 1870. 

2. Leonora M., b. Sept. 24, 1859. 

III. Merrill S., b. March 12, 1827; removed to Mis- 
souri, Avhere he m^L Oct. 5, 1854, Sarah A. Cope. 
He was a teacher, and was surveyor of the 
county in which he resided. He was killed in 
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1. Lillie M., b. Au^. 17, 1855. 

2. John B.. b. Aui?. 9, 1858; d. March 16, 

1862. 

3. Merrilla S., b. Jnn. 11, 1865; d. March 19, 

1867. 

IV. Zydia A., b. June 4, 1829 ; nid. Nov. 9, 1854, Rev. 
Nathaniel H. Martin, b. Auo;. 18, 1827, son of 
Simeon and Mehitable Martin, of Dorchester, 
N. H. He is a graduate of the Concord, N, H., 
Theological School, and for several years has 
belonged to the New England Conference, and 
at present is stationed at Coleraine, Mass. Four 
of their live children d. young. 

1. Florence S., b. April 23, 1865. 

V. Susan Sophia, b. Aug, 4, 1831 ; a physician in 

Winchendon (vide p. 370). 
VI. Arvilla Maria, b. March 21, 1834; md. Otrt. 8, 
1863, Daniel W. Gould, of Peterboro, N. H., 
Avhere they reside. 
VII. Caroline E., b. Aug. 23, 1836. 

VIII. ,Tohn P., b. July 27, 1838; removed to Grand 
Rapids, Mich., where he md. Annie Stewart, 
dau, of Simeon and Ellen Stewart. 
IX. Augustus F,, b. April 30, 1841 ; resides in Rindge. 
X. Charles Wesley, b. Oct. 14, 1843; was a member 
of the 9th N. H. Vols., and d. from effects of 
wounds Jan. 2, 1873. 

Children of second wife : — 

XI. Sydney S., b. Aug. 15, 1848; d. Sept. 5, 1849. 
XII. Sydney C, b. July 6, 1850 ; d. May 16, 1851. 



Thomas Symonds, second son of Thomas and Lydia 
(Pratt) Symonds, was b. in Rindge March 16, 1801 ; md, 
Oct. 7, 1824, Mersilvia Stickney, dau. of William and Jane 
(Fletcher) Stickney, q. v. In 1825 he removed to Troy, 
N. Y., where he continues to reside. Until 1857 he was 
extensively engaged in mercantile pursuits, in which he 
experienced a good degree of prosperity. More recently 
he has successfully devoted his time and energies to 
banking, and for many years has been president of the 
Manufacturers' National Bank of Troy. In busines.s 
circles his integrity and financial ability are promptly 
acknowledged, and in the private walks of life he is 
highly respected. 

I. TJiomas, b. Feb. 14, 1827 ; d. May 3, 1840. 
II. Lydia L, b. March 1, 1829 ; md. Charles O'Neal. 
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TARBELL. 

Thomas Tarbell, probably the ancestor of all the Tarbells of New 
England, settled in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1656. About 1663 he 
sold his lauds in Watertown, and removed to Groton, and at the outbreak 
of King Philip's war he retired to Charlestown. His wife Mary, who 
was the mother of his children, d., and he md. (2d) in Charlestown, Aug. 
15, 1676, Susanna Lawrence, widow of John Lawrence. He d. about 
1680, aged about 62. She d. Jan 5, 1692. Thomas Tarbell, Jr., removed 
with his father to Groton, and thence to Charlestown. He md. in Groton 

June 30, 1666, Anna . He d. about 1678. Thomas Tarbell, his son, 

was b. in Groton July 6, 1667, and after the war and the death of his 
father he removed from Charlestown to Groton, where he was town clerk 
in 1701 and '5. He md. Dec. 1, 1686, Elizabeth Blood, and d. Jan. 24, 
1717. Eleazer Tarbell, the youngest of his ten children, was b. in Groton 
April 28, 1707. He md. Dec. 20, 1727, Elizabeth Bowers, b. Sept. 2, 1710, 
dau. of Samuel and Esther Bowers, and an aunt of James Bowers, Sen., 
of Rindge. About 1740 he removed to Lunenburg, where the two young- 
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Lieut. Samuel Tarbell, son of Eleazer, was b. in 
Lunenburo;, Mass., Sept. 18, 1744; and md., in that place, 
Feb. 25, 1773, Beatrice Carter, dau, of Thomas and Betty 
(Sawyer) Carter, b. in Lunenburg Nov. 18, 1753. He 
settled in the west part of Rindge in the year of his 
marriage, and soon after built a mill on the Pearly Pond 
stream, near his dwelling. He was a member of the 
Lexington company in 1775, and a lieutenant in Capt. 
Stone's company in 1777, and in Col. Enoch Hale's regi- 
ment in 1778 (vide pp. 108, 136, 164). He was selectman 
in 1787, and was frequently chosen to other offices. He 
d. April 6, 1828; his widow d. Aug. 20, 1839. 

I. Thomas, b. in Rindge Nov. 22, 1773. -f- 
II. Parmason, b. in Rindge March 25, 1777; d., 
unmd., Feb. 28, 1801. 



Thomas Tarbell, son of Lieut. Samuel, md. Feb. 19, 
1797, Achsah Fay, dau. of Joseph and Lucy (Warren) 
Fay, of Walpole, N. H. They resided in Rindge, and 
upon the farm formerly of his father. His wife, the 
mother of all his children, d. Aug, 18, 1821 ; and he rad. 
(2d) July 10, 1823, Polly Towne, dau. of Jeremiah 
Towne. He d. Nov. 14, 1862, 

Reuben, b. Jan, 6, 1798. + 
Calmn, b. Jan. 11, 1800.-)- 
Parmason, b. Oct. 19, 1802; md. Polly Beard. 

He d. in Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 28, 1855, She d. 

the following year. 



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1. Holland Fay; deceased. 

2. Selina M. ; deceased. 

3. Franklin W. 

IV. Thomas Addison, b. Nov. 11, 1806. -{- 
V. Samuel, h.Ain-\] 2, 1810; md. Oct. 3, 1837, Sally 
Davis, dau. of Jonathan and Susanna (Peirce) 
Davis, and 2;Tanddau. of Josiah Peirce, q. v. 
He d. in Rindge March 7, 1866. No children. 



Reuben Tarbell md. Sept. 8, 1825, Beatrice Beard, b. 
Jan. 18, 1804, dati. of Aaron and Anne (Dunster) Beard, 
of Walpole, N. H., and a sister of Polly, who md. Parma- 
son Tarbell. They resided upon the homestead where he 
d. Oct. 30, 1862. 

I. Achsah A., b. Jan. 23, 1826; md. April 3, 1844, 

Ezekiel Cudworth, Jr., q. v. 
II. Rusiana J., b. Nov. 4, 1827 ; md. Sept. 24, 1851, 
George S. Brewer, q. v. She d, Nov. 20, 1871. 

III. Infant \^^ ^^^ ^_ j^^^ 3 ^g^g. 

IV. Injant, \ 

V. Aaron 31arshall, b. April 24, 1830; d. July 11, 
1836. 

VI. Charles Duane, b. July 20, 1832; md. Nov. 18, 
1856, Elmira Frances Whitney, dau. of Benja- 
min and Elmira (Stimpson) Whitney, of Marl- 
boro, N. H. Resided in Marlboro, and later in 
Littleton, N. H. 

VII. La^ira Ann, b. Dec. 25, 1834; d. Sept. 8, 1837. 
VIII. Calista F., b. May 31, 1837; md. Dec. 1, 1859, 
Nathan Andrew Fitch, son of Nathan and 
Louisa (Burnham) Fitch ; reside in Boston. 

IX. Sarah Maria, b. July 3, 1840; md. Jan. 28, 1864, 
George B. Day, son of Alvin and Anna Maria 
(Stebbins) Day ; reside in Boston. 



Calvin Tarbell md. March 11, 1822, Betsey Peirce, 
dau. of Josiah Peirce, q. v. They reside in Boston, and 
formerly lived several years in Rindge, and in Walpole, 
N. H. 

I. Stephen Heywood, b. Dec. 24, 1822 ; md. April 21, 
1846, Clarissa W. Ide, dau. of Daniel and Susan 
(Welding) Ide, of Boston. 
II. Harriet J., b. May 19, 1827; md. Nov. 8, 1846, 
Sylvester Stone, son of Sardine Stone, q. v. 

III. Sarah S., b. Sept. 9, 1831; md. June 7, 1850, 

George Souther, son of Job and Rachel (Damon) 
Souther, of Boston. 

IV. Emma Cora, b. Jan. 7, 1845. 



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TnoMAs Addison Tarbell resided in Boston and in 
Rindge, where he d. April 21, 1872. He md. Nov. 12, 
1829, Maria P. Stearns, dau. of Capt. Freeborn 
Stearns, q. v. 

I. Charles Addison, b. and d, Nov. 12, 1830. 

II. Jlenri/ Webster, b. Feb. 20, 1832; md. May 15, 
1853, Eliza Jane Donnovan, dau. of John and 
Sarah (Conrad) Donnovan. He resides in Bos- 
ton. 
George Washington, b. July 21, 1834; md. June 
9, 1856, Abbie Frost, dau. of Nathaniel Frost, 
q. V. They resi<led in Boston, where he d. July 
21, 1859; and his widow md. (2d) 1873, Jacob 
M. Cass, son of Chellis and Betsey (Miles) 
Cass ; reside in Sheffield, Vt. 

1. George Walter, b. Nov. 16, 1857. 

2. Lillian P., b. July 18, 1859. 



III. 



Aaeon Taylor, son of Dea. Caleb and Mary (Witt) 
Taylor, was b. in Littleton, Mass., June, 1726; md. in 
Lunenburg Dec. 21, 1752, Mercy Gould, b. March 4, 1732, 
dau. of Capt. Jacob and Dorothy (Goodridge) Gould, and 
a sister of Jacob Gould, of Rindge. They settled in this 
town in 1759, and removed from town probably about 
1770. The first three children were b. in Lunenburg. 

I. Jonathan, b. July 22, 1753. 
11. Aaroti, b. Jan. 16, 1755. 

III. Sarah, b. July 24, 1757. 

IV. Martha, b. Sept. 6, 1760 (b. in Rowley Canada, 

recorded in Lunenburg, but was bap. Mercy). 
V. Rebecca, b. June 11, 1763, 
VI. David, b. April 25, 1765. 
VII. Dolly, bap. 1769. 
VIII. Betty, bap. 1769. 



Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas was b. in Middleton, Mass., 
Aug. 4, 1747 ; he md. July 30, 1767, Esther Perkins, dau. 
of John Perkins, Jr., of Topsfield, Mass. They removed 
to Rindge, and settled upon the farm still owned and 
occupied by their descendants, in 1771. He was select- 
man in 1788; and in the Revolution he served in the 
Lexington company, in Capt. Francis Towne's company, 
in Capt. Daniel Rand's companv, and in Capt. Cunning- 
ham's company {vide pp. 108, 126,' 141, 164), and in 1783 he 
was a lieutenant of a company of militia. His wife d. 
Sept. 11, 1805; and he md. (2d) Dec. 31, 1806, Pliebe 
(Towne) Peiree, widow of Abraham Peirce, and dau. of 
Dea. Francis Towne. He d. April 10, 1818; his widow 
d. Jan. 16, 1824. 

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I. Bzra, h. in Topsfield, Dec. 14, 1768. + 
II. Phebe, h. in Rindge, Sept. 30, 1772 ; md. Sept. 3, 
1792, Thomas Moors, of Jaffrev; and d. in 
Barre, Vt., April 19, 1810. 
III. JSTathcmiel, b. Nov. 22, 1774; md. March 7, 1799, 
Esther Wheelock, of Jaffrey, dau. of Luke 
Wheelock; resided in that town a few years, 
and removed to Hartford, Vt., where he d. Feb. 
19, 1849. 
IV. Molley, b. April 21, 1777 ; md. Jan. 29, 1799, Lib- 
erty Raymond, b. July 7, 1774, son of Paul Ray- 
mond, of Winchendon, and brother of Capt. Joel 
Raymond, of Rindge, and resided at Vershire, 
Vt., where she d. July 6, 1838. 

V. Eunice, b. Dec. 24, 1779; md. Bramble; 

lived in Hartford, Vt. ; d. May 22, 1853. 
VI. Esther, twin, b. Dec, 24, 1779 ; md. Joshua Dewey ; 
lived in Hartford, Vt., where she d. 1827. 



Ezra Thomas, Esq., resided upon the homestead. Few 
men in the town's history have been more intimately 
associated with its public affairs, or have been held in as 
high esteem. He M'as a representative 1824, '25, and a 
- selectman fourteen years, and 

//, • transacted much other business 

/<- T'/Xy \yA'<?-7'-^^^^^^, of a public character, and all 
^ was performed with ability, 

system, and exactness. He md. Nov. 4, 1796, Marj'^ Per- 
Mns, by whom he had one son. He d. April 5, 1855 ; she 
d. April 21, 1861. 

I. Liberty R., b. Oct. 14, 1799. + 



Liberty R. Thomas md. Harriet Raymond, b. Nov. 1, 
1803, dau. of Paul and Sarah (Gale) Raymond, of Winch- 
endon. He d. June 1, 1874. 

I. George Raymond, b. March 23, 1828; md. Oct. 2, 
1851, Mary Ann Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, 
q. v., and resided upon a part of the homestead, 
being of the fourth generation upon the prem- 
ises. He d. May 20,1873. 

1. Charles N., b. May 17,1854; d. March 27, 

1855. 

2. Ella H., b. April 6, 1856. 

3. Herbert D., Oct. 17, 1857. 

4. George E., b. May 23, 1861; d. Oct. 12, 

186^2. 

5. Florence A., b. July 11, 1865. 

II. Jfary P., b. Dec. 5,1831; md. Charles E. Stick- 
ney, q. v. 



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III. Albert H., b. Oct. 30, 1837; md. May 6, 1859, 
Anna L, Lowell, clau. of John Lowell, q. v. 
He is a fai'mer, and resides upon the homestead. 

1. Ezra, b. April 29, 1864. 

2. Charles A., b. Aug. 26, 1867. 
8. Clarence H., b. Jan. 3, 1871. 
4. Jennie M., b. Dec. 8, 1872. 



Capt. Philip Thomas, also from Topsfield, settled a 
short distance west of the residence of Lieut. Nathaniel 
Thomas. He md. in Topsfield Oct. 11, 1764, Mary Lefa- 
vor. He commanded the Rindge company at the battle 
of Bunker Hill, and remained in the siege of Boston 
until the close of the year. He was a carpenter, and was 
employed by Col. Gardner as master-builder, in the con- 
struction of the Gardner house and store. He d. 1797, 
and perhaps left other children. 

I. Richard, md., 1815, Dolly T^viss; he was an archi- 
tect and master-builder in Boston or vicinity. 
II. Francis, md. Nov. 1, 1795, Elizabeth Gragg, dan. 
of Daniel, q. v. He d. July 5, 1837 ; she d. 
Dec. 19, 1837. 

1. Betsey, b. April 10, 1796; md. Nathan 

Derljv, Jr., and d. in Andover, Vt., July 
11, 1822. 

2. Francis, b. Oct. 30, 1797; d. in Boston 

April 20, 1822. 

3. Billv, b. Nov. 26, 1798. 

4. Oldice, b. Jan. 17, 1800. 

5. Ruth, b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; d., unmd., Jan. 30, 

1832. 

6. Rebecca, b. Aug. 4, 1803. 

7. Charles, b. Jan.'^16, 1805. 

8. Luke, b. Nov. 14, 1806. 

9. Permelia, b. Dec. 18, 1808 ; d. Dec. 4, 1810. 

10. Sarah, b. Jan. 28, 1811 ; d. July 6, 1831. 

11. Palmer, b. April 25, 1813. 

12. Daniel G., b. March 26, 1816; d. May 21. 

1818. 

13. Ezra, b. Jan. 25, 1820. 

Capt. Othniel Thomas, from Topsfield, settled upon 
the farm now of Oilman P. Wellington, in 1774. He md. 
May 15, 1760, Sarah Rhodes. He was a lieutenant in 
Caj^t. Stone's Company, and was commissioned captain in 
Col. Reynolds' Regiment {vide pp. 136, 168). He was 
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a delegate to the convention which ratified the Federal 
Constitution. He d. April 21, 1794, and his wife survived 
him several years. 

\. Roger, b. Aug. 13, 1763; d. Aug. 2, 1792. 
11. Jethro, b. March 12, 1767. 

III. John, b. April 18, 1773 ; d. Dec. 11, 1798. 

IV. Job, b. Feb. 9, 1777. 



John Thompson, also Ichabod, William, and Richard, 
were residing in Rindge in 1776, and all of them signed 
the "Association Test," and Peter Thomas was here 1777- 
78, I know not from whence they came, or in what man- 
ner they were related. The name upon the records is 
spelled in every combination of letters that can represent 
the name. John Thompson was wounded at the battle of 
Bunker Hill {vide p. 112). The name of his wife was 
Elizabeth. 

I, Levi, b. in Rindge Feb. 27, 1775. 



William Thompson, by wife Dorcas, had one or two 
children b. in Rindge. Perhai)s the eldest was b. pre- 
vious to his removal to this town. He removed to Jaffrey. 

I. William, b. May 30, 1774. 
II. Timothy, b. in Rindge Jan. 13, 1777. 
III. Dorcas, b. in Jaffrey July 1, 1779. 



RiOHAED Thompson, by wife Rebecca, had three chil- 
dren b. in this town. She d. May 30, 1777, and by wife 
Rachel other children were b. Perhaps two or three of 
the youngest were children of a third wife, but no record 
of such marriage has been found. He resided in Rindge 
until 1798. 

I. Rebecca, b. Dec. 19, 1773 ; md. Joseph Kingsbury, 
n. Richard, b. July 31, 1775. / 

HI. Jerusha, b. May 26, 1777. 
IV. Rachel, b. Jan.'l, 1779. 
V. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 14, 1781. 
VI. Abigail, b. Nov. 13, 1787. 
VII. Susaima Comings, b. Feb. 20, 1789. 
VIII. Naiicy, b. May 8, 1794. 



TODD. 

John Todd settled in Rowley, Mass., as early as 1649, and his sons 
Timothy and Samuel were in the expedition to Canada 1690. John 
Todd, another son, b. 1655, md. Elizabeth Brocklebank, and left seven 
childi-en. Among them was John Todd, b. 1688. He md. Ruth Limt, 
and among their nine children was Thomas Todd, who came to Rindge. 



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Thomas Todd, b. in Rowley 1728, md. Elizabeth Carl- 
ton, and removed to Rindge about 1790, where he d. Aug. 
18, 1816, aged 88. His widow d. March 2, 1820, aged 82. 
Of his children, four came to this town, all of whom were 
b. in Rowley. 

I. Susannah, b. 1756 ; md. in Rindge May 30, 1802, 

John Tidd, his second marriage, a son of Joseph 
and Dorothy (Stickney) Tidd, of Lexington. 
He d. March 29, 1812 ; she d. in Rindge Sept. 
12, 1824, aged 68. Mr. Tidd was in Capt. Par- 
ker's company at the battle of Lexington, and 
being among the last to leave the Common, he 
was pursued by a British officer, struck down, 
and left for dead. 

II. Joshua, b. 1762. -|- 

III. Hoses, b. July 2, 1765.-f 

IV. Hannah, b. ; md. May 30, 1802, Wallingford 

Todd, her cousin, son of Benjamin and Eliza- 
beth (Saunders) Todd, of Rowley. They 
remained in Rindge a few years, where he was 
ensrased in tannina* and dressing: leather. 



Joshua Todd md. Feb. 23, 1796, Tabitha Hunt, dau. of 
Simon and Lucy (Raymond) Hunt, b. in Acton, Mass., 
April 2, 1771, a sister of the wife of David Carlton, and 
a niece of Ephraim Hunt, Sen., of Rindge. He resided, 
a farmer, in Rindge, where he d. June 1, 1845 ; she d. Dec. 
11, 1854. 

I. Levi, b. Nov. 9, 1796. + 
II. Lucia, b. Aug. 28, 1798; md. Joshua Hunt, q. v. 

III. George Washington, b. Nov. 9, 1801. -|- 

IV. Paul, b. Feb. 6, 1807. + 



Capt. Moses Todd resided in Rindge Centre, and was 
a farmer and an innholder, and was the first postmaster in 
Rindge. He was an enterprising, prosperous citizen, and 
was frequently elected to office. The Todd tavern, stand- 
ing on the site of the dwelling-house of Asia Jones, was 
one of the centres of attraction. Capt. Todd md. Sept. 
25, 1794, Jane Whitnian,*b. April 8, 1771, dau. of Charles 
and Anne (Stevens) Whitman, of Stow, Mass. In 1833 
he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. Aug. 10, 
1841; she d. Dec. 2, 1858. 

I. Moses, b. June 17, 1795 ; md. Rebecca Turner, of 
Boston. They had six children. He d. in Pep- 
perell, Mass., Sept. 25, 1872 ; she d. March 23. 
1855. 
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III. Charlotte, b. Jan. 30, 1799; md. Dec. 22, 1825, 

Elliot Payson Tucker, son of Seth Tucker, Sen., 
of Winchendon. He d. in Chesterfield March 
30, 1855 ; she now resides in Baldwinsville, 

Mass. 

1. George, b. Dec. 9, 1826; d. 14th of same 

month. 

2. Charles W., b. Nov. 3, 1829; d. June 24, 

1835. 

3. Pavson E., b. May 15, 1834. 

4. Joshua M., b. May 6, 1843; d. March 6, 

1853. 

IV. Mersilvia, b. Nov. 14, 1800; md. Feb. 18, 1830, 

Dea. John T. Farwell, son of John and Hannah 
(Thurston) Farwell. Dea. Farwell resided in 
Fitchburg, where he was held in his^h esteem. 



He d. June 7, 1866. 
burg. 



His Avidow resides in Fitch- 



1. Elizabeth M., b. July 2, 1831 ; md. Sept. 24 

1857, Charles H. Merrill, of Cambridge 
Mass. 

2. John A., b. Sept. 3, 1833; md. Oct. 28, 

1869, Ava W. Chnmbers. 

3. Sarah C, b. May 31, 1836; md. Oct. 4, 

1855, Joseph M. Barney, of Brimfield, 111. 

4. Maria T., b. July 11, 1838; md. Oct. 27, 

1859, Charles A. Sullivan, of Starkville, 
Miss. 

5. Mary Jane, b. July 12, 1840; d. Aug. 29, 

1841. 

6. Edward P., b. Oct. 24, 1848 ; enlisted in the 

Union armv, and d. at Port Hudson, La., 
July 19, 1863. 

7. Jane T., b. Dec. 4, 1846; md. Nov. 26, 

1873, Edward P. Downe. They reside in 
Fitchbui-g. 

V. Jliram, b. March 22, 1803; d. July 1, 1804. 
VI. Thomas, b. Nov..l, 1805; md. Ann Lougee, who d. 
in Woburn, Mass., Sept. 24, 1849, leaving four 
children. He resides in Brookline, Mass. 

VII. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1807 ; md. Stephen T. Far- 
well, brother of Dea. Farwell, who md. her sister 
Mersilvia, They had four children. He d. Oct. 
20, 1872, and she resides in Cambridge, Mass. 

VIII. Jane, b. Aug. 1, 1810; md. Sept. 2, 1830, Abel 
Simonds, son of Joseph and Sarah (Downe) 
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1. Charles H.,b. Jime 19, 1831; d. June 24, 

1832 

2. Mary * C, b. Oct. 27, 1832 ; md. Robert 

McMaster. 

3. Thomas T., b. May 19, 1834. 

4. William H., b. .June 17, 1836; md. Nov. 22, 

1859, Lizzie Howard. He d. in New 
York, Aug. 14, 1863, while returning to 
his home from the army. 

5. John, b. Nov. 27, 1838 ; md. Dec. 6, 1865, 

Hattie C. Bearaan, of Winchendon. 

6. Alvan A., b. June 28, 1841 ; md. Feb. 14, 

1865, Mai-cella C. Willard, of Leominster, 
Mass. 

7. George F., b. June 12, 1843 ; md. Mary D. 

Hatch. 

8. Elizabeth J., b. Oct. 30, 1844; md. June 12, 

1866, John F. Hatch, of Marshfield, Mass. 

9. Daniel, b. Sept. 18, 1847; md. Sept. 14, 

1870, Ellen M. Gifford, of Fitchburg. 
10. Edwin F., b. Oct. 22, 1849. 

IX. Charles W., b. Feb. 15, 1813 ; d. March 4, 1813. 



Levi Todd md. May 30, 1821, Nancy Corey, of Ash- 
burnham, b. Jan. 3, 1799. They resided in Hinsdale, 
N. H., where he d. Nov. 23, 1873 ; his wife d. Oct. 3, 

1872. 

I. George TF., b. Nov. 3, 1822; is proprietor of a 
livery stable in Keene, N. H. He md. Nov. 24, 
1846", Henrietta Tuttle. 
II. Nancy A., b. Jan. 17, 1825; md. James Boyce, 
and resides in Keene. 

III. Walter 6"., b. Sept. 23, 1826 ; md. Mary Spaulding, 

of Chesterfield, N. H., and resides upon the 
homestead in Hinsdale. 

IV. Levi Leonard, b. June 28, 1828; d. Oct. 10, 1852. 
V. Lucia Lucinda, twin, b. June 28, 1828; d. Jan. 

22, 1831. 

VI. Mary J., b. Aug. 24, 1835; d. Sept. 22, 1853. 



George W. Todd is a farmer in Rindge. He md. 
Nov. 30, 1826, Lucy Richardson, dau. of Joseph Richard- 
son, of Groton, Mass. ; she d. April 22, 1843 ; md. (2d) 
Aug., 1843, Mary Ann Twitchell, dau. of John and Susan 
(Chadwick) Twitchell {vide Chad^vick family. No. 6) ; 
she d. Jan. 1, 1846; md. (3d) June 4, 1846, Lucy Jones, 
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rad. (4th) Oct. 7, 1852, Mary (Fletcher) Wetherhee, 
widow of Joseph Wetherbee, q. v., and dan. of Joshua 
Fletcher, q. v. > 

I, George Washington^ b. Nov. 19, 1828. He is a 
lawyer, but is better known as a successful 
teacher, in which calling he has labored with 
efficiency and usefulness. He graduated at the 
Law School, Poughkee]isie, N. Y., Aiig. 9, 1856, 
and was then admitted to all the courts in that 
State, and Dec. 31, 1863, was admitted to the 
courts of Vei-mont. He soon, however, relin- 
quished this profession, and returned to his 
favorite employment. Previous to his admis- 
sion to the bar, he had been principal of the 
academy in Marlow, N. H., two and one-half 
years. He also taught in his native town, and 
in 1858 became principal of the Orleans Liberal 
Institute, in Glover, Vt., where he remained 
seven years. Subsequently he Avas principal of 
high schools in ■ Edgartown, Lenox, and Great 
Barrington, Mass., and since 1872 he has been 
principal of the McCollom Institute, Mont 
Vernon, N. H., which he has raised to a high 
rank among the leading academies in this State. 
Mr. Todd md. Aug. 16, 1857, Mary Ann Harper 
Blodgett, of Jaffrey. She d. Dec. 31, 1864; md. 
(2d) July 27, 1869, Sarah Jane Chapin, dau. of 
Dea. Hervey and Fersis C. Chapin, of Holyoke, 
Mass. 
II. Thomas Richardson^ b. Sept. 1, 1831 ; d. in the 
ai-my; he was wounded June 3, and d. June 9, 
1864. 

in. Henry Fosdick^ b. May 15, 1834; Avas killed in a 
mill in Templeton, Mass., July 3, 1854. 

IV. Mersylvia /Scollay, b. May 31, 1838; d. June 9, 
1842. 

V. Infant, b. April 18; d. April 27, 1843. 

VI. Infant, b. Dec. 23; d. Dec. 27, 1845. 
VII. Mary Ann, b. July 20, 1853; d. Nov. 11, 1873. 
VIII. Ida L., b. July 27, 1857. 



Paul Todd md. Feb. 9, 1830, Polly Parker, dau. of 
Joseph and Susan (Chadwick) Parker. (Chadwick Reg- 
ister, No. 5.) He lived in Hinsdale, N. H., the first six 
years after marriage, and subsequently, resided a farmer in 
Rindge. He d. March 27, 1858. 

I. Charles, b. July 19, 1832; d. Jan. 3, 1856. 



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Addison, h. Nov. 8, 1833 ; md. May 4, 1858, Har- 
riet Wood, dau. of Addison M. Wood, q. v., and 
resides, a farmer, upon the homestead. 

1. Charles A., b. July 11, 1865. 

2. Georo-e C, b. Dec. 8, 1868. 

3. Freddy H. F., b. May 80, 1874. 



TOWNE. 

William Towne and Joanna Blessing were md. in Yarmouth, Norfolk 
County, England, March 25, 1620. The date of their emigration to New 
England is unknown. In 1640 they were residing in Salem, Mass., and 
in 1651 removed to Topsfield, M'here he d. about 1672. His widow sur- 
vived him about ten years. They had six children born in England, and 
two in Salem. Their son, Edmund Towne — bap. in Yarmouth, England, 
June 28, 1628, md. Mary, dau. of Thomas Browning, — is the ancestor of 
many bearing the name, who have resided in Rindge. He was one o£ 
a committee from Topsfield who, in 1675, presented a petition to the 
General Com-t, for leave to form a military company, to protect the 
inhabitants from the Indians. He d. previous to May 3, 1678, the date 
of the inventory of his estate. The will of his widow was dated Feb. 1, 
1710, and she d. soon after. Joseph Towne, the fifth of their ten chil- 
dren, was b. in Topsfield Sept. 2, 1661 ; md. Aug. 10, 1687, Amy Smith, 
dau. of Robert Smith, and d. in 1717, leaving seven children. She was 
b. Aug. 16, 1668; d. Feb. 22, 1756. Their son Nathaniel was b. in Tops- 
field, June 1, 1700; and md. Aug. 27, 1723, Jemima Perkins, by whom 
he had seven children, of whom the youngest was Francis, who settled in 
Rindge. 



Dea. Francis Towke, b. in Topsfield, July 27, 1737, 
son of Nathaniel and Jemima (Perkins) Towne, md. in 
Topsfield, Feb. 26, 1760, Phebe Towne, b. in Topsfield, Feb. 
11, 1740. In 1771 they removed to Rindge, and settled 
where their grandson, Joshua C. Towne, now resides. 
In 1776 he was chosen a deacon of the church, and con- 
tinued in office until his death. He was selectman 1771, 
'72, '74, '78, '92, and was frequently named on important 
committees. During the Revolution bis record is also 
honorable. He was a lieutenant in Capt. Hale's company 
(vide p. 108), a private in Col. Baldwin's regiment, and a 
captain in Col. Oilman's regiment (vide p. 126). Not 
only prominent in :public affairs, he was an exemplary 
Christian, and highly respected in the private walks of 
life. He d. Aug. 11, 1811. Five children b. in Topsfield, 
eight in Rindge. 

I. Zydia, h. Dec. 1, 1761; d. in Rindge April 15, 

1773. 
II, Phebe, b. April 6, 1763 ; md. Abraham Peirce, q. v. ; 
(2nd) Lieut. Nathaniel Thomas, q. v. 

III. Hebecca, b. June 4, 1765 ; md. Bartholomew Dwin- 

nell, q. v., and removed to Keene. 

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Oct. 1, 1851. 
VI. Joshua, b. Sept. 27, 1773. + 
VII. Lydia, b. March 24, 1775; md. Michael Dwinnell, 

and removed to Keene, N. H. 
VIII. D'ehorah, b. April 17, 1777 ; I'nd. John' Emory, 
Jr., q. V. 
IX. Daughter, b. Sept. 27, 1779; d. same day. 
X. Caty, b. Jan. 7, 1780 ; md., Gates Rand, q. v. 
XI. Green, -{- -. - — ) -«-*^- ^u*42c^/Sic^<p^ 
XII. Gardner, -\- [-triplets, b. May 25, 1782. 

xin. Infant, d. young.) 

Frakcis Towjste, Jr., md. Nov. 12, 1789, Relief Huston, 
dau. of Caleb Huston, q. v. After a few years' residence 
in this town he removed to the State of New York. 
One child was b. in Rindge. 

I. Charlotte, b. Sept. 2, 1792. 



Joshua Towxe md. April — , 1810, Mary Chad wick, 
dau. of David Chadwick, of Jaffrey, and a niece of 
Joshua Chadwick, of Rindge. He was a farmer, and 
resided upon the farm formerly of his father. He d. 
Jan. 5, 1844; his widow d. Jan. 10, 1865, aged 77. 

I. Phebe, b. Jan. 21, 1811 ; md. Solomon F. Towne, 

q. V. 
II. Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 30, 1813 ; md., 1838, Levi 
Russell, son of Eliakim, q. v. 

III. Laura, b. Jan. 3, 1815; d., unmd., Oct. 30, 1850. 

IV. Sojyhronla, b. Nov. 19, 1818; md. Dec. 24, 1844, 

Stephen P. Patch, of Ashby, Mass. She d. 
Nov. 30, 1846. 
V. Sarah Marinda, b. March 27, 1821 ; d., unmd., 

March 7, 1853. 
VI. Joshua Chadwick, b. July 29, 1823; md. June 17, 
1846, Eveline J. Brooks, dau. of Walton Brooks, 
q. v.; resides upon the old homestead. He was 
selectman 1855, '66, '67, '68. 

1. Emma H., b. Nov. 30, 1849; md. Jan. 24, 

1872, Millard F. Jones ; reside in Rindux'. 

2. Clarence E., b. Julv 11, 1852. 

3. Ida B., b. March 13, 1858. 

VII. Josiah Thomas, b. April 5, 1826; md. Sibel 
Boardman. He was a member of Company G, 
21st Mass. Vols., and d. April 27, 1862. 
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Green Towne wfis a farmer, and a resident of the 
north part of the town. He md, Feb. 13, 1810, Lucy 
Rand, dan. of Capt. Solomon Rand. He d. April 23, 
1857. His widow d. in Jaffrey a few years subsequently. 

I. Solomon F.,h. ; md. Sept. — , 1835, Phebe 

Towne, dau. of Joshua, q. v. She d. Dec. 31, 
1867. He resided in Rindge until 1851, and 
after a residence in Ashburnhani, Westminster, 
and Petersham, Mass., of twenty years, he has 
recently returned to this town. 

1. George *W., b. ; md. Lizzie Hill; 

resides a farmer in Rindge. 

II. Charles, md. Sept. 6, 1849, Susan S. Ellis, and 
resides in Ashburnham. 

III. Sarah A., md. A. A. Chamberhiin, q. v. 

IV. Lucy M., md. June 3, 1847, Benjamin F. Marvle, 

of Jaffrey. 
V. Levi -P., md. Emily Sawyer ; resides in Jaffrey. 
VI. Pliny F., md. Sept. 5, 1854, Calista A. Brooks, 
dau. of Joseph Brooks, q. v. They reside in 
Ashburnham. 



Gardner Towne md. Lucy Bancroft, dau. of Col. 
Ebenezer and Susannah (Fletcher) Bancroft, of Tyngs- 
boro, Mass. They resided in Stoddard, N. H. Their 
children were Christiana, Rebecca, Charles Gardner, Orr 
Noble, Ebenezer Banci'oft, Lucy B. 



Jonathan Towne was here previous to the Revolu- 
tion, but of this and the following families the registers 
cannot be fully or very satisfactorily given. He lived 
near the farm of Col. Perry, where the Green family 
have since resided, and d. 1784. He left three or more 
children. 

I. Jonathan, Jr., signed the Association Test, and 
consequently was b. previous to 1756. He was 
md. previous to 1780. 
II. Amos, settled his father's estate ; was in Capt. 
Rand's company 1777, and in Col. Enoch Hale's 
regiment 1778 {vide pp. 141, 164). He was not 
md. in 1780. 
III. Lucy, b. 1767 ; md. Francis Greene, q. v. 

Jeremiah Towne was here previous to 1776. He d. 
June 10, 1830, aged 87; his wife d. April 6, 1822, aged 
79. No record of his children has been secured, except 
that a dau., Polly, md. Thomas Tarbell, his second 
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Nehemiah Towne, perhaps a son of Jonathan, signed 
the Association Test in 1776, The name of his wife was 
Lucy, and three children were bap. Perhaps he removed 
from Towne in the summer of 1780. 

I. JSTehemiah, bap. Oct. 9, 1776. 
IT. Josiah, bap. Feb. 22, 1778. 
III. Joshua, bap. June 25, 1780. 



William Towne and wife Hannah had two children 
bap., and. in 1780 were seated in the meeting-house. 

I. Ichabod, bap. Dec. J3, 1778. 
II. Hannah, bap. April 23, 1780. 



Cornelius Towne, b. in Topsfield Feb. 13, 1772, per- 
haps a son of one of the foregoing, md. 1791, Hannah 
Chajilin, dau. of Micah Chaplin, q. v., then of Rindge. In 
1804 he removed to Dublin, N. H. They had four chil- 
ilren b. in Rindge and one in Dublin. 

I. John, b. March 4, 1792. Settled in Jaffrey. 
II. Eehecca, b. May 2, 1794; md. Josiah Wight, of 

Dublin. 
HI. 3Ioses, b. July 21, 1796 ; md. Eliza Peirce, dau. of 

Elipha, and settled in Townsend, Mass. 
IV. Cornelius, b. April 18, 1803. Settled in Dublin. 
V. Elijah, b. Jan. 6, 1807. 

Dk. John Townsend {vide p. 364) had resided in 
several places previous to his arrival in this town. He 
md. Elizabeth Cotton, who d. in Rindge Jan. 29, 1826. 

Josiah Cotton, b. in Sandown July 31, 1764. 

Susanna, b. in South Hampton July 21, 1765. 

Timothy, b. Feb., 1767. 

Patty, b. in Hopkinton Feb., 1768. 

Roland Cotton, b. Feb., 1769 ; d. July, 1769. 

Betsey, b. in New Ipswich Feb., 1770; md. Jacob 
Gould, Jr., g. v. 

Thomas Salter, b. in Rindge July, 1771. 

John, b. in Rindge Feb. l7, 1773; md. Sept. 8, 
1811, Hepsibah "Cutler, dau. of Capt. Solomon 
Cutler, q. v. She d. Oct. 18, 1812. He resided 
in Boston, but was a frequent visitor to his native 
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JosHiTA ToW'NSEND, SOU of Rcubcn and Margaret 
(Metcalf) Townsend, of Ashburnham, and grandson of 
Joshua Townsend, of Shrewsbury, md. July 17, 1823, 
Betsey Kimball, dau. of William Kimball, q. v. In 1833 
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Nov. 15, 1849 ; and he md. (2d) 1852, Esther Eaton, of 
Lancaster, Mass. He d. June 20, 1855, aged 64; his 
widow d. June 27, 1855, aged 55, 

I. Leonard Kimball^ b. July 11, 1825; d. July 3. 

1836. 
II. Albert, b. Nov. 22 ; d. Nov. 23, 1827. 

III. Mary, b. April 27, 1830; md. Ivers Welling- 

ton, q. V. 

IV. William Kimball^h. June 10,1839; d. April 21, 

1843. 



Amasa Turner was b. in Hanover, Mass., about 1705. 
He was a son of Amasa, grandson of Daniel, and great- 
grandson of Humphrey Turner, of Scituate. In 1748 
Amasa Turner and wife Elizabeth removed from Han- 
over to Lancaster, Mass., and in 1766 removed to this 
town. He was living here in 1780, and probably d. 
soon after. He was prominent in the affairs of the 
church and of the town, and was a useful, respected 
citizen. Of their ten children, b. 1729-1749, only one 
appears to have become a resident of this town. 



Nathaniel Turner, b. Jan. 31, 1736-7, came to 
Rindge with his father, but removed from town about 
1772, Martha, dan. of Nathaniel and Anne Turner, was 
bap. Nov. 9, 1766, but he soon after joined the Baptists, 
and if other children were born to them, they were not 
bap. by Mr. Dean. 

Job Tyler, of Boxford, Mass., md. Elizabeth Parker, 
and removed to Rindge in May, 1777. He d. June 1, of 
the same year; his wife d. Oct. 22, 1783. His children, 
b. between 1740 and 1760, were as follows: — 

I. Joshua, b. Jan. 27, 1747.+ 
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III. Bradstreet, resided in Boxford, Mass. 

IV. Moses, resided in Lunenburg, Mass. 

V. Asa, came to Rindge with his father, and resided 
a short distance from the Pound. No record of 
his family has been secured. He removed to 
New York, and later to Pennsylvania. 
VI. Phinehas, resided in Leominster, Mass. 
VII. Elizabeth, md. Lieut. Joseph MuUiken, q. v. 
VIII. Rachel. 
IX. Fanny. 

Joshua Tyler removed to this town previous to the 
removal of his father. He. md. in Rindge Dec. 5, 1776, 
Ismenia Kimball, dau. of Lieut. Richard Kimball, q. v. 
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He removed about 1790 to Leominster, Mass. He was a 
member of Capt. Rand's company in 1777. Six cliildreii 
were b. in Rindge. 

I. Hebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1777. 
II, Joshua^ b. Feb. 3, 1779. Lived in Leominster. 

III. Betsey, b. March 9, 1T82. 

IV. Mercy, b. April 19, 1784. 

V. Phebe K., b. Sept. 6, 1785 ; rad. Z Peiree, of 

Jaffrey. 
VI. Thomas, b. July 14, 1787. Lived in Leominster. 



Parkek Tyler md. in Rindge Jan. 29, 1782, Hannah 
Flint, of Jaffrey. She d. Oct. 13, 1802, and he md. (2d) 
Nov., 1803, Lucy Giddings. He removed from Rindge to 
SteVling, Mass., 1791, and subsequently to Leominster, 
Mass., ito Wilton, N. H., and returned to Rindge in 1818, 
and thirteen years later he removed to Townsend, Mass., 
where he d. Oct. 3, 1837 ; his widow d. Feb. 22, 1849. 

I. Flint, b. Nov. 2, 1782; md. Jerusha Hardy, and d. 

in Haverhill, Mass., May 26, 1870. 
II. Applda, b. Nov. 22, 1784; md. June, 1806, Will- 
iam Abbott, and d. in September of the same 
year. 

III. Hannah, b. Oct. 20, 1786; md. Timothy Holt, and 

lived many years in Weston, Vt. She d. in 
Unity, N. H., Aug., 1873. 

IV. Parker, b. Oct. 7, 1788 ; md. Abigail Buss, of Wil- 

ton, N. H. ; d. in Lunenburg, Mass., March 27, 
1858 ; she d. 1874. • 

V. Seth Par/son, b. April 23, 1791 ; md. Sally Gray, 

of Wilton ; md. (2d) Wheeler. He resided 

in Rindge several years, and removed about 1835 
to Leominster, Mass., where he d. Aug. 24, 1868. 

VI. Putnam, b. Sept. 20, 1793 ; md. Lucy Seaver, of 
Townsend. He resides in Marlow, N. H. . 

VII. Louisa, b. Nov. 19, 1795; rad.- John Hodgman, of 

Townsend, who d. 1853. She resides in Rindge 
with her sister, Mrs. Wilder. 

VIII. Laura, twin, -b. Nov. 19, 1795; md. Joseph 

Simonds, of Groton, Mass. They reside in 

Petersham, Mass. 
IX. Miriam, b. Jan. 23, 1798 ; md. Jonathan Keyes, of 

Wilton. She d. Dec. 17, 1839. 
X. Levi, b. Oct. 22, 1800 ; md. Rhoda Pettengill, of 

Wilton, and d. in Lyndeboro May 25, 1870. 

Children of second wife : — 



XI. Apphia, b. Nov. 6, 
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xii. Asa^ b. July 31, 1809 ; ind. Mary Adams, of Towns- 
end, and d, in that place April 18, 1870. 



Nathan Underwood, a farmer in Rinds>'e, md. Juditli 
Peirce, dan. of Benjamin Peirce, q. v. They removed 
about 1S57 to WatertOAvn, Mass., where he d. Julv 14, 
1860. She d. Feb. 8, 1871. 

I. Joel b. 1812 ; d. June 1, 1855. 

II. Sop/ironia^ md. Jonathan Peirce, son of Josiah, q. v. 
in. Martin S., b. 1816; d. Oct. 17, 1837. 

IV. N'<(than, b. 1817; d. Au^-. 2, 1817. 

V. Benjamin 3f.,h. 1822; d. Auo-. 2, 1827. 
VI. Marinda, b. 1824; d. July 30,^1827. 

VII. Icyhiiida^ b. 1831 ; md. 1853, Benjamin H. Shel- 
don, of Boston. 
VIII. Loammi B. • . 

IX. Warren. 



Luke B. Walcott, a wheelwright, removed to this 
town in 1848. For several years he carried on business, 
and resided where Cliarles F. Stearns now lives. He md. 
Barnes, of Sharon, and d. Nov. 27, 1863, aged 64; 



his widow d. a few years subsequently. 

I. Harriet A.^ has resided since 1871 in Illinois. 
II. Henrq S., resides in Califoi-nia ; has a familv. 
III. S. EUzaheth, md. March 9, 1853, William K Swal- 
low, a native of Dunstable, Mass. They reside 
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Edward Waldron removed from Princeton to Rindge 
in 1800, and resided upon the farm now of Lyman Hale. 
He was twice md., but a record of this family has not been 
secured. He d. Dec. 17, 1843, aged 93; his second wife 
d. March 2, 1822. A sister of Mr. Waldron md. James 
Brown, and d. in this town June 28, 1855, aged 91. 
Hannah, another sister, d., unmd., Sept. 23, 1843, aged 73. 

I. mihh!/, a child of first wife, b. 1782; md. April 3, 
1845, Gamaliel Beaman, of Princeton, his second 
marriage. They I'esided in Rindge Centre until 
1866, when thev I'emoved to Jaffrey, where he d. 
Nov., 1870; she d. Feb. 21, 1869. 



1 Thomas Walker md. in Rindge March 29, 1768, 

Abigail Philbrick. A dau. was bap. the following year, 
and in 1771 they Avere residing in Jaffrey. 

I. Margaret., bap. Jan. 29, 1769. 

3 I Sa^iuei, Walker b. May 11, 1747, son of John and 
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Rice, and the same year removed to Rindge. He resided 
in the west part of the town, wliere he d. about 1795, and 
his widow md. (2d) Jan. 7, 1802, Paul Fitch, q. v., and 
resided in Marlboro, N. H. 

I. Samuel, b. June 6, 1771, perhaps the Samuel 
Walker who md. Betsey Wyman, and resided in 
Winchendon. Nine children. 

John, b. June 9, 1773. 

Joanna, b. May 19, 1775 ; md. in Rindge Nov. 19, 
1797, Abraham Oak, of Bolton. 

Asa, b. May 26, 1777. 

Jose2:)h, b. Aug. 24, 1779. 

Polly, bap. May 26, 1782. 

Sarah, bap. Oct. 24, 1784 ; md. Paul Fitch, Jr., q.v. 

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Capt. Joshua Walker md. Mary Whitmore, and 
removed to this town about 1780, He was selectman 
1789, and was frequently chosen on important commit- 
tees. He was a farmer and innholder, and resided upon 
the farm now of Z. F. Whitney. He d. Jan. 4, 1825, 
aged 74; his wife d. Oct. 13, 1823, aged 71. 

I. Joshua, b. ; md. Jan. 24, 1804, Sarah Bowers, 

dau. of Nehemiah Bowers, q. v. 
II. James, b. April 11, 1781 ; d. young. 

III. Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1782. 

IV. James, b. March 10, 1784 ; a lawyer in Peterboro 

{vide p. 358). 

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Dana S. Walker, a native of New Ipswich, is a sou of 
John and Mary (Stratton) Walker, grandson of Jesse 
and Sarah (Emerson) Walker, and great-grandson of 
John Walker, who removed from Lincoln, Mass., in 1760, 
and settled in New Ipswich. John Walker, son of Jesse, 
md. (2d) Nov. 27, 1845, Hannah Colburn, dau. of Eben- 
ezer and Hannah (Jewett) Colburn, q. v., and is residing 
in Marlboro, Vt. Dana S. Walker md. Arvilla Will- 
iams, who d. May 25, 1853; and he md. (2d) Oct. 11, 
1855, Mary Perry, dau. of Col. Jason B. Perry, q. v. He 
is a farmer and carpenter at Rindge Centre, and also 
proprietor of the stages between the depot and the post- 
offices at Rindge Centre and East Rindge. 

I. ^mma Lucelia, b. Aug. 1, 1856. 
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WALLACE. 

There are, at least, two distinct families of this name in New England. 
Robert Wallis was residing in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1639, and from 
that town many bearing the name have removed to other jilaces, as well 
as others of the same family who have taken the name of Wallace. 

The brothers John and Thomas Wallace were from Colraine, Ireland. 
The former settled among congenial spirits in Londonderry in 1719, and 
the latter emigrated a few years subsequently. It is probable that there 
are other families in New England, bnt the record of these is clearly 
established. 

Benoni WaUis, of the Ipswich family, removed to Lunenburg, Mass., 
and there md. July 2, 1755, Rebecca Brown, of Lynn. They continued 
their residence in Lunenburg, where he d. March 15, 1792 ; she d. Aug. 
25, 1790. David Wallis, son of Benoni, was b. Oct. 16, 1760. He md. 
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Wallis, was h. in Ashburnham July 14, 1797 ; he md. 
July 8, 1821, Roxanna Gowen, of New I])swich, and 
removed to Rindo-e 1846, where he d. May 29, 1857. He 
wrote his name Wallace. 

I. Harriet, b. Sept. 18, 1821; md. Feb. 12, 1843, 
Barnard Tenney, of New Ipswich. 

1. Theodore, b. July 31, 1844 ; d., unmd., May 

24, 1873. 

2. Oliver, b. July 6, 1846; resides at home. 

3. Eurania, b. June 6, 1849; d. June 10, 1851. 

11. Rodney, b. Dec. 21, 1823. + 

III. David K., b. Jan. 24, 1826; md. Huldah Hawtwell, 

dau. of Charles Hartwell, of Ashby; shed. June 
23, 1874. He resides in Winchendon. 

1. Huldah E., b. Aug. 12, 1848; d. Dec. 4, 

1858. 

2. Clara E., b. July 12, 1851 ; md. July 4, 

1871, Clement P. Flint, of Winchendon. 

3. Sarah A., b. July 6, 1853 ; d. Jan. 14, 1859. 

4. Emma M., b. July 4, 1855 ; d. Jan. 17, 

1859. 

IV. John A., b. Jan. 23, 1829 ; he has resided in New 
York City during the past twenty years; md. 
Jan., 1859, Susan Jane Drake, of Chester, 
Orange County, N. Y. She d. May 7, 1865, 
aged 35. 

1. Nellie, b. Jan. 4, 1860; d. May 7, 1865. 

2. John, b. Aug. 9, 1863. 
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VI. George F.,\).^ov. 21, 1833; md. Nov. 21, 1859, 
Maria A. Woodbury, dau. of Nathan Wood- 
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VII. Momanzo A., b. Sept. 29, 1836 ; resides in Savan- 
nah, Ga., and is a dealer in stationery. He md. 
July 25, 1865, Jane S. Morgan. 
VIII. William Everett, b. March 25, 1839; md. Aug. 28, 
1859, Helen A. Hayward, of Fitchburg. JHe is 
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RoDisrET Wallace resided in Rindge from his youth 
until 1852, when he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and 
became a member of the firm of Shepley & Wallace, 
wholesale dealers in books and stationery, and dealers in 
paper stock. After several years of successful manage- 
ment of this business he withdrew from the firm, and 
engaged in the manufacture of paper, and became con- 
nected with several other manufacturing interests of 
Fitchburg. In whatever enterjnnse he has engaged he has 
been fortunate, not only in a pecuniary point of view, but 
in the prompt command of the confidence and respect of 
his associates. In him integrity and principle have been 
closely allied with business tact and a liberal and comjjre- 
hensive management of large pecuniary interests. 

His ambition for political life has never had a vigorous 
growth, nor engrossed his attention to the neglect of the 
private and corporate interests which have been depend- 
ent ixpon his pei'sonal attention. He was selectman 1864, 
'65, and '67; a representative to the General Court 1874, 
but declined a reelection the following year. 

In the direction of the affairs of several monetary and 
corporate interests, his services have been frequently 
sought. He has been president and director of the 
Fitchburg Gas Light Company since 1864; a director of 
the Fitchburg National Bank since 1866; for several 
years a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank; a 
director of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
pany ; president of the Fitchburg Board of Trade ; and 
was recently elected a director of the Fitchburg Railroad 
Company. 

As a citizen and as a friend he is held in high esteem, 
and his usefulness has often been proved by earnest, effi- 
cient service, as well as by unostentatious yet generous 
donations in the support of many laudable enterpi'ises. 
In this the town of Rindge has not been overlooked. In 
his social relations he has been fortunate, and has ever 
had many warm personal friends. Mr. Wallace md. Dec. 
1, 1853, Sophia Ingalls, youngest dau. of Thomas Ingalls, 
Esq. q. v., who d., leaving two sons, June 20, 1871. 

I. Herbert I., b. Feb. 17, 1856; a student at Har- 
vard University, class of 1877. 
II. George B., b. June 20, 1859. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 743 

Charles E. Wallace resides in New Ipswich. He 
md. July 6, 1857, Elizabeth Gilson, of Groton, Mass. 

I. Cora A., b. June 8, 1858. 
n. Hattie E., b. .Tan. 5, 1860. 

in. George H., b. Feb. 5, 1861. 
IV. Delia D., b. A])nl 15, 1862; d. July 8, 1863. 
V. Charles X>., b. Jan. 8, 1864. 
VI. Marij E., b. Sept. 18, 1865. 
VII. William E., b. Nov. 20, 1866. 
VIII. Ilerhert C, b. Jan. 18, 1872. 

WiLLiA]sr Walton and wife Susannah removed from 
Readinai:, Mass., to the north-east part of Rindge in 1774. 
He d. March 22, 1835, aged 84; his wife d. Feb. 27, 1835, 
aged 82. 

I. William, b. Sept. 23, 1773. • 
II. Daniel, b. Oct. 10, 1775. 

III. Stisan7iah, b. July 17, 1777. 

IV. Nathan, b. Oct. 7, 1779. + 

V. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 18, 1782. 
VI. James, b. -June 28, 1784. 

VII. Lydia, b. Oct 19, 1786; md. Oct. 31, 1811, Josiah 

Platts, q. V. 
VIII. ,Sarah, b. July 13, 1788 ; md. Dec. 4, 1808, Reuben 
Nutting, of Jaffrey. 
IX. jReJecca, b. April 3, 1791. 
X. Sene, or Asenath, b. June 8, 1795. 
XI. Joseph. 
XII. Benjamin. 

Nathan Walton md. Mary . Their children 

were : — 

I. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1804. 

II. Joseph Bates, b. Dec. 25, 1805. 

III. Edwin Dennis, b. Nov. 27, 1807; md., 1854, 

Esther (Gilbert) Clark, widow of Henry 
Clark, q. v. 

IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1814. 

V. Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1816; md. Sarah Fiske, of 
Temple, N. H., and resided several years in New 
Ipswich ; now lives in Temple. 

VI. Daniel Sumner, a blacksmith of Rindge; he d. 

Oct. 7, 1868, aged 56. 

1. Charles S., b. April 3, 1837 ; md. March, 

1863, Lydia A. Danforth, dau. of B. F. 
Danforth, q. v. 

2. Sarah E., b. Oct. 9 1839 ; d. Nov. 21, 1859. 

3. Sarah E., b. July 3, 1844. 



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4. William M., b. Dec. 6, 1846 ; d. March 18, 
1849. 

Bekjamin Warp*, Esq., [vide p. 372) md. Sept. 16, 
1823, Linda Raymond, dau. of Capt. Joel Raymond, q. v. 
He d., leaving one dan., Feb. 19,1828; and his widow 
md. (2d) Dr. Nathaniel Kingsbury, q. v. 

I. Murianna^ md. Rev. Samuel Watson Brown, who 
was b. April 7, 1828 ; graduate of Yale College 
1850, and a student two years at Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary. He preached in Coventry, 
Conn., 1861-1864, and in Groton, Conn., from 
1864 imtil his death, Nov. 9, 1866. 

Joshua Webster removed from New Salem 1762. 
For about twenty years his name occasionally appears 
upon the records. By wife Mary he had nine children. 
I. Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1754. 
II. Asa, b. Jan. 27, 1756 ; d. June 15, 1760. 
HI. Peter, b. May 15, 1758; was a soldier in the Revo- 
lution {vide pp. 110, 126, 135, 140, 166). 
IV. Mehitahle, b. Jan. 7, 1760. 
v. Hannah, b. Jan 16, 1762. 
VI. Sarah, b. June 10, 1764. 
VII. Asa, b. Jan. 14, 1767. 
VIII. Mary, b. July 5, 1770. 
IX. Israel, b. July 18, 1772. 



WELLINGTON. 

Roger Wellington, b. in England about 1610, was an early settler of 
Watertown, Mass. He was admitted freeman April 18, 1690, and d. 
March 11, 1697-8. He md. Mary Palgrave, eldest dau. of Dr. Richard 
Palgxave. Hon. Roger Sherman, of Conn., was a great-grandson of 
Roger Wellington, and received his name from him. Joseph Wellington, 
son of Roger, was b. in Watertown, Oct. 9, 1643, and admitted freeman 

1677. He md. Sarah , who d. Feb. 5, 1683-4; md. (2d) June 6, 

1684, Elizabeth Straight, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Kemball) 
Straight, of Watertown. He d. Oct. 30, 1714. By his second wife he 
had four children. Of these, Thomas Wellington was b. in Watertown, 
Nov. 10, 1686; md. about 1708, Rebecca Whittemore, dau. of Samuel 
and Isabelle (Park) Whittemore ; she d. Nov. 6, 1734, and he again 
md. He d. 1759. Thomas Wellington, his son by his first wife, was b. 
in Watertown, Aug. 6, 1714. He resided in Watertown, where he was 
probably a farmer, and an innholder. He md. March 13, 1734-5, 
Margaret Stone, b. Sept. 15, 1718, dau. of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) 
Stone, of Lexington. He d. Nov. 4, 1783; she d. Sept. 7, 1800. 
George Wellington, the ninth of their foiu'teen children, was b. in 
Watertown Oct. 21, 1749 ; he md. Dec. 24, 1772, Lucy Peirce, b. Nov. 27, 
1755, dau. of Ephraim and Lydia (White) Peirce, of Waltham. He 
served in the Revolution, and removed to Jaffrey, N. H., and suDsequently 
to Cavendish, Vt. Capt. Leonard Wellington, his son, and of the sixth 
generation from Roger Wellington, the emigrant, resided many years in 
Rindge, and is n.amed hereafter. 



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Benjamin AVellington, another son of Roger "Wellington, the emi- 
grant, md. Dec. 7, 1671, Elizabeth Sweetman, dau. of Thomas Sweet- 
man, of Cambridge. He d. Jan. 8, 1709-10. His son, Benjamin Well- 
ington, b. June 21, 1676, md. Jan. 16, 1698-9, Lydia Brown, dau. of 
Jonathan and Mary (Shattuck) Brown, also of Watertown; she d. May 
13, 1711, and he again married. His son Benjamin Welling-ton, by his 
first wife, was b. May 21, 1702 ; he resided in "NA'atertown, where he md. 

Lydia ; md. (2d) Abigail Fessenden, b. July 13, 1713, dau. of 

Thomas and Abigail (Poulter) Fessenden ; he d. Nov. 15, 1738, and his 
widow md. Ebenezer Smith, of Lexington. Benjamin Wellington, his 
son by the second wife, was b. April 22, 1738 ; md. in Lexington, Sept. 
5, 1763, Lucy Smith, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Burridge) Smith. He 
was a mason, and in 1777 removed to Ashby, Mass., where he d. Oct. 26, 
1814 ; his widow d. July 30, 1817. Liberty Wellington, the fifth of his 
eight children, and of the sixth generation from Roger Wellington, was 
b.'Sept. 21, 1774; md. April 16, 1808, Mary Lawrence. Their eldest son 
is Ivers Wellington, who is number 24 in the following register. 



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Capt. Leonard Wellington, son of George Welling- 
ton, of Jaffrey and Cavendish, removed to Rindge 1803, 
where he d. May 22, 1849, aged 69. He was a hatter, and 
occupied for several years the house now of Dr. Josiah 
Abbott. Later he became a farmer, and moved to the 
farm now of his son, Gilman P. Wellington, and for many 
years he was considerably employed as an auctioneer. In 
the war of 1812 he was a lieutenant in Capt. Gregg's 
company. He "md. Dec. 4, 1805, Eunice Earl, dau. of 
John Earl, q. v. She d. 1808; md. (2d) Sept. 6, 
1809, Dorcas Priest, who d. Aug. 3, 1817; md. (3d) Jan , 
1818, Lucinda Page, dau. of Abijah Page, q. v. She d. 
Dec. 22, 1847. 

I. Adaline i., b. May 28, 1806; md. Ira Lake, q. v. 
II. £Junice M, b. Oct. 9, 1807 ; d. Aug. 21, 1820. 

Children of second wife : — 

III. Eliza G., h. Dec. 20, 1810 ; md. her cousin, Addi- 

son Weeks. Resided in Rindge a few years. 

IV. Leonard W., b. Feb. 5, 1812 ; d^Sept. 9, 1813. 
V. Charles TT., b. Sept. 17, 1813. 

VI. Leonard P., b. June 20, 1815; md. May 15, 1850, 
Nancy Demary, dau. of .Tames L. Demary, q. v. 
She d. April 18, 1859; and he md. (2d) Nov. 1, 
1863, Mrs. Mary A. Reynolds, widow of John I. 
Reynolds {vide Russell Register, No. — ), and 
removed 1865 to Maine. 

1. John F., b. Aug. 8, 1852. 

2. Nancy Mersylvia, b. March 28, 1855. 

3. Ida Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1858; now Ida M. 

Bennett, adopted dau. of Lyman Bennett. 



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VII. Gilman P., b. June 18, 1819; a farmer, residing 
upon the homestead; md. Sept. 11, 1849, Mary 
Ann Jones, dau. of Asia Jones, q. v. 

1. Henry W., b. Nov. 6, 1850 ; resides in 

Rindo-e. 

2. Frank E., b. May 27, 1852 ; md. May 27, 

18/4, Ellen M. Weston, dau. of James A. 
and Elizabeth Weston ; resides in Rindge. 

3. Addie Flora, b. May 24, 1865. 

VIII. Lucinda^ b. March 31, 1821; rad. Lyman Ben- 
nett, q. V. 

IX. George P., b. Sept. 29, 1823; md. Gratia L. How- 
ard, of Royalston, Mass. He is a manufacturer, 
in Hinsdale, N. H. 
X. Mary Ann TFi, b. Aug. 9, 1825; d., unmd., Nov. 
8, 1846. 

XI. Zum/ G., b. Nov. 13, 1828; md. June 24, 1851, 
Albert Whittier, of Grafton, N. H. ; now of 
Empire Citv, Minn. 

XII. Joel, b. July 7, 1831 ; md. Nov. 30, 1854, Harriet 
Elizabeth Ramsdell, dau. of Amos Ramsdcll, 
q. V. He is the princi]>al owner and manager of 
the Union Box and Lumber Company, whose 
mills are at East Rindge. The company annu- 
ally manufacture a large number of iiest and 
fruit boxes, and much coarse lumber; and the 
prosperity of that portion of the town is much 
indebted to his successful management and 
enterprise. He was representative 1873 and 
1874. 

• 1. Herbert D., b. Sept. 18, 1856. 
2. Arthur J., b. Feb. 28, 1860. 

XIII. Joh7i, b. Sept. 3, 1833; d. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 2, 

1859. 

XIV. Caroline, b. Oct. 12, 1836; d. Jan. 14, 1850. 



IvEKS Wellington", son of Liberty Wellington, of 
Ashby, Mass., was b. in that town Jan. 12, 1812. He md. 
Jan. 6, 1857, Mary Townsend, dau. of Joshua Townsend, 
and removed at that time to this town. He is a success- 
ful farmer, and resides at Converseville. 

I. Cyrus Walter, b. Nov. 12, 1857. 
II. Edioin Ivers, b. Jimc 29, 1860. 



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WETHERBEE. 

The Wetherbees of New England are of English origin. The name 
upon the earliest American records was spelled Witherby, but the present 
orthography has generally prevailed for many years. John Wetherbee, 
the emigrant ancestor of this family, resided in Marlboro and in Stow, 
Mass. He md. in the former place Sept. 18, 1672, Mary Howe, dau. of 
John and Mary Howe (vide Howe Register). She was b. June 18, 1654, 
and is mentioned in the will of her father as " my daughter Mary With- 
erby." She d. in Stow June 5, 1684, and he md. (2d) Lydia Moore, who 
survived him. The date of his death does not appear upon the records of 
Stow, where he d; but from the probate records it appears that he d. 
about 1711. Jolm Wetherbee, son of John and Mary (Howe) Wether- 
bee, was b. in Marlboro March 26, 1675. He resided in Stow, where he 
d. about 1720. By wife Catherine he had seven sons and one dau. Of 
these, Hezekiah is named hereafter, and Thomas, b. Jime 16, 1716, by 
wife Elizabeth had eight children, and among them was Thomas, who 
came to Rindge, and is No. 96 in this Register. 



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Hezekiah "Wetherbee, son of John and Catherine, 
md. April 23, 1728, Huldah Martyn, dau. of Thomas and 
Mary (Gove) Martyn, and resided a short time in Marl- 
boro, Mass., where his eklest child was b. In 1729 he 
removed to Lunenburg, and there resided until his death. 
The date of his death is not exactly known, but it was 
previous to 1759, when " Abel Platts, of Rowley Canada, 
was published to Phebe Wetherbee, dau. of Widow 
Wetherbee from over beyond Mulpus." Mulpus is the 
name of a brook in Lunenburg. Widow Huldah md. 
(2d) Jan. 12, 1773, Dea. Ephraim Peirce, of Lunenburg, 
the father of Sarah, wife of Dea. John Lovejoy, of 
Rindge, and grandfather of Josiali Peirce and Benjamin 
Gould, of Rindge. After his death, his widow came to 
Rindge and resided with her children. 

I. Senjamin^ b. Nov. 3, 1728. -j- 
II. Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1730. + 

III. Phebe, b. Feb. 12, 1733-4; d. young. 

IV. Phebe, b. July 7, 1740 ; md. Abel Platts, q. v. 

V. Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1742 ; md. May 21, 1763, Noah 
Dodge, son of Noah and Margaret Dodge, of 
Lunenburg. He was b. in Wenham, Mass., and 
was a soldier in the Revolution. 
VI. Joh7i, b. Sept. 14, 1746. -|- 
VII. Abraham, b. June 5, 1752. -j- 



Benjamin Wetherbee, eldest son of Hezekiah, md. 
Sept. 24, 1755, Kezia Munroe, b. Oct. 16, 1731, dau. of 
Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe, of Carlisle, Mass. He 
removed his family to this town in 1761, and d. July 12, 
1771 ; she d. July 12, 1772. 

I. Betsey, b. in Lunenburg Jan. 5, 1756; md. 
Matthew Osborn. 



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II, Hezehiah^ b. in Lunenburg June 20, 1757.-}- 

III. Rachel^ b. in Lunenburg, Jan. 5, 1759 ; nid. 

Parker. 

IV. Beiijamin, b. in Rindge Oct. 2, 1762; d. in the 

Revolutionary army of small-pox. 
V. Mary^ b. in Rindge Aug. 16, 1765. 
VI. Kezia^ b. in Rindge July 4, 1768. 



Thomas Wetherbee rad. April 22, 1756, Hannah 
Munroe, of Carlisle, probably a sister of the wife of his 
brother Benjamin; and perhaps Hudson's "Lexington" 
mistakes in the marriage of this person to Gershora Will- 
iams. He removed to Rindge between 1777 and 1780, 
and to New Ipswich in 1800. Children all b. in Lunen- 
burg. 

I. Thomas^ b. Aug. 7, 1757 ; md. June 23, 1788, 
Maria Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Hol- 
den) Sawtell, q. v. They removed in 1800 to 
New Ipswich, and soon after to Ludlow, Vt. Of 
many children only one survived the years of 
childhood. 

1. Luther, b. March 18, 1789; md., 1810, 
Nancy Kendall, and settled in Ludlow. 

II. Daniel, b. Dec. 16, 1758; md. Hepsibah Merriam, 

and left several children. His son Josiah md. 

Abigail Jones, dau. of Jonathan Jones, and 

resided in New Hampton, N. H. Isaac J. 

Wetherbee, Esq., of Charlestown, Mass., is a 

son of Josiah. 
in. Hepsibah, b. Feb. 28, 1760 ; md. Nathan Hewett. 
IV. Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1761 ; md. Hannah Knajip. 
V. Sarah, b. March 30, 1763 ; md. Joshua Heald ; 

(2d) Hamblin ; (3d) Nesmith. 

VI. David, b. May 31, 1764; md. Esther Hathorne. 
VII, Hannah , b. Feb. 16, 1766; md. Tilley Mason. 
VIII. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1767 ; md. Gregory Faulie. 
IX. Josiah, b. March 17, 1769; md. Lavina Hyde. 
X. Martha, b. Oct. 16, 1771 ; md. Benjamin Bacheller. 
XI. Molley, b. Nov. 14, 1773, as recorded, but she was 

bap. 1772. The error is probably in the date of 

birth. She d. unmd. 



John Wetherbee md. Jan. 21, 1773, Susannah Page, 
dau. of Joseph and Deborah (Gould) Page, q. v. He set- 
tled upon the farm in Rindge which has since been occu- 
pied by his son, Joseph, and grandson, Joseph Sylvester. 
He was a man of unexceptionable character, and was 
highly respected. He d. March 31, 1838, aged 91 ; she d. 



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Aug. 21, 1840, aged 93. Several of their children also 
lived to a great age, and his sister Phebe was 101 years, 4 
months, and 27 days old when she d. 

I. Susannah, b. Nov. 7, 1773 ; md. Benjamin Fos- 
ter, q. V. 
11. Huldah, b. Nov. 18, 1775; d. of cancer Jan. 15, 
1826, mimd. 

III. John, b. Dec. 18, 1777; d. April 19, 1779. 

IV. Jeremiah,\). Dec. 31, 1779.-1- 
V. Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1781. -|- 

VI. *S'am/i, b. Jan. 23, 1784; md. Enoch Breed; (2d) 

Dea. Adin Cnmmings. 
VII. Hezekiah, b. May 6, 1786. Resided in Rindge 
until 1818, and subsequently in Concord, Mass., 
and Londonderry, N. H. While a resident of 
this town he was captain of the company of 
cavalry belonging to the Twelfth Regiment. He 
md. Grace Baker, and d. March 11,1869, leaving 
children, of whom no record is received. 
VIII. Deborah, b. Aug. 11, 1788; d. in Rindge, unmd., 
July 14, 1874,"aged nearly 86. 

IX. Phebe, b. March 8, 1791 ; md. Moses Binney, of 
New Ipswich, and d. Nov. 10, 1837, leaving sev- 
eral children, all of whom d. in childhood. 



Abraham Wethebbee settled in Rindge on the farm 
now of Abraham J. Converse, where he cultivated several 
acres of hops. He md. Joanna Sawtell, dau. of Jonathan 
and Mary (Holden) Sawtell, and sister of Maria, wife of 
Thomas "Wetherbee, Jr. In 1805 he removed to Pennsyl- 
vania. 

I. Abraham, b. Aug. 2, 1776. He and Ephraim 
Cummings, from Swanzey, N. H,, of about the 
same age, were drowned in Pecker Pond June 
12, 1793. 
II. Benjamin, b. July 8, 1778. 

III. Nathaniel, b. May 31, 1780; md. Susannah Hub- 

bard, dau. of Jonathan Hubbard, q. v. 

IV. John, b. June 2, 1782. 

V. Solomon, b. Aug. 15, 1784 ; md. in Rindge April 
14, 1807, Sarah Wetherbee, dau. of Thomas, No. 
100 of this Register. 

1. Louisa, b. in Rindge March 28, 1809. 

2. Larinda, b. in Rindge Jan. 14, 1811. 

VI. Joanna, b. Aug. 16, 1785 ; md. Amaziah Sawtell, 
son of Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Saw- 
tell, q. V. 

VII. Tirzah, b. Feb. 8, 1788; d. March 22, 1789. 

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Tirzah, b. Jan. 1, 1790. 

Levi, b. March 8, 1792. 

Abraham, b, March 19, 1794; rl. May 25, 1794. 

Ephrahn Cummings, b. May 15, 1795. 

Asenath, b. June 5, 1797. 



Hezekiah Wetherbee, son of Benjamin, served in 
Capt. Thomas' company, and in Capt. Rand's company 
(vide pp. 110, 141), and subsequently removed to Grafton, 
Vt. He md. Lucy Hale, dan. of Col. Enoch Hale, q. v., 
and d. March 31, 1823, and his widow rad. (2d) Jonathan 
Lake. His eleven children were b. in Grafton. 

I. benjamin, b. Feb. 7, 1785; d., nnmd., in Roxbury, 

Mass., Oct. 23, 1805. 
II. Enoch, b. Feb. 16, 1787 ; md. Betsey Cutler. He 
d. in Rockin.^ham, Vt., July 25, 1863. 

III. Elizabeth , b. March 27, 1789 ; d., unmd., in Rock- 

ingham June 9, 1866. 

IV. Moses, b. Sept. 3, 1791 ; md. Mary Wheelock ; d. 

in Rockingham Nov. 23, 1868. 
V. Abigail, b. March 23, 1793 ; md. Cephas Wilder, 

of Plymouth, Vt.; d. March 26, 1857. 
VI. Ruth, b. Feb. 3, 1795 ; d. Oct. 26, 1797. 
VII. Lucy, b. Dec. 12, 1797 ; md. Ellis Colbnrn, of 

Grafton, Vt. ; still li^dng. 
VIII. Sarah, b. March 29, 1800 ; md. Jeremiah Barton ; 
d. March 16, 1863. 
IX. Azubah, b. Feb. 16, 1802 ; md. Dr. Eli Perry, and 

d. in Ryegate, Vt., Jan. 25, 1840. 
X. Eunice, b. Jan. 27, 1805 ; md. Abiel Chamberlain, 

of Newbury, Vt. ; d. Sept. 6, 1852. 
XI. Caroline, b. July 3, 1807 ; md. James Spaulding, 
of New Ipswich ; still living. 

Jeremiah Wetherbee, son of John, upon attainment 
of his majority, removed to Carabridgeport, Mass., where 
he md. Mary Pope, who d. soon after without offspring. 
He md. (2d) Oct. 19, 1809, Mercy Holden, b. in Barre, 
Mass., Dec. 1, 1790, dau. of Moses and Mercy (Perry) 
Holden, and a descendant of Francis Holden, who em- 
barked for America from Ipswich, England, in April, 
1634, and settled in Watertown, but subsequently i-emoved 
to Groton, where he d. March 1, 1696. Mr. Wetherbee d. 
Aug. 24, 1863. 

I. Sarah Holden, b. July 27, '1810 ; md. Aug. 19, 
1833, William Henshaw, of Cambridge. 

II. Mary Pope, b. June 12, 1812; md. A])ril 30, 1833, 

Georcre W. Eddy, of Waterford, N. Y. She d. 
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III. Jloses Holden, b. J\ily 5, 1814; rad. April 21, 1842, 

Frances Hull. He d. Sept. 28, 1855. 

IV. Georqe Williams, b. June 28, 1816; d. June 19, 

18i8. 
V. Susannah, b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 14, 1820. 

VI. Mercy, b. Sept. 21, 1820; md. May 13, 1850, Isaac 
K. Bronson, of Peterboro, N. Y. 

VII. Charles, h. Sept. 22, 1822 ; d. Julv 24, 1825. 
VIII. Miza II., b. Nov. 1, 1824; md. May 25, 1847, 
Averv W. Gilbert, of New Braintree, Mass. . 

IX. Henrii,\ Feb. 19, 1827 ; md. March 14, 1860, Ellen 

Merrill, of Westfield, Mass. 
X. Seth,h. Nov. 12, 1829; md. Sept. 17, 1859, Mary 
Rand, who d. Sept. 23, 1868; and he md. (2d) 
Dec. 20, 1871, Lucy Stafford. 

XI. Jeremiah Otis, b. Jan. 16, 1832, is of the firm of L. 
Lovejoy & Co., dealers in lumber, Causeway 
Street, Boston. He md. Jan. 29, 1863, Martha 
Frundy Lovejoy, b. April 19, 1841, dau. of Loyal 
Lovejoy, the senior partner of the firm. To this 
gentleman the Wetherbees of Rindge are much 
indebted, and this register of the family contains 
many facts and dates that have been secured 
through his persistent efforts. His children, the 
seventh generation from John and Mary (Howe) 
Wetherbee, are as follows : — 

1. Winthrop, b. Nov. 5, 1863. 

2. Lila, b. Feb. 11, 1866. 

3. Mattie, b. June 23, 1868. 

4. Henry, b. Dec. 5, 1871. 

5. Nellie, b. Aug. 16, 1873. 

XII. John W., b. April 30, 1835; d. Oct. 26, 1836. 



Joseph Wetherbee md. Jan 23, 1810, Nancy Conant, 
dau. of Zebulon Conant, of New Ipswich. He resided 
upon the homestead; d. Jan. 6, 1867, aged 85. His ^vife 
d. April 11, 1835. 

I. Laura, b. Dec. 20, 1810 ; md., 1833, Smith South- 
erland, and removed to Medina, Mich., where 
they still reside. 
II. John, b. Nov. 4, 1812 ; md., 1846, Sophia Fay, and 
for many years resided in Rockport, Mass., where 
he d. Dec. 10, 1874. 
III. Arvilla, b. Jan. 24, 1815; md. April 23, 1839, 
Apollos Griswold, b. in Savoy, Mass., March 17, 
1812, son of Apollos and Prudence (Crapoe) 
Griswold. They resided in Rindge until 1865, 
when they removed to Ashburnham. 



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IV. Marinda B., bap. March 16, 1817; md., 18 62, John 
Barrett, of Ashby, Mass., where they reside, 
V. Eliza Ann, b. July 29, 1819; md. Dec. 1, 1842, 
Stephen Sylvester, of New Ipswich ; she d. Jan. 
10, 1851, and he md. (2d) Augusta "(Bennett) 
Buttrick, widow of Hiram N. Buttrick, q. v. He 
d. 1871. 

VI. Harriet iVi, b. Sept. 27, 1821 ; md. Nov. 16, 1848, 
Benjamin Stowe, Jr., q. v. 

VII. Mer Sylvia, b. Aug. 24, 1824; d. Feb. 28, 1825. 
VIII. Joseph Sylvester^h. May 12, 1828; md. June 19, 
1851, Laura M. Nutting, dau. of Jonas and Lucy 
(Sylvester) Nutting, of New Ipswich. He re- 
sided upon the homestead, was selectman 1863 
and 1864, and removed, 1871, to New Ipswich. 

1. Ellen Maria, b. April 27, 1852 ; md. Aug., 
1871, Andrew C. Robertson, son of Sam- 
uel Robertson of Jaffrey. They reside in 
Rindge. 
■ 2. Clara Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 1854; md. 1873, 
Oliver J. Nutting. He is a pail manufact- 
urer in Richmond, N. H. 

3. Charles S., b. June 10, 1857; d. Jan. 31, 

1858. 

4. George E., b. Oct. 19, 1858. 

5. Charles E., b. July 9, 1861 ; d. March 30, 

1862. 

6. Susie,b. Feb. 19, 1863; d. March 31, 1863. 

7. Henry Lincoln, b. Dec. 28, 1865. 

8. Hattie Augusta, b. March 4, 1868. 

9. Willis Grant, b. April 20, 1870. 

VIII. Nancy M., twin, b. May 12, 1828 ; md. George G. 
Godding, son of Ariel Godding, q. v. 
IX. Susan i?., b. Dec. 1, 1832; md. Aaron E. 
Platts, q. V. 



Thomas Wetherbee, who removed to Rindge from 
Westminster, Mass., in the early spring of 1801, was a 
cousin of the brothers Benjamin, Thomas, John, and 
Abraham. He was b. Aug. 1, 1750, and was a son of 
Thomas and Elizabeth Wetherbee, a grandson of John 
and Catherine Wetherbee, and great-grandson of John 
and Mary (Howe) Wetherbee. "He md. Oct. 20, 1799, 
Mary Gates, of Stowe. May 29, 1801, a few weeks after 
he removed to the home he had reared for his family, he 
was instantly killed while felling trees. His widow md. 
Dec. 14, 1808, Charles Lawrence, of Ashby, Mass.; she d. 
May 1, 1831, aged 76. 



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I. Mary, h. March 28, 1780 ; nicl. Jonathan Sawtell 

(vide Sawtell Register, No. 27). 
n. Josiah, b. March 19, 1783. + 
in. Sally, b. March 14, 1786 ; md. Solomon Wetherbee, 

. son of Abraham, q. v. 
i\. Ar7ia, b. Jan. 21, 1793 ; md. Mary Gates, and settled 
in Harvard, Mass.; he d. 1862. 

V. Betsey, b. ; md. William Washburn, and 

removed to the State of New York ; she d. Nov. 
22, 1873 ; he d. about 1845. 



JosiAH Wetherbee, son of Thomas (No. 97), resided 
upon the homestead now owned by his grandson, Henry 
A. Wetherbee. He md. Nov. 28, 1805, Clarissa Sawtell, 
dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Whitaker) Sawtell. He 
d. Oct. 5, 1873, aged 90 ; she d. May 6, 1874, aged 89. 

I. Josiah Lyman, b. Sept. 5, 1806; resides in Fitch- 
burg. He md. Fanny Colburn, dau. of Ebenezer, 
q. V. ; she d. March 10, 1831. He md. (2d) June 
7, 1832, Mary Whitaker. 

1. Norris C. 

2. Julia. 

3. Abbie J. 

II. Clarissa, b. April 15, 1809; d. Sept. 2, 1825. 

III. Adalucia, b. April 19, 1811; md. Sept. 6, 1831, 

Warren Whitaker ; she d., leaving four childfen, 
Oct. 24, 1848. He resides in Mason, N. H. 

IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 8, 1813; md. Sept. 20, 1838, 

Almira W hitaker, dau. of Levi and Eunice 
(Tarbell) Whitaker, of Mason, N. H. He is a 
farmer in Rindge. 

1. Levi Warren, b. Oct. 9, 1839. 

2. Henry A., b. Jan. 25, 1841 ; md. March 10, 
1862, Amanda Crouch, dau. of Joel and 
Rebecca (Gilson) Crouch. They reside 
in Rindge. 

3. Arna W., b. Feb. 4, 1847; md., 1871, Amy 
R. Tileston, dau. of Spencer Tileston ; 
resides in Ashburaham, Mass. 

4. Herbert E., b. July 26, 1849; clerk for 
Fletcher & Emory. 

5. Adalucia, b. Jan. 1, 1852. 

6. Luther E., b. Oct. 28, 1854. 

7. Frank T., b. April 1, 1860. 

V. Edmnnd, b. Jan. 25, 1815; md. April 17, 1848, 
Abbie G. Miller, of Mason. He d. Jan. 1, 1862. 
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VI. Marshall, b. June 30, 1817; md. Oct. 13, 1842, 
Marinda, Wliitaker, of Mason, dan, of Levi and 
Eunice (Tarbell) Wliitaker, and removed to 
Ashburnham, Mass., where he still resides. He 
was deputy sheriff 1857-1869, State constable 
one or more years, and has frequently served 
the town as selectman, overseer of the poor, 
and in other offices. 

1. George M., b. Dec. 25, 1843. 

2. Charles H., b. June 2, 1847 ; d. young. 

3. Charles H., b. Oct. 2, 1848; d. young. 

4. Sidney J., b. Jan. 8, 1851. 

5. Charles P., b. Nov. 4, 1852. 

6. Clara J., b. Sept. 7, 1854. 

7. Emma J., b. Se])t. 28, 1856. 

8. William H., b. Sept. 5, 1858. 

VII. Zevi Warren, b. Jan, 3, 1820 ; was killed in a mill 
in Ashburnham, April 10, 1837. 



Dea. Joseph Wetherbee, who md, Mary E. Fletcher^ 
q. v., was b. in Ashby, Mass., and was the son of Joseph 
Wetherbee, b. Aug. 13, 1783 ; grandson of Israel Weth- 
erbee, also of Ashby, b. July 18, 1756 ; great-grandson of 
Phinehas Wetherbee, b. Oct. 6, 1716; and gi-eat-great- 
grandson of David Wetherbee, who was a son of John 
(the emigrant) and Mary (Howe) Wetherbee. Dea. 
Wetherbee and Mary E, Fletcher were md, April 18, 
1844; he d. in Ashburnham, Aug. 13, 1847, and his 
widow md. George W. Todd, q. v. 

I. Prescott W., b. Feb. 1, d. Feb. 22, 1847, 
II. Joseph F., b, Jan. 8, 1848; md. Dec, 1872, 
Arabella S. Nichols, dau. of Thomas S, Nichols, 
of Peterboro, N, H. He resides in Ringde {vide 
p. 294), 



Enoch Whitcomb resided upon the farm now of 
Charles A, Wilder, from 1805 to 1818, His son David 
md, Rebecca Chase, of Leominster, and removed to 
Surry, N. H, These are the parents of Henry Whitcomb, 
of Winchendon, who md, Fanny Buttrick, dau. of Amos 
Buttrick, q. v. Enoch Whitcomb had other sons, Silas, 
Joseph, and Levi, and daus. Rebecca, Polly, and Anna. 



Ephraim Whitcomb, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth 
(Carter) Whitcomb, of Jaffrey, resided in Rindge many 
years, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, He md. in 
Jaffrey, Feb, 10, 1803, Lucy Leland, and d, in Rindge 
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I. George, md. 1829, Sarah Smith, of Jaffrey; she d. 
Aug. 26, 1830; ind. (2d) 1831, Betsey Rolfe, 
who d. about 1851; md. (3d) 1857, Betsey 
Smith, dau. of Abel Smith, q. v. He d. in Win- 
chendon, about 1865. 

1. Mai-y Ann, md. N". P. Cummings, q. v. 

2. Rosina, md. Peaslee. 

3. George L., md. ; resides in Gardner. 

4. Charles S., md. ; has resided several 

years in Rindge ; removed 1874 to 
Orange, Mass. 

5. Henry C, rad. Angeline (Ward) Baldwin, 

widow of John Baldwin, of Winchendon, 
and dau. of Alvin and Eusebia (Russell) 
Ward, of Ashburnham; she d. Aug. 18, 
1867. 

6. Albert H., b. Oct. 24, 1842; md. June 29, 

1863, Melvina Crouch, dau. of Joel and 
Rebecca (Gilson) Crouch. He resides in 
Westminster, Mass. 

7. Juhus, b. March 3, 1846. 

8. Jane, b. Feb. 27, 1848. 

II. Irene, md. Emery Carroll, of Winchendon; he d. 

about 1865. 
III. John, md. ; resides in Winchendon. 



Benjamik White, b. 1788, removed to this town, and 
upon the Josiah Peirce farm in 1836. He d. Nov. 8, 1873. 
His widow resides upon the homestead. 

I. John A., is a manufacturer of lumber, and occu- 
pies the Tarbell mill. 
II. £J. Dorr., resides upon the homestead. 
III. W. Ann, md. Dec, 1860, Appleton B. Chadwick, 
of Jaffrey. • She d. in Rindge April 2, 1865, 
aged 35. 



Samuel WniTiaSTG md. in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 1, 
1772, Ruth Goodrich, b. Sept. 13, 1751, dau. of .Joshua 
and Lydia (Stearns) Goodrich, of Lunenburg. They 
removed to Rindge in 1774. He served in the Revolution 
(vide p. 131), was selectman 1784, and his name disappears 
from the records soon after. 

I. Ijucy, b. in Lunenburg Dec. 19, 1773. 

II. Abijah Stearns, b. Dec. 24, 1775; d. young. 

in. Elizabeth, ba]). May 23, 1779. 

IV. Abijah Stearns, ) , . , a -i io i*7qi 
m '^ cy^ y twins, bap. April 12, 1781. 

V. Ihomas btearns,) ' r i ' 

VI. Samuel, bap. March 28, 1784. 

VII. Ruth, bap. April 9, 1786. 



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John Whiting and wife were residents here several 
years soon after the Revohition, and were assisted by the 
town. Their daughter Molley was many years a town 
charge. She d. Oct. 12, 1817. 



Edward Whitmore, who md. Lydia Sampson, removed 
from Ashburnham to the sout^i-west part of this town in 
1804, and resided there sixteen years. He d, in Vermont. 



Oliver Whitmore, son of Edward, was b. in Ash- 
burnham Feb. 16, 1787 ; md., 1808, Sophia Stone, dan. of 
Capt. Salmon Stone, q. v., and resided in this town 
1804-1810, when he returned to Ashburnham, where 
he d. 

I. Bli .v., b. in Rindo-e Jan. 27, 1809 ; md. Nov. 14, 
1837, Rebecca Darling, dau. of Amos Darling, 
q. V. He was a resident of Rindge 1846-1853. 
II. Charles F., resides in Providence, R. I. 

III. Elvira^ md. Stephen Tolman, of Winchendon. 

IV. Laiirilla, d. young. 

V. George, i-esides in Providence, R. I. 



WHITNEY. 

John Whitney embarked at Ipswich, England, for America in April, 
1635. He was then aged 35, his wife Ellen, or Eleanor, 30, and sons, 
John, 11 ; Richard, 9 ; Nathaniel, 8 ; Thomas, 6 ; and Jonathan, 1 year. 
He settled in Watertown, where he was selectman several years between 
1638 and 1655, and was Town Clerk 1655. He owned considerable land, 
and in his social position was highly respected. His wife d. May 11, 1659, 
and he md. (2d) Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. He survived his second 
wife, and d. June 1, 1673, aged 74. He was probably b. in April or May, 
1599. His son John, b. in England, 1624, md. Ruth Reynolds, dau. of 
Robert Reynolds, of Boston, and resided in Watertown, and was select- 
man 1673, '74, '75, '76, '78, '79. He d. Oct. 12, 1692, leaving a comfort- 
able estate. His fourth son and sixth child was Joseph Whitney, b. 
Jan. 15, 1651-2 ; md. Jan. 24, 1674-5, Martha Beach, dau. of Richard 
and Mary Beach, of Watertown. John Whitney, their son, was b. July 
29, 1680 ; md. Feb. 22, 1703-4, Sarah Cutting, and settled in Weston. 
His son, Zachariah Whitney, b. Dec. 28, 1711, md. Sarah Boynton, 
and among their children was, John Whitney, of Lunenburg, who md. 
Priscilla Battles ; and among their children were Zimri and John, who 
will be mentioned hereafter. 

Nathaniel Whitney, another son of John and Ruth (Reynolds) Whit- 
ney, and an elder brother of Joseph, was b. Feb. 1, 1646-7 ; md. March 
12, 1673-4, Sarah Hagar. They resided in Watertown and in Weston. 
He d. Jan. 7, 1732 ; she d. May 7, 1746. Their eldest son, Nathaniel 
Whitney, b. March 5, 1675-6, md. Nov. 7, 1695, Mary Robinson. They 
resided in Weston, where he d. Sept. 23, 1730; she d. Dec. 31, 1740. 
Their son Solomon was an inhabitant of Rindge, and is again named. 



Moses Whitney, the first of the name in Rindge, was 
a merchant a short time previous to the Revolution. He 
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the town in 1773, or early in 1774. ( Vide Chap. XVII.) 
By wife Sarah he had three children, b. previous to 1772 : 
Moses, Ephraira, and Salmon. 

Levi Whitney, parentage unknown, was b. in Har- 
vard, Mass., June 23, 1751; md. Sept. 17, 1772, Sarah 
Lawrence, of Bolton. They came fi'om Ashburnham to 
Rindge in 1780, or soon after; his wife d. Oct, 19, 1783, 
and he rad. (2d) Dec. 25, 1783, Hepsibeth Fay, b. in 
Westboro Oct. 1, 1759. They removed to Marlboro, 
N. H., in 1785, where he d. in that or the following year. 
A few of the dates are a little crowded, but they are thu* 
upon the records. 

I. /Sarah, b. in Concord June 12, 1774. 
II. Jjydia, b. in Westminster May 20, 1776. 

III. Z,evi, b. in Ashburnham May 12, 1778 ; d. Dec. 1, 

1780. 

IV. 'John, b. in Ashburnham Aug. 26, 1780. 
V. Betsey, b. in Rindge April 5, 1783. 

Children of second wife : — 

VI. Levi, b. in Rindge Sept. 28, 1784. 
VII. Amos. 



Solomon Whitney, son of Nathaniel and Mary 
(Robinson) Whitney, bap. June 17, 1711, then three 
years of age; md. March 5, 1731-2, Martha Fletcher, 
and removed from Lincoln to Rindge, 1773. No date of 
his death has been found. He was living in 1780. 

I. Solomon, bap. Dec. 14, 1735 ; md. in Lincoln, 

June 14, 1761, Mary Fay. 
II. Sarah, bap. Aug. 28, 1737. 

III. Sarah, bap. Nov. 5, 1738. 

IV. Lois, bap. Jan, 1, 1743-4; md. Richard Davis, 

q. V. They came to Rindge 1773. 
V. Abigail, bap. March 1, 1740-1. 
VI. Martha, b. May 14, 1754 ; md. William Davis, of 
Rindge, q. v. 



Silas Whitney came in 1773 from Winchendon, 
where he had resided about ten years. The family did 
not tarry long in Rindge. By wife Jane he had six 
children, b. 1752-1772 : Love, Oliver, Bartholomew, Jane, 
Phebe, Samuel, and Mercy, b. in Rindge, 1773. 



David Whitney, prosperous farmer, resided upon the 
Bennett Hill, in the north-east }iart of the town, from 
about 1785 to 1800, when he removed to Bolton, Mass. 
Five children were b. in Rindge: Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 
1788 ; Betsey, b. Jan. 3, 1791 ; Nancy, b. March 20, 1794; 
Sally, b. May 28, 1796; David, b. April 14, 1798. 

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Dr. Isaiah Whitney, son of Isaiah Whitney, was b. 
in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 13, 1765. He md., 1787, Dorcas 
Whitman, dau. of Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, Mass., 
and removed to Rindge in April, 1790 {vide p. 364). He 
d. Nov. 30, 1839. His widow was drowned near Bur- 
lington, Vt., by the upsetting of a coach in which she 
was journeying, and which fell into a river near the high- 
way, July 11, 1844. 

I. Clarissa, b. 1788; md. Lemuel Page, Jr., </. v. y 

md. (2d) Joseph Jones, Esq. 
II. Lovell, b. June 20, 1790; md. Feb. 7. 1819, 
Rebecca Witt, dau. of Capt. Thomas Witt, of 
Woodstock, Vt.; she d. May 18, 1862. He 
resides in Rindge Centre. 

1. Harriet J., b. Jan, 1, 1820; resides, unmd., 

with her father. 

2. William L., b. March 12, 1822 ; md. Sarah 

P. Whitney, dau. of John Whitney, q. v. 
They reside in West Rindge. Lizzie S., 
b. Jan. 19, 1850; Wayland J., b. Dec. 21, 
1853; Emma H., b. Jan. 1, 1860; Ida S., 
b. Sept. 16, 1865. 

3. Eliza K., b. Jan. 31, 1829; md. Addison 

Rugg, son of Capt. Luke Rugg, q. v. 

4. Cornelia, b. Nov. 16, 1836; d. April 21, 

1862. 

III. Charles Whitman, b. Nov. 15, 1791. He was 
educated under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Payson, 
and at the academy in New Ipswich, and studied 
medicine with his father, and ,with Dr. John 
Randall, of Boston. In 1818 he commenced 
the practice of his profession in Troy, N. H., 
where he continued in a successful practice, and 
in the unqualified esteem of his townsmen until 
his death, Oct. 31, 1861. He md. Nov. 10, 1818, 
Mary Griffin, dau. of Dea. Samuel Griffin, of 
Fitzwilliam. 

1. Samuel G., b. Sept. 20, 1819; md. May 24, 

1842, Abigail N. Whittemore, b. May 29, 
1820, dau. of Salmon and Lydia Whitte- 
more, of Troy. He was a merchant in 
Troy several years, and now resides in 
Monticello, Iowa. 

2. Charles, b. July 27, 18'24; d. Jan. 10, 1827. 

3. Henry N., b. Oct. 8, 1825 ; d. Feb. 17, 1827. 

4. Charles W., b. Nov. 26, 1827 ; md. Sept. 2, 

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and Mary Taylor, of Francestown, N. H. 
Mr. "Whitney is a merchant in Troy, 
where lie has been postmaster about 
fifteen years. He represented the town 
in the Legislature 1871 and 1872, and 
possesses the esteem and confidence of 
all who know him. 

31 5. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 13, 1830; md. Dec. 18, 
1856, Dr. Samuel A, Richardson, b. Dec. 
23, 1830, son of Dea. Abijah and Mary 
(Hayes) Richardson, of Dublin, N. H. 
Di-. Richardson is a skillful and popular 
physician in Marlboro, N. H. He was 
surgeon of the 13th N. H. regiment. 

32 IV. Barry, b. Oct. 26, 1793 ; md. Aug. 30, 1821, Mary 
Goldin. They reside in Burlington, Vt. 

33 1. Mary Elizabeth, md., 1852, Miner Martin, 
and reside in California. 

34 2. Jane D., md., 1861, Noah Allen, of Bur- 
lington. 

35 3. George I., md., 1865, Emma E. Sweet. Live 
in Burlington. 

36 4. Cliarles H., md., 1868, Mary J. Kelly. Live 
in Burlington. - 

37 V. Felicia, b. May 26, 1795 ; md. Samuel Nichols, of 
Burlington, Vt. She d. about 1869. 

38 1. Charles. 

39 2. Samuel. Resides in New Jersey. 

40 VI. Isaiah, b. Jan. 25, 1799. He studied medicine 
with his father, and commenced practice in 
Marlboro, Mass., but soon removed to Province- 
town, Mass., where after a successful career and 
a useful, active life, he d. Dec. 10, 1866. Dr. 
Wliitney md. May 10, 1832, Henrietta A. Nicker- 
son, dau. of Capt. Seth Nickerson. She d. Aug. 
21, 1848 ; md. (2d) Sarah L. Small, who d. Feb. 
10, 1851 ;, md. (3d) Aug. 28, 1851, Mrs. Hannah 
(Freeman) Crosby, dau. of Joshua Freeman. 

41 1. Electa A., b. July 12, 1833 ; d. Aug. 1, 1861. 

42 2. Lauretta, b. April 1, 1835; d. Aug. 27, 1836. 

43 3. Henrietta, b. Oct. 9, 1838. Resides in 
Clinton, Mass. 

44 4. Felicia, b. May 19, 1841; d. Aug. 26, 1842. 

45 5. Isaiah, b. Aug. 30, 1843; resides in Boston. 

46 6. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1854. 

47 VII. Dorcas, twin, b. Jan. 25, 1799 ; md. Harry Hub- 

bard, q. V. 



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VIII. Stephen, h. Dec. 19, 1800 ; md. Lovilla Goldin, and 
removed to Burlington, Vt., where he d. 1868. 

1. Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1834 ; md. Wilson. 

2. Edward Payson, b. Oct. 20, 1837 ; d. Sept. 

10 1873 

3. Helen, b. May 14, 1840 ; md. William Lar- 

ryshare, of Burlington. 

4. Isaiah Whitman, b. Oct. 7, 1842; deceased. 

5. Harrison, b. Oct. 5, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1865. 
IX. Sophronia, h. Aug. 18, 1803; md. Sept. 28,1844, 

Joseph Jones, Esq., whose first wife was Cla- 
rissa, her eldest sister. They resided in Troy, 
N. H. She d. Jan. 10, 1872. 
X. Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d., unmd., Feb. 19, 1838. 



ZiMRi WniTJfET, son of John and Priscilla (Battles) 
Whitney, b. in Lunenburg May 14, 1776, md. May 28, 
1801, Susanna Sandei-son, b. May 15, 1782, dau. of Isaac 
and Elizabeth (Peabody) Sanderson. They resided in 
Rindge 1812 and 1813, removed to Vermont and again to 
Rindge, and remained 1827-32, when he removed to 
Jaffrey, and later returned to Peru, Vt., where he d. Aug. 
24, 1862, aged 86; his widow d. about 1865. 

I. Isaac S., b. April 7, 1802 ; md., 1822, Maria Oving- 

ton. Eight children. 
II. Abraham,}). Jan. 19, 1804; md. Adaline Sawyer. 
Resided in Jaffrey, where he d., leaving two 
children, Feb. 22, 1872. 

III. Charles, h. March 2, 1806; md. Adaline Strong. 

They had ten children. He d. in Charlestown, 
Mass., Feb. 26, 1851. 

IV. Alvah, b. June 27, 1808 ; md. April 26, 1838, Caro- 

line Geer ; he d. in Cambridge, Mass., leaving 
three children, 1870. 
V. Susannah P., b. Aug. 22, 1810; md. Benjamin 

Penfield, of Gorham, Me. Seven children. 
VI. Rosea, b. in Rindge March 17, 1813 ; md., 1837, 
Charlotte Sawyer. They had four children. He 
d. in Charlestown, Mass., July 1, 1861. 
VII. Thomas P., b. in Jaffrey Aug. 29, 1816; md. 
April 26, 1838, Harriet A. Benjamin. Six chil- 
dren. 
VIII. George S., b. in Jaffrey April 17, 1819; md., 1844, 
Eveline Barnard. He d. at Glen Falls, N. Y., 
Aug. 25, 1863. 
IX. John S., b. in Jaffrey, May 21, 1822; md., 1847, 
Valisa P. Johnson. Five children. Resides in 
Jaffrey. 
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John Whitney, brother of Zimri, b. in Lunenburg 
July 2, 1788, rnd. Dec. 8, 1812, Sophia Faulkner, dau. of 
Jonas and Eunice (Stone) Faulkner. She d. April 16, 
1858, leaving nine children; and he md. (2d) April 12, 
1860, widow Fanny (Howe) Blodgett, dau. of Abijah 
and Margaret Howe. Removed to Peru, Vt., and also 
resided in Lunenburg, Mass., and in Rindge. He was 
an intelligent, liberal-minded citizen, and an exemplary 
Christian. He d. Oct. 15, 1873, aged 85. 

I. Sophia, b. Dec. 30, 1813; md. March 21, 1832, 
Brooks Wheeler, of Lincoln, Mass. She d. Oct. 
23, 1841. 

II. Zachariah, b. April 15, 1816; md. May 13, 1841, 

Hepsibeth Smith, dau. of Thomas Smith, q. v. 
He removed to Rindge from Peru, Vt., 1856, 
and has since resided upon the farm previously 
occupied by Capt. Asa Brewer. He was select- 
man 1861, '62, '63. 

1. Osborne A., b. July 12, 1842 ; md. Jan. 12, 

1870, Mary J. Brown, dau, of Robert 
Brown, of Glen William, Ont. Resides 
in Glen William. 

2. Thomas S., b. April 21, 1844; md. March 3, 

1869, Abbie S. Evei-ett, dau. of George 
C. and Fannie (Thompson) Everett, of 
Fitzwilliam. Resides in Rindge. 

3. Ellen S., b. Feb. 5, 1846. 

4. Lauretta H., b. May 25, 1848; d. Sept. 2, 

1852. 

5. John D., b. Aug. 17, 1850 ; md. Sept. 17, 

1874, Alta Ashley, dau. of George L. and 
Sarah (Crapo) Ashley, of Rindge; now 
of Dartmouth, Mass. 

6. George A., b. March 10, 1854. 

7. Susan E., b. July 21, 1856; d. Jan. 8, 1863. 

III. Eunice, b. May 6, 1818; md. Sept. 14, 1841, 

George E. Smith, son of Thomas Smith, q. v. 

IV. John Oshorn, b. Jan. 12, 1821 ; md. March 25, 

1854, Abbie L. Lyon, b. June 4, 1838, dau. of 
Freeman and Miranda (Smith) Lyon, of Peru, 
Vt. He resides in Rindge; has been in Cali- 
fornia several years. 

1. Charies A., b. April 29, 1856. 

2. Eva S., b. June 11, 1858. 

3. Mark A., b. May 24, 1874. 

V. Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1823; md., 1840, Edmund 
Wheeler, a brother of Brooks Wheeler, who md. 



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her eldest sister. They resided in Quincy, IlL, 

where she d. Sept. 5, 1844. 
VI. Sarah, d. at about three years of a2;e. 
vii. Sarah P., b. April 16, 1827; rtid. William L. 

Whitney, son of Lovell Whitney, q. v. 
VIII. Charles A.,h. Feb. 16, 1830; md. April 29, 1857, 

Lydia M. Lyon, b. Sept. 11, 1835, a sister of the 

wife of his brother, John Osborn. 

1. Frank Lincoln, b. Sept. 15, 1860. 

2. Arthur Burnside, b. Nov. 4, 1863. 

3. Mary Isabelle, b. Feb. 14, 1866. 

4. Edith M., b. Feb. 15, 1870. 

IX. Susan E., b. Sept. 7, 1833 ; md. April 29, 1856, 
Albert S. Marshall, b. May 31, 1828, son of Sam- 
uel and Nancy (Smith) Marshall. They removed 
from Lunenburg to Rindge, 187-. 

1. Minnie Anna, b. Oct. 25, 1857. 

2. Albert A., b. Aug. 6, 1860. 

3. Charles E., b. April 8, 1863. 

4. Fred W., b. May 24, 1865. 

5. Susan A., b. Aug. 2, 1867. 

6. Annetta S., b. Sept. 11, 1871. 



X. George A., b. 



1837; md. Dec. — , 1861, 



Mattie A. Colburn, dau. of Norris Colburn, q. v. ; 
she d. March 29, 1867 ; and he md. (2d) Sept. 1, 
1869, Susie R. Converse, dau. of C. C. and 
Susan (Daniels) Converse, q. v. He represented 
the town in the Legislature 1868, '69, and has 
served several years in the supervision of 
schools {vide pp. 306, 318). 



WHITTEMORE. 

This name was sometimes spelled Whitemore, Whitamor, and Whittar 
mor, and is probably a distinct name from Whitmore, as no consan- 
guinity has been discovered between these families. Thomas Whitte- 
more, the American ancestor of those bearing the name in New England 
and other States, was b. in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, about 1595. 
He emigrated to this country previous to 1645, when he purchased a 
parcel of land of John Cotton, teacher, of Boston. He settled in that 
part of Charlestown now embraced in the limits of Maiden, Mass., where 
he d. in 1660. John Whittemore, his son by wife Hannah, was bap. in 
Hitchin Februaiy 11, 1638. He md. Mary Upham, dau. of John Upham, 
of Weymouth and Maiden; she d. June 27, 1677; md. (2d) Nov. 8, 
1677, Mary Miller. Benjamin Whittemore, the fourth son of John and 
Mary (Upham) WTiittemore, b. Sept. 1, 1669, md. Aug. 17, 1692, Esther 
Brooks, b. July 4, 1668, dau. of Dea. Joshua and Hannah (Mason) 
Brooks, of Concord, now Lincoln, Mass. He settled in Concord, and 
represented that town in the Provincial Legislature 1709, '10, '11, '14, '19, 
and '20. He d. Sept. 8, 1734 ; his widow d. 1742. Their son, Nathaniel 



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Whittemore, resided in Concord and Harvard. He md. Abigail Blood, 
who d. March 26, 1760. Their only son, Nathaniel Whittemore, Jr., was 
b. July 4, 1741, and d. in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 3, 1822. The j-oungest 
of his nine children became a resident of this town. 



Prescott Whittemore, son of Nathaniel, Jr., was b. 
in Harvard, Mass., July 28, 1787. He removed with his 
]iarents to Lancaster, Mass., and after the death of his 
father he I'einoved to the noith-west ])art of this town in 
the sprincT of 1822. He md. Oct. 14, 1811, Lucy Rebecca 
Geer, b. Jan. 15, 1795, dau. of Ebenezer Stowell and Lucy 
(Hibbard) Geer, of Hampton, Ct., and Worcester, Mass. 
In tlie s])rino- of 1888, Mr. Whittemore, with his Avife and 
ten of his children, removed from Rindge to Township 
43, now Grafton, McHenry County, 111., and in 1861 to 
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, where he d. Jan. 13, 
1871 ; his wife d. June 4, 1865. Six children Avere b. in 
Lancaster, and seven in Rindge. 

I. Asa Dunbar, b. Aug. 9, 1812 ; d. in Worcester, 
Mass., March 1, 1869. 

II. George Prescott, b. March 5, 1814; removed, 1838, 
to Grafton, 111., and 1861 to Beatrice, Neb., 
where he now resides. His aged parents, in 
their declining years, resided with him. 

III. Edward Hibhard, b. P^eb. 12, 1816 ; d. in Cen- 

tralia, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1856. 

IV. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 2, 1817; md. S. B. 

Grout; resides in Waterloo, Iowa. 

V. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1819 ; d. at Grafton, HI., 
June 30, 1855. 

VI. Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1821 ; md. Rev. Elisha Dayton, of 

Marengo, McHenry County, 111. 
VII. Washington, b. in Rindge Oct. 10, 1823 ; md. Dec. 
ri, 1855, Susan Perry, dau. of Col. Jason B. 
Perry, q. v. They reside at Huntley Grove, 
McHenry County, 111. 
VIII. Lucy JS.,h. Sept. 20,1826; md., 1852, James H. 
Lemmon, and d. in Kiowa, Neb., Dec. 26, 1873. 

IX. Ebenezer Stowell, b. Sept. 4, 1828, a lawyer of 
Sandwich, Mass.; md. Feb. 27, 1859, Mary- 
Louisa Murray, dau. of John Murray, Esq., of 
Cambridge, Mass. He was named for his 
maternal grandfather, Ebenezer Stowell Geer. 
Mr. Geer and his father, John Geer, were in the 
Revolutionary army at the same time, the father 
being forty years of age, and the son seventeen, 
at the time of their enlistment. The father was 
taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, 
and d. on board a British prison ship in the 
harbor of New York. Hon. E. S. Whittemore, 



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Hiv>f7X)Rr or fUXt^GE. 



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after nH*t»ivu\jr a Ubt^nvl tHluontion, whioh wn^ 
the rvNSult v^f his imUvxdual effort, outoivii the 
I>aiie l«aw SohvK^l at OfUivbriUiiv, in 185U, aiul 
re^vived the liei^'^H* of Bachelor of Law^ in 
the summer of lSo»\ and was admitttHi to the 
bar of the Supivme Court in B<v*ton, on n\otiou 
of Kufus ChovHte, i-Vt. T, ISoT. The followiuii 
Year he lvii~an the praetiiV of his pivtV^ou at 
^ndwieh, in the oounty of Barnstable, Mass,, 
and e^mtittue* a leavtiuir lawyer at the Kir of 
that ov^untv to the present tinie. Sinw ISOO, he 
has Ivtni Trial Jnstiee of oriminal otYendei-s, for 
nearly ten years a County Cojumissioner, and 
^mbUe Administniior fv»r several ye,ai-s. In IStJi 
he was seUvteil by the KepubUcuis to repre^sent 
the district in the Le^slaturw but dei^lined the 
noitxination. 
X. XatAamei^ b, Nov. iV ISSO ; ui\md. ; has resideil in 
Coloradv.\ and is now at Silver Citv, Xevavla. 

XI. H-fiJamifis h. Jan. *i, 1853: ha* r^^suled in Cali- 
fornia ; is a farmer in Sacramento County. He 
md„ ISTi Annie Snyder, of Crafton III. 

xu. Jtilia J/., b. May -i>," ISoo; md., lSf»i\ Lyman 
A. Hoyt, of Aurv^rtu IIU who d. lS7*i; md." (^2d) 
lST8s Charles II. iXlerkirk, and rt>sides in 
Auivrtu 

xin. l'>M«*y <!sfuMci, b. Mvaivh la, ISSS: resides in 
Beatriet?, Xelx, He i* jaid. 



WILDER. 

The Wilvlt?rs of Kiuvl^ are desiveuviauts of the Wilder faiuihr of 

Ls"*-' ' >'— ■-•'.i*. whoije names hav*» been honorably ass«.viatevi 

w. . se tow us tor st^vt^ral g^uxeratious, Thomas Wilder 

■*..- ~ . v ■• Martha Wilder, who came t'lxnn Knsrlaud aiui settlevl 

lu lc>^^, where she «.i April iv\ lc5o:?. He [Thoiuas] was 

a».i-i - -- :he ohurch iu Charlestown Jan. I. l(>4«.>: juryman 16ov>: and 

n»iao\-ed to La«cast*^r. Mass.. Julv 1. lt?o^. He md. Anna . who d. 

l(SJ2: he d. iVt. 23, 1(><5T. leaving three s^ms. Of these. Nathaniel 
Wilder w*s kilUxl by the Indians, at Lancaster, in July. ITlH. His son 
Ephraim Wikier vr*? b, 1(>T^. and d. 17t?li, a*:^! 94. Kphraim Wilder. Jr.. 
the only sou of K^^hraim Wilder. Mi-as b. 17».>2. and d. 1770. His sou. 
Cart. >>hrsim Wilder, of the sixth i^'ueration. was K July S. 17S;5. and 
iv> '..it ^xart of Li*ncaster which in 17SI was iucludet.! iu the town 

of ^ He was a memb<»r of the M.^is^sjchusetts Convention w hich 

as- 17S7 to adopt the Fe^leral Constitution, and was one of only 

s*" , :es from Worcester County who vpte^l iu fawr of its adop- 

tion, tt; w;vs represeuiativv from Slerliuo^ several wars, and w*> prvuuv- 
ueut iu the muuici;>al adfairs v^f the towu. He tud. April S, 173^ 
Lucrelia L*.X'ke, K Xov. ^. 17^*3, dau. of Samuel and Rebevva ^Richarvt- 
sou) Livke, of Lancaster, and a sister of Samuel L«.vke, 1>. l>., i>esideut 
v^" Harvarvl Cuivwrsity. Ca^^ Wilder vl. J.au. 29, lSlV>; his widow d. 
l>?c, 29, 1S16, Of their nine ehilvhwu two became residents and inflxt- 



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«atla-l i-MV/Mti* of Bjn4g<{, anA arf, imxat^A \Miiow. f>i ihU family, iinn 
\V' "' ,/.'iii.f., VoL IL, ]). i5, «ayh: "Of aJJ th<^ HuHiiUiut J^u<;a*t'^/ 

f;; uo o/iX; tluiit fji«* HUiiiiiitLi'A >^j tjiasjy isuf/jfUiut <jiYi.<A'M a!; 

tiiji-. /»;j'j Mji- (i"/:h,i'4i'iftu boM« true of tii* df^tastHidiiuUi wiio Jxa.v*r 
rt'MiAt'A hi liUids;'^. 

iAH (lAK-kit) Wj|'i<;r, \h July 1>}, 1770, rt^tnovtA Uf Jtindgt: 
1794, siri'l rn'l. April 11, 18^)2, Su»san CariUtu, dau. of 
JauuiH C^rlt/yfj, or liiwiao., y. <?, fix; was Towo CJ/;rk 
18^)1-1^)7; mlitdfUiin W)l; rapra^iatntivti iWl-lHUi', 
an<l Htaf/; ftenat/yr 1811 C^f^vfe j>. <J77). Ool. WiW«-r d. 
April 27, 1812, and hit. widow wd. (2'1) Xov. 28, 1813, 
JiUitAt IluKk''!), K»»<|., of Harvard. Ma*>)^., wh<;r<i )sh<i d, Vov. 
2(), 1844. 

^ f. ,////^/ yfy*/*, h. in Wn'^fia S^jyt. 21, 18^)2; md. f^f/t. 
24, 1835, Aujru>5tiis I^>bl;Jnl^, M. !>., of Harvard^ 
and liitfir of Jir'>'>klyn, N. Y. Hxi wa« a m^o of 
Ja/y^band 01iv«; CWillard) JtobbinK,and r<j<j«iv*}d 
hi« d<;gr<*<; fronj Harvard 1882, 

1. AIfr<*d AttguKtus, b. July ^, 18Ji^. 

2. Oliv'i HwdtiimlL, h. July 8, IHZU. 

jj. Mfr^A Montr oac.^ b. in KxnAy^ti KurW Yl^ 1¥)4; a 
marfthiiut hi Brun^wlok and lin^'ykJyn^ N. Y. 
Ihi rnd. Nov. 9, 18-^5, Lydta V^^Xhar iiaFxj^xjk. 

1. Krnrna Carlt/ya, b. Oct. 8. 18J;6; d, Jan. IL 
18*^7. 

2. Kmrn^ Carit/^n, b. Aug. 28, 1838. 

3. Klk Ujim]AAjn^ b. D«i^:. (», 184^). 

4. Alfred M.outnmn, h. Msiy 19, 1844. 



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Hauckl Lockk Wildeb, Em^., Jwn of Caf/t. Ephraim 
aad Lucrctia (I»ckje) Wild^ir, b. yiarch 14, 1778, md. 
Anna 8h<:;rwin. dau. of Jonathan Kh^t-rwln. ^yf Rindif<-, y. 'o. 
He wa« Town Cl'^rk 1M)8-1821 rtipr'^t^^ntntivh 1810-1823, 
'28, '29, '38, and '39. He wa* a deU^atr; to tb<; Wa]f>oU 
Convention w4ii^4) oiacuA Daniel Wef/fet<;r to represent 
tbe Stat<i J' 'ju« Hartford C>ynv<;ntion, and during 

th<; iMrim'j < g<; case he wa* dh^ifAy inU::rhi^^A in 

beb^lf of thai Jn»^lJlution, and <ymXnhxxU'A JiU;ra]Jy V^ aid 
in earrvin;r th<r ca^*; to it* hw^-ao^uI XAirm'ttinXiou (vide p. 
377> 'He d. April 7, 18^^; hi* wife d. Feb. 5, 1851. 

s. yfarah/M JHo'.hMy, b. SejA. 22, 1798. -\- 
SL Eurydi'-A, b. July 13, 1801 ; d. Jan. 9, 1818. 
III. jPVe^ferK- >!., b. April 1^, 18^)4, a farmer in Kindge, 
md. Jan^ 28, 1828, Aj^pbiit Tvler, dau. of I-*arker 
Tyler, y. ?;. He d. May 2(5, 1809. 



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1. Charles A., b. Aug. 15, 1829; md. Nov. 6, 

1856, Mary Manning, dau. of William and 
Mary (Craig) Manning. He is a farmer 
in Rindge. 

2. Mary Ann, b. June 11, 1832: d. May 7, 

1839. 

3. Mary Anna, b. May 15, 1846; md. Albert 

A. Emory, son of Derostus W. Emory, q. v. 

IV. Mary Ann, b. April 1, 1806; md. Feb. 3, 1829, 
Rev. Albert B. Camp, pastor of the Congrega- 
tional Church in Ashby, Mass. She d. Dec. 25 
1830. 

1. Nancy Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1830. 

V. JVancy, b. Nov. 10, 1809; d. Feb. 23, 1830. 
VI. Josiah, b. Oct. 31, 1813 (vide p. 378) ; md. May 

13, 1835, Elizabeth F. Fesdick, dau. of Dea. 

James Fosdick, of Charlestown, Mass. He d. 

April 30, 1853. 

1. Francis L., b. Nov. 8, 1836; md. Oct. 31, 

1858, Julia M. Martin, of Warren, R. I.: 
(1) b. March 6; d. Aug. 8, 1864; (2) 
Bessie F., b. in Foxboro, Mass., March 24, 
1865; (3) Freddie B., b. in Painsville, 
Ohio, Nov. 18, 1872. Mr. Wilder is a 
merchant in Painesville. 

2. Anna E., b. April 30, 1842; md. Oct. 11, 

1866, Stephen A. Howe, of Marlboro, 
Mass.: (1) Josiah Wilder, b. July 31, 
1869; (2) Elbridge Lewis, b. Oct. 11, 
1871. 

VII. Mersylvia, b. June 18, 1816; md. Stephen B. 
Sherwin, Esq., q. v. 

^3E, Eurydice Augusta, b. Jan. 28, 1819. 

i X. Samuel Locke, b. Jan. 9, 1822 ; was a merchant in 
Charlestown, N. H., several years, and repre- 
sented that town in the Legislature. Later he 
has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in 
Boston. He md. Oct. 15, 1845, Anna Silsby, 
dau. of Isaac and Anna Silsby, who d. Jan. 18, 
1856 ; md. (2d) Sept. 30, 1857, Lorania Tuttle, 
dau. of Henry and Lydia Tuttle. • 

1. Frederick, b. April 2, 1849. 



Hon. Marshall Pinckney Wilder {vide p. 335) md. 
Dec. 31, 1820, Tryphosa Jewett, dau. of Dr. Stephen 
Jewett, of Rindge, q. v. She d. July 31, 1831 ; md. (2d) 
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Jemima (Richardson) Baker, of Franklin, Mass. She d. 
of consumption April 4, 1854 ; and he md. (3d) Sept. 8, 
1855, Julia Baker, a sister of Abigail. 

I. Marshall Pincknei/, b. Jan. 15, 1822 ; md. July 17, 
1844, E. Clara Churchill, dau. of James C. 
Churchill, of Portland, Me. He was a merchant ; 
d. in Dorchester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1854. 
II. EurycUce, b. June 11, 1823; d. Oct. 4, 1824. 

III. Nancy Jewett, b. Feb. 19, 1825; md. Dec. "28, 

1858, Rev. Andrew Bigelow, D. D., now of Bo^l- 
ston, Mass. 

IV. Lucius Tcilms, b. Oct. 27, 1826; a merchant; d. 

of yellow fever in New Orleans Oct. 14, 1867^. 
V. Maria Louisa, b. July 28, 1828 ; md. Sept. 26, 
1850, Ambrose Wager, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., ■ 
where she d. June 2, 1852. 

1. Henry Wilder, b. April, d. July, 1852. 

VI. William Henry, b. July 15, 1830; d. Aug. 31, 
1831. 

Children of second wife : — 

VII. Abhie Tryphosa, b. May 22, 1834; md. Nov. 10, 

1859, William Wallace, a merchant of Boston ; 
she d. March 20, 1870. 

1. Ida, b. April 22, 1861 ; d. April 5, 1863. 

2. Belle, b. Sept. 8, 1862. 

3. Annie, b. Sept. 8, 1864. 

4. Edith, b. Dec. 6, 1865. 

5. Jennie Wilder, b. March 6, 1867. 

VIII. William Henry, b. March 17, 1836; a merchant in 

Boston ; md. Oct. 17, 1861, Hannah Wallace, a 
sister of William Wallace. 

1. Alice, b. Nov. 5, 1862. 

2. Lizzie, b. Nov. 27, 1864. 

3. William Henry, b. March 31, 1867. 

4. Hannah Wallace, b. March 6, 1869. 

5. Josephine Hall, b. Nov. 23, 1874. 

IX. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 29, 1841 ; d. July 28, 1858. 
X. Samuel Locke, b. Oct. 2, 1843 ; d. Oct. 5, 1853. 
XI. Jem,ima Richardson, b. June 30, 1845. 

XII. Grace Sherwin, b. April 23, 1851. 

Children of third wife : — 

XIII. Edward Baker, b. Nov. 17, 1857. 

XIV. Marshall PincJcney, b. Oct. 3, 1860. 



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Silas Wilder md. Abigail Page, and removed to 
Riudge soon after the Revolution, and was taxed until 
1797. The number and names of his children are not 
known. A record of one only is given. 

I. Silas, b. in Rindge Aug. 10, 1788; graduate of 
Dartmouth College 1818 {vide p. 359). He md. 
Sept. 19, 1822, Mary Cook, dau. of Noah Cook, 
. Esq., of Keene, N. H., and a sister of Noah R. 
Cook, Esq., of Rindge and Keene ; he md. (2d), 
about 1850, Mrs. Oli've Draper. 



Asa Wilkins conveyed, 1774, the fifth lot in the ninth 
range to Dr. Asher Palmer. He was in the aimy in 1776 
and 1777. In 1771 he was md., but his wife, if living, 
did not join in the deed to Dr. Palmer. He left town 
about 1780, and no record of his family has been secured. 



Samuel Williams, from New Ipswich, md. about 1812, 
Tarbell, of Mt. Holley, Vt. He was an innholder. 



and removed from the " Children of the Woods " Tavern, 
to the Bemis Tavern in 1828, and to the tavern where A. 
J. Converse now resides in 1825, and in 1828 to Mt. 
Holley, Vt., where he d. about 1869. 

I. 3fary Ann, b. 1815; md. Allen Ives, of Mt. 
Holley, Vt. 
Charles, resides in Mt. Holley ; twice md. 
Adaline, md. .Totham White, of Marlboro, N. H. 

Lawa, md. Moon. 

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Deliveeance Wilson and wife Sarah resided a few 
years in Rindge between 1771 and 1780. Their son 
Moses was bap. April 9, 1775. 

Joseph Wilson removed from Petersham, Mass., to 
Rindge 1773, and was in the army from this town {vide 
pp. 108, 140, and 171). By wife Hannah he had: — 

I. Temperance Jiobinson, b. previous to 1773. 



William Wilson resided upon the farm subsequently 
occupied by John F. Munroe and Willard Brigham 1797- 
1806. ' He md. April 30, 1799, Elizabeth Rand, dau. of 
Capt. Solomon Rand, q. v. They removed to Marl- 
boro, Mass., where seven of their children were b. 

I. Josiah, b. Nov. 4, 1799. 
II. Martha, b. Oct. 12, 1801. 

III. Seth Webber, b. Dec. 21, 1803. 

IV. Lavina Adams, b. Sept. 5, 1805. 



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V. Folli/ H., h. Au^. 2, 1807. 

VI. Wiiliam, b. OcL 13, 1811. 
VII. Leonard, b. Jan 10, 1813. 

viTi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1814. 
IX. Sarah C, b. Au^. 22, 1817. 
X. Charles F., b. Sept. 29, 1819. 
XI. Susan P., b. April 19, 1823. 



George Wilson, son of David and Hannah (Carlton) 
Wilson, of Sharon, was b. Ang. 14, 1823. He md. March 
20, 1849, Mary M. Royce, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Oct. 
12, 1827, dan. of Lenzor and Abigail (Wheeler) Royce. 
and removed from Sharon to this town 1863. 

T. AbMe J., b. Jan. 5, 1850; md. Jan. 5, 1868, George 
Hoar, son of Leonard and Lncinda (Sawin) 
Hoar. Reside in Peterboro, N". H. 

II. Luella A., b. March 23, 1852 ; md. June 22, 1872, 

George F. Gilmore. Reside in Peterboro. 

III. B. Wesley, b. March 27, 1854. 

IV. Alo7izo M, b. Aug. 12, 1856. 
V. Ida May, b. May 1, 1859. 

VI. Clara A, b. March 3, 1862; d. March 25, 1862. 
VII. Efie E., b. Aug. 6, 1863; d. Aug. 14, 1865. 
VIII. Oren A., b. Dec. 13, 1867 ; d. July 25, 1868. 



Caleb Winn and wife Hannah resided from 1773 to 
about 1785, but all the family did not remove from town 
until about 1796. They removed to Chester. The name 
of the State is not stated. He enlisted twice during the 
Revolution {vide pp. 110, 141). 

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III. Peter, b. Aug. 27, 1778. 

IV. Sally, b. June 21, 1780. 
V. Achsah, bap. Aug. 11, 1782. 

VI. John, bap. Oct. 28, 1787. 

VII. Hannah, bap. Oct. 18, 1789. 

vin. Caleb, bap. Feb. 4, 1792. 

IX. Sally, bap. Feb. 8, 1795. 



Joseph Worcester and wife Sarah were here in 1767. 
In 1768 he was elected hay ward, and the same year a 
road was laid out by his house in the north part of the 
town. They probably removed from this town 1770 or 
1771. 

I. Joseph, bap. Aug. 30, 1767. 
II. Mercy, bap. Sept. 9, 1770. 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



WOOD. 

Michael Wood, probably a descendant of William Wood who came 
to this country in 1638, and d. in Concord-, Mass., 1671, was an early 
inhabitant of Lunenburg, Mass., where he md. Dec. 2, 1745, Mary Platts, 
dau. of Abel Platts, the first settler in Rindge. They had six children. 
Among them were Isaac Wood, of Rindge, whose record is given below, 
and Elizabeth Wood, who md. Daniel Gragg of Rindge, q. v., and who was 
named in the will of her grandfather, Abel Platts. The date of the 
death of Mary (Platts) Wood has not been ascertained, but he, or 
possibly Michael, Jr., md. Aug. 21, 1764, Lois Wilson, of Leominster, by 
whom he had two children. 



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Isaac Wood, eldest child of Michael and Mary (Platts) 
Wood, was b. in Lunenburo; Se]>t. 7, 1746; md. Jan. 11, 
1770, Elizabeth Hartwell, b.'^Ai^ril 14, 1751, dau. of Jona- 
than and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Hartwell, and removed to 
Rindge in 1772, He was a mason and farmer, and set- 
tled upon the farm now owned by his grandsons, Jonas 
and John E. Wood. He was selectman 1785 and 1786, 
and is frequently and honorably named in the records. 
He d. Jan. 5, 1835, aged 88; his wife d. Nov. 20, 1819. 
Their children, except the eldest, were b. in Rindge. 

I. Atnasa, b. in Lunenburg Sept. 2, 1771. -\- 
II. Jonathan^ b. April 17, 1773. -j- 

III. Jonas, b. Dec. 30, 1774; removed to Lenox, N. Y. 

IV. Isaac, b. Nov. 30, 1776.-1- 

V. Betty, b. Oct. 11, 1778; d. young. 

VI. Ruth, b. Nov. 7, 1780 ; md. Benjamin Lovejoy, q. v. 
vii. JJavid, b. July 19, 1783. -|- 

VIII. Betty, or Elizabeth, b. Sept. 10, 1785 ; md. Stephen 
Emory, (j. v. 
IX. Caleb, b. July 1, 1789 ; d. 1807. 

X. Susan, b. ; md. March 9, 1826, Dea. John W. 

Binney, of New Ijtswich, and removed to 
Keene, N. H., where she d. 1873. 

XI. Eunice, b. ; md. May 3, 1830, Capt. Joseph 

Hartwell, of Lunenburg, his second marriage. 
Their dau. Eunice md. Charles Carter, of 
Leominster, Mass. ; now reside in Quincy, Mass. 

Amasa Wood md. Sept. 10, 1797, Abigail Moore, and 
removed to Vermont. He d. Feb. 17, 1852 ; his wife d. 
Aug. 8, 1824. 

I. Eliphalet, b. 1801 ; d. 1864. 

II. Charles, b. July 6, 1 804 ; now resides in Worces- 

ter, Mass. 
HI. Lyman, b. 1806 ; d. Jan. 8, 1853. 
IV. Caleb, b. 1808 ; now living in Cambridge, Mass. 
V. Abigail, b. 1809. 

VI. Jonas, b. 1812 ; d. Aug. 10, 1868. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 771 

Jonathan Wood mrl. April 10, 1799, Dolly Jones, b. 
May 28, 1777, dau. of P^nos luid Mary (WhitiiKjro) Jones, 
of Ashburnham. She <}. Jan. 8, 1818, and he nid. (2d) 
Dec. 21, 1820, Sarah (Lake) Robinson, widow of Ezra 
Robinson, and dau. of Henry and Prudence Lake, q. v. 
He d. by suffocation in a well Sept. 1, 1827. 

I. Zw^ima, b. Nov. 30, 1799 ; md., 1822, Asa Dunn. 
II. Laura, b. Jan. 29, 1801 ; md. A])ril 22, 1828, John 
Vose. 

III. Doller/, b. Feb. 3, 1803; md. April 8, 1823, Zacha- 

I'iah Parker. 

IV. Mnathan, b. Sept. 20, 1804; d. July 29, 1829. 

V. Geo7-f/e, b. Sept. 29, 1806; md., 1827, Luana Law- 
rence. 
VI. Betsey, b. June 25, 1808 ; md. Feb. 6, 1827, Luther 

Perkins, of Weathersfield, Vt. 
vii. Zoa, b. Jan 24, 1810; d. 1822. 

VIII. Jyurena, b. Dec. 12, 1812; md. Jan. 10, 1831, Free- 
man Walcott. 
IX. Hartwell, b. Oct. 27, 1815; rad., 1841, Laura Snell. 

She d., s.p., Jan. 1, 1843 ; he d. July 26, 1846. 
X. Jonas J., b. Jan. 1, 1818. 
Children of second wife : — 

XI. Eunice K., b. March 22, 1824; md. July 22, 1849, 
George P. Ward, son of Alvan and Eusebia 
(Russell) Ward (Russell Register, No. 65). 
XII. Eliphalet S., b. Feb. 2, 1826; md. Sept. 20, 1846, 
Susan H. Farrar, of Ashburnham. He resides 
in Winchendon, and is an expi'ess agent and 
deputy sheriff. 

Isaac Wood was a farmer and manufacturer of hand- 
made nest-boxes. He md. Jan. 8, 1806, Nabby Earl, dau. 
of John Earl, q. v. He d. of small-pox July 1, 1848 ; 
his widow d. July 18, 1859. 

I. Addison M, b. Oct. 27, 1806; md., 1830, Ann 
Plummer, who d. Feb. 1, 1843; md. (2d) Jan. 8, 
1856, Mary A. Dickinson, dau. of Abraham and 
Mary (Reed) Dickinson, of Keene, N. H. He 
is a farmer, and resides upon the farm formerly 
of his father. 

1. Marcia A., b. June 4, 1831 ; md. Oct. 3, 185u, 

John U. Beers, and d. in Troy, N. H., Oct. 
27, 1854, leaving one son, John Addison, 
b. Dec. 5, 1851 ; he resides in Hinsdale, 
N. H. 

2. Urania, b. July 7, 1832; md., 1860, Hiram 

W. Eames. They reside in Hyde Park, 
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3. Eliza, b. March 19, 1834; d. Sept. 20, 1854. 

4. Jane P., b. Oct. 17, 1835 ; resides, unmd., in 

Keene, N. H. 

5. Marshall P., b. Nov. 19, 1837; md. Oct., 

1861, Julia A. Hunt, dau. of Joshua 
Hunt. He was three years in the Union 
army; now resides in Ashburnham. One 
son. 

6. Harriet A., b. June 8, 1839; md. Addison 

Todd, son of Paul Todd, q. v. 

7. Eunice, b. March 20, 1841; md., 1861, 

Henry W. Farnum. They resided in 
Marlboro, and subsequently in Troj% 
N. H., where he d. July 19, 1874; she 
resides in Troy. 
II. Elbridge, b. Oct. 24, 1808; md. May 10, 1832, 
Rebecca Hartwell, b. April 21, 1813, dau. of 
Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hartwell, 
of Lunenburcr, Mass. She d. Feb. 15, 1843; 
and he md. (2d) Jan. 15, 1844, Emeline P. Gil- 
bert. He d. of small-pox June 30, 1848 ; and 
his widow md. John McCrea, and removed from 
town. Six of his seven children d. in infancy. 

1. Mary A., b. June 14, 1837 ; md. July 29, 
1857, Julius Augustus Stearns, son of 
Capt. Freeborn Stearns, q. v. 

III. Sylvester, b. Sept. 30, 1810 ; md. June 1, 1836, 

Urania Damon, of Ashby. He d. July 12, 1841 ; 
and his widow md. Nov. 22, 1843, Wm. S. 
Humphrey. 

1. Earl S., b. Dec. 1, 1838 ; resides in Bridge- 
port, Conn. 

IV. Eunice, b. Jun 21, 1814; d. Dec. 23, 1828. 
V. JonasA^ ^ 1(3 ^g^g d. June 14 1817. 

VI. Jane, j ' ' d. June 4, 1817. 



David Wood was a farmer, and resided upon the home- 
stead. He md. Feb. 26, 1808, Mary Earl, dau. of John 
Earl, q. v. He d. Aug. 30, 1861. 

I. Stephen Emory, h. Dec. 7, 1808; md. March 22, 
1832, Lydia R. Farrar of Townsend, Mass. 
Resided in Cambridge, Mass., and in Ludlow, 
Vt. She d., and he md. (2d) 1874, Carrie 
Sinclair, of Ludlow, Vt. Two children by first 
wife. 

1. Alfred E., b. Feb. 20, 1835. 

2. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 11, 1838; md. Feb. 

13, 1859, Geo. A. Dunbar. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 773 

II. Mary Ann, h. Feb. 27, 1810; md. June 20, 1837, 
Henry Stickney, b. Jan. 29, 1807, son of William 
and Sarah (Gibson) Stickney, of Grafton, Vt. 
He was a grain merchant in Cambridgeport \j 

several years, and about 1855 removed to Wood- 
hull, 111,, where he was accidentally killed, Nov. 
16, 1866; she md. (2d) 1869, Isaac Wetmore. 

1. Henry, b. Nov. 7, 1838. 

2. Alfred, b. July 3, 1840. 

3. Idalia, b. March 25, 1842; d. April 12, 

1844. 

4. William Curtis, b. Sept. 6, 1846. 

5. Carrie Wood, b. Oct. 6, 1856. 

III. Caleb, b. June 5, 1812; d. July 14, 1813. 

IV. Alfred, b. Feb. 9, 1814; md. Aug. 16, 1841, Laura 

Stickney, b. Aug. 9, 1817, a sister of Henry, who 
md. his sister Mary Ann. He is a grocer in 7 
Cambridge, Mass. 

1. George Alfred, b. July 22, 1843. 

2. Edward Stickney, b. April 28, 1846 ; a grad- 

uate of Harvard University. 

V. Caleb, b. March 26, 1817 ; d., unmd., Oct. 15, 1866. 

VI. Jonas, b. Oct. 15, 1819; md. Feb. 16, 1859, Sarah 

Leathe. He was in business several years in 

Cambridge, and now resides a farmer in Rindge. 

His wife d. in Rindge Oct. 24, 1873. 

1. Fannie Louisa, b. Aug. 17, 1860 ; d. Aug. 30, 

1862. 

2. Emma Louisa, b. April 1, 1864. 

VII. Elizabeth Hartwell, b. June 25,1821; md. Harri- 
son G. Rice, Esq., q. v. 

VIII. John Earl, b. May 1, 1823; a farmer in Rindge; 
md. Nov. 16, 1848, S. Almira Brown, of Ashby. 
She d. Feb. 6, 1867; md. (2d) Oct., 1868, Ann 
Maria Tuckerman, dau. of Henry Tuckerman, of 
Ashburnham. 
IX. Emily Auf/usta, b. May 31, 1826; md. June 21, 
1858, Washington Folsom Somerby, of Ports- 
mouth, N. H. They resided in Cambridge, where 
he d. July 10, 1873. 
X. Charles Payson, b. July 11, 1828; md. Oct. 12, 
1851, Hannah Maria Somerby. Resides in Cam- 
bridge. 

1. Carrie J., b. June 11,1856; d. June 18,1856. 



James Wood and wife Ituth, from Jioxford, Mass., set- 
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Wood, an early school-teacher in this town, was not the 
wife of James Wood as stated on p. 277. He probably 
removed 1804, as he was not taxed after that date. 

I. Solomon, bap. May 14, 1775. 

II. Buth, bap. Oct. 12, 1777; md. Nov. 6, 1799, 
Nathan Towne. 

III. /Sarah, bap. Sept. 10, 1780. 

IV. JBenjamin, md. Jan. 2, 1805, Lucinda Peirce, dau. 

of Benjamin Peirce, q. v. 



Timothy Wood, parentage not known, resided in this 
town several years dating from about 1774. 

I. Betty, b. June 7, 1777. 
II. /Susannah, b. Sept. 2, 1779. 



Salmon Wood and wife Sybil removed to this town 
about 1780, and removed to Hancock, N. H., 1786. 

I. J)avid, bap. Oct. 19, 1782. 



Eliphalet Wood and wife Elizabeth were here in 
1782, and perhaps a year or two earlier. They removed 
from town in 1796. 

I. Eliphalet, b. March 8, 1789. 
II. Betsey, b. Sept. 30, 1790. 

III. William, b. July 6, 1792. 

IV. Sophia, b. June 10, 1794. 



Nathan Woodbury, son of Israel and Anna (Morgan) 
Woodbury, was b. in Bolton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1794. His 
parents were natives of Beverly, Mass. He md. Sept. 20, 
1817, Clarinda Whitney, b. in Harvard, Mass., Oct. 24, 
1797, dau. of Cyrus and Asenath (Harris) Whitney. 
They removed to the Page Norcross farm, in the south 
part of Rindge, 1835. They have been longer md. than 
any other couple in Rindge. 

I. Asenath H., b. April 17, 1819; md. in Rindge 
Nov. 28, 1839, Albert Mann, a farmer in Winch- 
endon. 
II. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1821 ; md. Sept. 19, 1840, 
Samuel Page, son of Levi Page, q. v. They 
reside in Winchendon. 

III. Nathan G., b. April 16, 1823; md. Jan. 1, 1847, 

Angelia Bryant, of Richmond, N. H., where 
they resided several years, but have recently 
removed to Keene, N. H. He is a manufact- 
urer of wooden-ware. 

IV. Harrison, b. March 19, 1826; d. Oct. 10, 1830. 

V. Lauretta W., b. May 20, 1828 ; md. Nelson Parks, 
of Winchendon. 



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VI. Lucinda B.,\). Feb. 4, 1832; md. Dec. 28, 1863, 

Henry J. Newman. Reside in Rindge. 
VII. (Jlarinda A., b. March 23, 1834; md. Oct. 7, 1858, 
Daniel H. Sargent, q. v. 

VIII. Maria A., b. , 1837; md. Nov. 21, 1859, 

George F. Wallace, son of Da\'id, q. v. ; he d. in 
Winchendon, 1874. 
IX. Andrew C, b. Dec. 25, 1840. 

Joseph Wyman was in Rindge in 1780 ; was taxed for 
the last time 1793. 

I. Mart/, bap. Sept. 23, 1782. 
II. William, bap. July 3, 1785. 
III. Abraham Carlton, bap. June 4, 1787. 

Lewis Wyman and James Wyman made a brief resi- 
dence in the south-west part of this town, early in the 
present century. They removed to Rockingham, Vt. 
The latter built a house of white birch logs, in which he 
resided. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 

The names in the Genealogical Registers — pages 423 
to 775 — being arranged alphabetically, and a large number 
of names in the Mortuary and Political records — pages 401 
to 416 — being in chronological order, are not included in 
this index. 



ABBOTT, Dr. Josiah, 293 308 327 

368 406 416 417 
AbeU, Dr. E. Dai-win, 293 351 367 

368 389 
Ajiams, Albert, 275 

Ai-ad, 380 381 

Daniel, 93 119 124 140 167 

David, 93 124 135 226 265 

David, Jr., 261 

Edwin S., 396 

Esther, 280 

Hannah, 289 

Isaac, 93 110 112 113 116 

Israel, 123 

Israel, Jr., 93 106 116 123 
280 

Naomi, 289 

Oliver, 280 

Samuel, 93 124 135 

Stephen, 110 
Ainsworth, Rev. Laban, 217 
Alexander, Richard, 110 113 114 
Allen, Calvin, 390 

Daniel W., 327 

David, 70 78 96 196 

Eliphaz, 226 287 

Ethan, 150 

George J., 321 

Isaac, 76 78 96 

Jonathan W., 94 

Oratio P., 249 250 251 300 
303 309 416 

Sahnon, 392 



Ames, Esther, 280 
Arnold, Elizabeth, 345 
Atkinson, Theodore, 41 56 84 
Austin, Stephen G., 348 

BACON, Oliver, 108 181 1£2 168 
BaU, Jonathan, 123 126 
BaUou, Andrew S., 315 

Henry E., 314 
Bancroft, Addison, 16 

Benjamin, 94 122 171 205 
207 300 

Dea. James, 225 282 

Timothy, 289 
Barker, Barnabas, 205 226 

Dea. David, 225 226 236 
237 238 282 290 

Hon. George P., 280 292 331 
347-350 360 

John, 236 237 238 282 

Dr. Thomas C, 396 

William, 226 280 301 307 
Barrett, E. B., 268 

J. O., 417 
Barstow, Rev. Z. S., 221 223 359 
Baxter, Simon, 160 
Beals, Benjamin, 110 113 114 125 

140 141 167 
Belcher, Gov. J., 27 31 36 
BeU, Hon. C. H., 61 
Bellows, Benjamin, 47-57 93 177 
Bemis, Elijah, 261 309 417 
Bennett, Horace C, 315 



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HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Capt. James, 261 304 

Lyman, 95 283 417 
Berry, Hon. Thomas, 25 27-33 
Blake, Amos J., 293 

Ebenezer, 14 313 416 

Dea. Eleazer, 225 285 

Enos, 225 226 

Hiram, 65 
Blanchard, Eleazer, 49 56 

Jonathan, 71 

Joseph, 42 46 47 52 56-61 

Joseph, Jr., 45 49 53 55 
Blodgett, Zacheus, 97 
Blood, Francis, 173 174 177 
Bolster, J. L., 388 
Bowers, Gilman, 261 

Nehemiah, 123 

Polly, 289 
Boynton. Snow, 131 135 163 
Bradish, George W., 327 
Breed, Dea. Joseph B., 225 226 253 
380 

Mrs. Joseph B., 329 
Brewer, Asa, 261 
Bridges, Moody, 43 
Brigham, Rev. Bejijamin, 205 

Willard C, 93 285 293 294 
Brocklebank, Asa, 91 95 108 125 
Brooks, Aaron, 285 

Charles B., 321 

David, 131 135 163 

Ivers H., 94 226 284 307 

Josej)h, 249 

Stephen, 285 

William S., 95 
Brown, Charles, 314 

Dea. Ebenezer, 216 217 218 
225 307 

Capt. E. W., 307 

Rev. Joseph, of Winchen- 
don, 205 

Rev. Joseph, 213 289 336 

Joseph Brownlee, 361 

Capt. Josiah, 135 138 

Rev. Reuben, 280 

Mrs. S. W., 329 
Bruce, Simeon, 166 
Buffington, Preston, 168 
BuUen, John, 210 
Bullock, Gov. A. H., 342 395 
Burley, Benjamin, 110 125 
Burnham, Rev. Abraham, 217 219 

Rev. Amos W., 216-224 244 
251 266 269 291 292 293 
357 359 366 394 395 406 
. Miss Carrie M., 329 



Samuel, 270 330 353 354 
361 393 395 
Burrill, Ebenezer, 30 
Bm-ritt, Henry E., 282 314 316 
Buswell, Charles G., 69 282 285 

John, 93 108 123 165 167 
171 280 

Rebecca, 280 

Thomas, 69 282 285 
Butler, Ambrose, 316 381 390 

Jabez, 303 

Otis P., 309 

, 160 

Buttrick, Hon. George M., 395 
Buzzell, Reuben A., 325 

CALHOUN, Hon. William B., 245 
Carlton, Benjamin, 108 123 126 164 

George, 108 110 112 113 115 

James, 123 175 275 277 

John, 280 

Obadiah, 268 

William, 69 78 85 108 122 
164 187 199 229 235 384 
Caiy, Barnabas, 95 123 167 
Case, Rev. R., 224 
Chadwick, Abner F., 801 

Charles I., 327 

James C, 261 
Chamberlain, A. A., 316 
Chandler, Rev. Henry, 294 
Chaplin, Lieut. Ebenezer, 94 118 
120 122 144 181 

Moses 135 

Samuel, 126 135 136 141 

Mrs. Sarah, 277 
Chapman, Jeremiah, 122 181 
Chase, Rev. C. H., 293 
Cheever, David, 49 56 
Clapham, Charles, 45 
Clapp, Cyrus J., 316 
Clark, Rev. Eber L., 217 

Rev. Frank G., 224 225 

George, 126 

Henry, 261* 

Dea. John, 268 

Peter, 268 
Clay, James P., 70 
Cobm-n, Luke, 400 
Coffeen, Eleazer, 69 80 123 193- 
196 233 

Henry, 69 78 85 96 193- 
196 231 297 

John, 68 78 85 96 192-196 
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Lake, 358 



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Coffering, James, 110 113 
Coffin, Arba S., 16 256 269 272 282 
294 301 307 308 309 416 

Mrs. Arba S., 329 

George S., 308 

Mrs. George S., 329 

Silas, 308 
Colburn, Isaac, 259 260 

Leonard, .392 

Mary, 289 
Cole, Asa, 299 

Capt. Charles H., 306 370 
Coleman, James, 49 53 56 
Combs. John, 49 55 
Converse, Abraham J., 94 287 

Clovis M., 305 324 

Conrad R., 324 

Cornelia L., 390 

Capt. E. H., 315 394 

Joshua, 249 289 298 .303 .306 
406 416 

Marion W., 322 

Morton E., 93 306 309 316 

Dea. Omar D., 225 226 298 
303 .306 407 

Capt. Oscar I., 315 324 325 

Zebulon, 93 123 

Zebulon, Esq., 303 305 393 
406 416 417 
Cook, Noah R., 245 372 389 
Cragin, George W., 314 315 
Cram, George M., 316 
Cromack, Rev. J. C, 263 
Crumble, Lieut. James, 95 108 118 
120 122 126 142 143 1.50 
181 2.36 

Joseph, 2(35 300 

Thomas, 261 
Cudworth, Ezekiel, 328 
Cummings, Dea. Adin, 94 225 

Rev. Asa, 333 

Samuel, 49 53 55 

Rev. Silas, 293 
Cashing, Rev. John, 205 217 

John, 213 
Cutler, Amos, 266, 301 802 

Charles, 94 261 

Hepsibeth, 289 

Capt. Solomon, 94 105 106 
116 118 122 136 144 145 
165 204 207 235 384 

Tobe, 168 169 

William, 261 
Cutter, E. B., 287 .305 308 324 

Esther, 280 

James, 108 122 



DAGGETT, CordeUa, 329 
Damon, James, 282 285 
Danforth, Charles H., 282 285 

Capt. B. F., 95 285 
Darling, Eliakim, 123 140 

Dr. J. Homer, 326 370 
Davidson, Benjamin, 261 

Benjamin B., 261 
Davis, Amos, 123 

Major Benjamin, 76 79 86 
108 110 113 119 125 146 
165 239 

Calvin, 400 

Daniel, 123 

David, 110 113 114 125 

Ebenezer, 95 119 123 164 
171 239 240 

Henry, 110 113 114 

Henry H., 316 

Joseph, son of Eben'r, 268 

Mary, 289 308 

Randall, 124 

Richard, 95 123 

Simon, 108 110 113 123 1.36 
138 

Simon, Jr., 123 

Simon, son of Eben'r, 289 
291 293 

William, ^5 128 125 140 
Dawes, William, 106 
Dean, Rev. Seth, 74 75 78 81 88 
107 122 188-204 231 863 

John, 80 122 140 
Demary, C. C, 316 

Ezekiel, 110 113 114 125 
131 162 168 

Ezekiel, son of eTohn, 282 
289 300 

Fanny, 289 

John, 73 78 122 136 141 
164 277 

John, Jr., 80 108 110 11;'. 
114 125 136 138 168 

John, son of Ezekiel, 289 
300 

Nathan J., 400 

Thomas, 166 
Demond, Rev. Elijah, 215 
Demone, Octave, 314 
Derby, Harding, 392 

Nathan, Jr., 287 
Dickerman, Rev. L., 223 395 
Dinsmore, Rev. C. M., 896 406 
Divoll, Israel, 91 
Dockman, Enoch, 131 162 .168 
Dole, Benjamin, 110 113 114 



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John, 110 
Douglass, Alexander, 110 
Dow, Rev. Lorenzo, 259 
Downe, William, 47 49 53 55 
Drury, Henry S., 324 
Durant, John A., 316 
Dustan, Rev. George, 224 
Dutton, Silas, 74 78 96 
Dwinnel, Bartholomew, 166 

EARL, John, 95 119 123 175 

Eastman, Rev. H., 263 
Mrs. N. H., 330 

Eddy, Dea. Benj., 225 226 

Ellis, Bethuel, 256 

Elliot, Elder, 243 

Emerson, Rev. Brown, 205 
Rev. Joseph, 205 

Emery, Thomas, 110 113 125 126 

Emory, Daniel, 304 

John, 93 108 122 135 164 
John, son of Francis, 303 
Capt. Stephen, 287 .304 .305 
Warren W., 382 390 417 
Mrs. Warren W., 329 

Esty, Aaron, 93 108 123 

FAIRBANKS, Rev. F. J., 224 
Farrar, Jacob Hamilton, 362 

Rev. Stephen, 186 205 207 
213 
Farwell, William, 298 
Fenno, Amos, 392 

John, 392 

John S., 302 
Fields, Robert, 168 
Fiske, Rev. Abel, 205 
Fitch, Ebenezer, 119, 207 

Jacob, 98 276 298 

John, 96-99 124 276 

Josiah, 48 

Paul, 95 98 122 136 138 298 

Thaddeus, 1.36 138 140 164 
Fitz, James, 316 
Fletcher, Ebenezer, 152 

Henry W., 390 

Joshua, 275 283 

Robert, Jr., 49 53 56 59 60 

Samuel W., 300 321 382 390 
417 

Stephen H., 392 
Foster, Benjamin, 119 181 280 

Rev. Davis, 224 

Prof. G. W., 268 

Moses, 69 

William, 35 



Fowle, A. A., 75 364 
French, Capt. Benjamin, 48 

Joseph, 49 55 

Sampson, 49 55 
Frost, Simon, 31 

GARDNER, Alvin, 327 

Col. William, 239 265 308 
375 406 
Garfield, Moses, 259 
Gates, Howard, 93 
Stephen, 79 
Timothy, SO 
Gibson, Charles F., 316 
Isaac, 399 
John, 171 
John A., 305 
Gilmore, George F., 321 
Gilson, Joseph, 80 193-196 
Goddard, Dea. Luther, 225 

Martin L., 33 67 226 256 
282 328 417 
Godding, Henry, 85 94 95 123 193- 
198 
Isaac, 400 
Samuel, 131 162 
Sarah, 197 198 
Goodell, Rev. William, 216 
Goodridge, Asaph W., 303 

Luther, 392 
Gould, Benjamin, 73 79 123 147 
Elijah, 73 79 
Hubbard, 62 
Capt. Jacob, 49 52 56 59 60 

231 296 
Jacob, Jr., 53 73 79 86 119 
123 136 141 167 183 207 
Jacob, Jr., son of Jacob, Jr., 

171 
Nehemiah, 49 53 56 57 
Oliver, 123 136 159 164 27() 
Simeon, 163 
Gragg, Daniel, 95 124 

Hugh, 110 113 114 
Gray, John, 95 123 164'^ 277 

Phebe, 277 280 
Greele, Samuel, 49 53 55 
Samuel, Jr., 49 56 
Greene, Harry, 392 
Greenleaf, Paul, 317 

Capt. Stephen, 24 26 31 33 
Griffin, Dudley, 110 113 114 
Griswold, ApoUos, 261 
Grout, Jehosaphat, 123 
Guernsey, Rev. J. W., 396 



INDEX. 



781 



HALE, Benjamin, 313 328 
Calvin, 31)-2 
Lieut. David, 110 113 123 

12(3 136 
David, Jr., 249 387 388 
Elizabeth, 80 
Emerson, 381 

Col. Enoch, 70 74 79 81 84 
85 86, passim, 103-184 188 
190 191 201 206 207 229 
232 233 373 416 
Hudson D., 309 
Dr. John, 73 
John F., 305 
Joshua, 167 
Lucy, 69 
Lyman, 324 
Marshall A., 400 
Moses (born 1703), 70 73 

74 80 190 
Moses (born 1732), 70 79 

123 135 190 229 
Moses (born 1760), 140 
Moses W., 282 309 
Mrs. M. W., 330 
Col. Nathan, 70 79 85 86 
87 103 106 108 109 111 
119 125 138 148-156 183 
190 202 235 372 373 
Nathan A., 272 
Oliver, 261 
Stephen, 226 282 287 307 

387 
Thomas, .395 
William A., 324 390 
Hall, Erastus D., 317 
Lyman, 324 
Rev. Richard, 217 
Hamilton, John, 168 
Hammond, David, 76 79 96 

Mary, 197 198 
Handsome, John, 122 126 131 142 

162 
Hannaford, John, 95 108 122 
Hapgood, George D., 301 
Hardison, Frank H., 362 

Samuel J., 272 
Hardy, Persis, 280 
Harper, Daniel, 75 79 96 
^ Lieut. John, 110, 113, 

Samuel, 70 79 96 
Harris, Amos B., 304 
Hartshorn, Dr. Ebenezer, 239 240 

364 
Hartwell, Maj. Edward, 97 
Porter, 261 



Harvey, Rev. , 187 

Harwood, John H., .328 

Haskell, Abijah, 124, 131 162 163 

Hastings, Benjamin, 68 

John W., 317 
Haywood, Samuel, 30 
Hazen, Richard, 24 37 
Heald. Col. Thomas, 136 
Heard, Dr. John, 371 
Hecker, John, 317 
Henderson, Thomas, 110 113 114 
Hewitt, George, 60 68 77 

John, 68 77 
Heywood, Nathan, 24 28 29 30 
Hill, Rev. Ebenezer, 213 222 

Col. John, 49 52 55 
Hobbs, Jacob, 110 114 122 
llobson, Joha, 25 27 28 32 
Hodge, Jairus W., 317 
Hodgskins, Samuel, 69 70 77 

Tryphena, ((8 
Hodskins, Charles, 392 
Holden, Ephraim, 164 
Holt, Abiel, 282 
Hooker, Rev. E. W., 269 
Hopkinson, Jonathan, 71 72 79 96 

187 231 232 298 
Hovey, Martha, 277 
Howe, Dr. Adonijah, 157 

Dennis, 303 306 

Isaac, 163 

Levi, 251 306 .381 390 406 
416 

Peter, 287 
Hubbard, David L., 324 

Emerson, 399 

Dea. Hezekiah, 1,36 1.38 217 
225 226 

John, 49 53 56 

Jonathan, 17 47 49 52 55 57 

Jonathan, Jr., 48 49 51 52 
55 

Levi, 249 251 

Nathan, 122 175 

Otis, 226 

Rodney A., 328 388 

Sarah R., 329 330 
Humphrey, William S., 302 
Hunt, Ephraim, 206 226 277 280 

Joshua T., 300 317 

Maria, 289 

Mrs. Tabitha, 280 
Huntee, WiUiam M., 284 
Huston, Caleb, 79 123 126 
Hutchins, , 268 

Capt. Hezekiah, 111 



782 



HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



Hutchinson, Thomas, 95 110 114 
124 131 162 

INGALLS, Maj. Albert S., 354- 

357 
Amos, 125 185 140 167 
Caleb, 136 138 
Ebenezer, 79 110 125 140 
Herbert, 330 
Jonathan, 123 126 135 138 

237 290 
Dea. Josiah, 70 71 79 186 

187 189 197 225 229 232 

297 
Josiah, Jr., 80 125 
Nathaniel, 80 108 123 136 

265 280 
Simeon, 80 108 110 113 114 

124 
Thomas, 289 291 293 379 

380 406 416 

JACKSON, Joseph, 49 63 56 
Jaffrey, Hon. George, 42 55 82 
Jennings, , 97 

Talmon, 289 381 
Jewett, Abel, 126 166 

Dea. Edward, 89 90 94 103 
108 116 119 120 122 124 
136 138 143 145 165 167 
171 173 181 183 202 205 
206 225 226 236-239 277 
280 284 289 290 384 391 
406 416 

Dea. Ezekiel, 25 

Ezekiel, 26 34 35 60 67 68 
79 124 193 195-198 

Col. Ezekiel, 245 343-347 
391 

Dr. George, 326 395 

Jonathan, 26 68 79 96 193 
195 196 

Stephen, 26 68 79 123 193 
195 

Dr. Stephen, 285 307 365 

Stephen, Jr., 303 306 365 
406 

Dr. Thomas, 94 365 391 416 

Thomas, 225 226 
Johnson, Catherine, 289 

Ichabod, 268 

James, 63 

Nathan, 300 

Nathan, Jr., 392 

Samuel, 43 49 51 53 55 56 
61 



Jones, Asia, 389 

Dr. D. W., 369 390 

Elisha, 399 

Willard G., 324 390 393 417 

KELLOGG, Rev. E., 332 

Gardner, 280 
Kemp, William A., 321 
Kendall, Rev. A. L., 294 

William, 131 135 163 
Kennedy, Samuel, 60 
Keyes, Aaron, 392 

Amos, 95 289 291 293 400 
416 

Lydia, 400 
Kidder, Aaron, 69 
Kimball, Abel, 166 

Aquilla, 45 

Charles WiUiam, 362 

Ebenezer, 262 

EHpha S., 309 

George S., 317 

Mrs. George S., 329 

Rev. Isaac, 358 

Polly, 289 

Lieut. Richard, 95 123 144 
181 202 204-207 280 

Richard, Jr., 123 

Rev. Richard, 260 262 302 

William, 298 406 

William, Jr., 306 
King, George, 84 

Hon. Preston, 347 
Kingsbury, Dea. Benjamin, 216 225 
226 236 239 

Dr. Nathaniel, 293 366 
Knowlton, Amos, 301 

LACY, A. M., 381 
Lake, Alison, 328 416 

Mrs. AUson, 329 

Daniel, 76 79 108 123 136 
144 165 181 416 

Daniel, Jr., 108 110 113 114 
125 141 

Enos, 108 110 136 138 141 

George, 80 123 

Henry, 136 138 140 141 164 

John E., 261 

Jonathan, 131 135 141 163 
166 168 
Lamb, William M., 225 417 
Lambert, Thomas, 62 
Lapham, Capt. Benjamin, 298 

Lieut. King, 207 298 
Larrabee, Samuel, 72 78 80 96 



INDEX. 



783 



Samuel, Jr., 72 79 80 96 

Stephen, 80 
Lawrence, Abel. 71 

George W., 326 

Mrs. William, 329 330 
Learned, Ezekiel, 95 108*110 113 
123 136 164 

Isaac, 287 
Lee. Rev. Mr., of Rovalston, 20o 

Rev. Jesse, 242 

Rev. Samuel. 359 395 
Leland, Isaac, 110 125 131 142 162 
Lilly, John. (i9 79 96 
Livermore. Matthew, 42 55 
Locke. Ebenezer, 95 122 
Lord. Rev. John C, 349 

Luke, 400 
Lossing. Benson J., 153 
Loud, Edward, 260 
Lovejov. Daniel H., 327 

Hubbard M., 327 

Dea. John, 71 72 79 123 186 
188 189 191 198 205 206 
225 226 237 

John, 80 123 282 

Jonathan, 108 110 112-115 
Lovering. Benjamin, 110 113 114 

123 
Lovewell, Capt. John, 64 

John. 49 53 56 

Zacheus, 49 53 56 

MacELWAIN, John, 76 79 96 
Manley, Prucius W., 324 
Mann. Capt. Benjamin. Ill 
Mansfield, Levi, 95 124 384 388 
March, Clement, 42 56 

Capt. John, 24 2(i 32 
ilarcv, Capt. John, 111 
Marsh. Obadiah, 95 110 113 114 

125 
Marshall, Abel, 261 
Martin, John. 127 141 

Samuel, 14 285 
Mason, Capt. John, 40 41 42 

John Tufton, 41 42 49 55 
^latthews, John, 35 
Slavery, Rev. Charles, 259 
McCarr, Daniel, 125 131 162 
McCurdy. Rev. C. L., 263 
Mellen, John, 163 
Meloon, Nathaniel, 63 
Melvin, Robert, 49 56 57 
Merriam, William, 301 
Meserve, Nathaniel, 42, 55 
Metcalf, Amos S., 327 



Lieut. George, 242 

Servetus, 261 302 

Timothy, 302 303 
Miller, , 268 

John, 174 
Milliken, Joseph, 236 399 

Joseph, Jr., 358 
Mixer, Charles, 300 301 302 

Charles S., 301 
]\Ioffat, John, 41 56 
Moore, Benjamin, 115 124 

jNIary, 55 

Samuel, 41 
Moors, Hubbard, 73 289 

John H., 327 
JNIorse, Dr. David, 95 363 

Dea. Seth, 210 

Morton, Rev. , 251 

Munroe, Jonas, 261 262 
Mm-dock, E. Jr., 250 
"Murphy, Albert S., 314 
INIuzzey, Ebenezer, 94 125 289 

NELSON, Capt. Philip, 24 26 31 

32 
Newman, Benjamin, 123 

Ebenezer, 125 136 138 
Nichols, Col. Moses, 140 177 
Norcross, Albert F., 362 

Hon. Amasa 350 351 357 

393 395 
Dr. Elijah, 280 372 
Dr. George J., 327 395 
Jabez, 94 123 
Jeremiah, 94 108 123 KU 

175 399 
Jeremiah, Jr., 399 
Dea. Jeremiah, 70 225 226 

272 282 
Joshua, 94 

Lieut. Page, 73 79 86 94 103 
108 118 120 123 144 145 
165 197 233 386 
Nutting, Almon F., 318 

ODIORNE, Jotham, 42 56 
O'Niel, John, 45 
Osgood, Rev. A. M., 293 

PACKER, Thomas, 42 56 
Page, Abijah, 80 277 

Caleb, 126 136 141 167 

Daniel, 242 

Ezra, 94 261 

John, 122 120 

Joseph, 76 78 80 



784 



HISTORY OF RINBGE. 



Joseph, Jr., 80 

Joseph, son of Abijah, 245 

277 405 
Lemuel, 108 110 113 114 

126 136 138 141 164 207 
Lieut. Xathaniel. 49 53 56 

78 80 90 122 189 191 198 

230 233 276 
Reuben, 108 110 113 114 123 

126 140 164 
Samuel, 93 108 123 164 167 

226 239 
Samuel, Jr., 123 
Samuel, son of Levi, 305 
Silas, 136 
Pahner, Dr. Asher, 95 363 
Parker, Benjamin, 110 113 125 171 
Jonathan, 70 79 124 296 
Jonathan, Jr., 80 86 89 90 

123 135 171 373 
Capt. Joseph, 125 163 
Samuel, 108 110 124 126 
WilUam, 42 55 
Parsons, WiUiam H., 326 
Payson, Rev. Edward, 213 289 331- 

334 337 358 
Henry, son of Rev. Seth, 210 

337 
Henry, son of Rev. Edward, 

395 
Rev. John, 205 210 
Rev. Phillips, 210 
Rev. Phillips, Jr., 207 210 
Rev. Phillips, son of Rev. 

Seth, 289 
Rev. Samuel, 210 
Samuel, 210 
Sarah, 280 
Rev. Dr. Seth, 190 205-218 

235 240 244 259 267 291 

293 332 347 391 
Peabody, Francis, 62 

Thomas, 231 
Peirce, Abraham, 94 280 
Benjamin, 94 123 
Charles, 25 27 28 
Daniel, 42 55 
Jacob, 110 113 
Joshua, 42 45 
Josiah, 287 
Xahum, 287 
Mrs. Phebe, 280 
Perkins, Aaron, 388 

Abel, 93 123 175 207 
Elisha, 93 108 123 140 
Perry, Rev. Albert, 361 



Chauncey, 289 
Chauncey, Jr., 361 
Rev. Isaac Stearns, 361 
James B., 293 322 
Col. Jason B., 218 226 249 
•250 251 289 293 311 328 
361 393 406 416 
John, 217 226 
Rev. John P., 361 
Timothy, 361 
Philbrick, James. 70 79 122 142 

165 167 190 297 
Phipps, Sir William, 23 24 
Pike, Joseph, 26 28 29 31 33 
Pillsbury, Rev. Levi, 213 
Platts, Capt. Abel, 25 28 33 35 38 
60-63 67 68 69 78 80 123 
147 186 190 229 230 275 
296 
Abel, Jr., 67 79 108 123 135 

136 
Abel, son of Abel, Jr., 164 

168 
Anson A., 271 294 
Asa, 280 
Charles F., 381 
Ebenezer, 164 166 299 
Harvey, 306 

Ensign Joseph, 38 60 61 67 
70 79 108 123 140 239 
240 276 296 
Capt. Joseph, 136 138 164 
Warham R., 289 
Plummer, Charles E., 389 
Poland, David, 260 
Pollard, Ivers E., 327 
Porter, Nehemiah,'95 110 113 114 

123 
Potter, Aaron, 168, 169 
Powers, Rev. Dennis, 223 271 272 
Rev. Mrs. Dennis, 257 
Jarahmael, 49 53 56 
Jonathan, 49 55 
Capt. Peter, 48 49 53 56 59 

60 
Rev. Peter, 49 53 55 
Stephen, 49 56 57 
Prentice, Dr. Stanton, 49 53 55 
Thomas, 49 52 53 55 67 
Prescott, Dr. Jonas, 157 163 363 
Priest, John, 238 
Prichard, John, 250 

John, 147 
Puffer, Reuben, 256 
Putnam, Rev. John M., 217 
Jonathan, 108 123 



INDEX. 



785 



QUINCy, Hon. J., 30 31 

RAMSDELL, Amos, 261 
Col. James, 226 
, Reuben, 305 309 328 
Mrs. Reuben, 329 
Rand, Rev. Asa, 334 335 337 358 
Col. Daniel, 76 79 89 91 103 
108 118 119 123 125 141 
145 165 167 181 182 202 
236 237 275 279 384 388 
406 416 
Lieut. Ezekiel, 92 108 110 

113 119 123 104 
Gates, 226 289 290 291 293 
Howard, 317 362 
Jasper, 400 
Liberty, 289 
Matilda, 289 
Mrs. Sarah, 280 
Capt. Solomon, 92 105 108 
122 126 141 164 171 236 
238 239 280 
IVli-s. Susannah, 279 
Warham, 289 
Raymond, Asahel S., 305 
Hercules W., 314 
• Capt. Joel, 217 260 262 381 
389 
Joel, 392 

Orlando J., 256 305 
Sumner, 300 
Reed, Gen. James, 109 110 111 148 
James, 285 

Samuel, 49 51 53 56 296 
Reid, J., 60 
Revere, Paul, 106 
Reynolds, John I., 317 
Rhode, John, 392 
Rice, Elijah, 123 147 
Ebner F., 324 
'Harrison G., 261 416 
Richards, John, 287 392 
Thaddeus, 287 
Rev. William C, 360 396 
Richardson, Godfrey, 110 114 
James E., 317 
Jepthah, 123 
Justin S., 317 
Rindge, Daniel, 82 

John, 35 81 82 
John, 2d. 42 55 82 
Robbins, David, 92 108 123 136 
138 164 298 
George, 268 
James, 226 



James B., 256 272 324 828 

393 416 
Joseph, 260 

William, 92 123 141 298 
William E., 72 275 
Robinson, David, 140 166 
Elvira F., 400 
Hiram, 303 
Rev. Isaac, 211 215 
Rogers, Timothy, 110 113 114 
Rugg, Levi, 280 

Luke, 245 249 250 251 
Thomas, 399 
Mrs. W. H., 329 380 
William, 269 300 
WilHam H., 317 
RusseD, Amos B., 261 

Daniel, 108 110 123 131 142 

156 157 158 162 
Eliakim, 303 
Dr. Fred W.. 352 
Henry, 303 305 375 
Henry A., 417 
Dr. Ira, 351 352 360 ^ 
Isaac, 89 276 
James W., 318 
Jeremiah, 19 95 108 110 

113 123 126 141 
Joel, 60 68 79 80 108 110 

113 114 123 156 274 276 
Joel, Jr., 80 123 142 
Nathaniel, 60 72 79 85 87 

103 106 108 116 120 122 

165 181 183 199 275 276 

375 399 
Nathaniel C, 303 
Reuben, 136 138 140 141 
Samuel, 108 123 136 138 164 
Silas, 68 79 
William, 80 122 126 162 164 

168 274 276 

SABIN, Rev. John, 217 251 

Sanders, John, 417 

Sanger, Abner, 159 

Sargent, Daniel H., 286 881 417 

SawteU, A. S., 303 309 417 

Aaron, 302 

Amaziah, 327 

EHphalet, 289 381 

Hezekiah, 164 171 

Jabez, 881 

Jonas W., 827 

Jonathan, 94 105 120 122 
136 138 144 164 167 181 
277 



■86 



HISTORY OF RINDGE. 



Jonathan, Jr., 125 140 166 
168 

Jonathan, son of Hezekiah, 
289 

:Menah. 277 280 

Obadiah, 94 140 

.Solomon, 392 

Warren, 309 
Sawyer, Sophia, 289 
Scales, Oliver, 34 3o 
Scott, AYilliam, 133 
Sevffarth, Dr. Edmund, 369 370 
Shaffee, Joseph, 318 
Shaw, Ebenezer, 95 123 141 
Shedd, Abel, 289 ) ^ 

Rev. Charles, 360 (.Tb C,^T 

Dr. Georo-e, 360 fj' > 

Josiah, 289 J 

Shelden, Zachariah, 250 
Sherwin, Capt. Asa, 94 119 135 399 

David, 140 265 

George H., 327 

Henrv H., 318 

John; 94 122 

Jonathan, 76 79 89 90 103 
105 115 116 119 122 124 
191 202 206 207 225 226 

Samuel, 76 79 86 123 1.36 
1.38 233 

Stephen B., 268 269 293 313 
315 37(5 378 379 389 406 
416 

William, 217 265 269 280 
291 293 384 400 406 

William A., 394 

Mrs. William A., 329 330 
Shurtleff. Dr. A. D., 293 366 

Sarah. 228 
Simonds. John. 122 126 164 

Willard, 318 . 
Smiley, Charles M., 261 

William. 178 179 
Smith, Abijah. 126 297 

Braddyll, 266 304 

Caleb, 400 

Charles M., 322 

Darwin A., 325 

Elijah T., 259 

George E., 306 

Hemy, 94 124 140 

Henry A., 322 

John, 261 

Joseph, 400 

Xathan, 318 

Walter W., 318 
Snelling, AVashington, 417 



Solley, Samuel, 42 56 
Spaulding, Erastus, 251 

William, 49 53 55 79 95 
Spofford, Isaac, 289 .\'.) . r^.-I/c;^. 
Stanley, Jeduthan, 123^ 

John, 79 119 126 140 164 

Capt. Jonathan, 60 68 70 75 
79 96 188 189 229 230 

Mrs. Jonathan, 277 

Joseph, 108 122 135 146 164 

Samuel, 80 108 123 1.36 164 
Stark, G. n. John, 109 111 139 
Stearns, Abigail, 289 

Charles F., 300 

Ezra S., 293 294 330 393 
395 406 407 416 

George, 321 

Col. George W., 94 ^00 381 
416 

Mrs. G. W., .329 

Hiram N., 395 

Julius A., 269 

Samuel, 226 406 

Samuel Henry, 313 320 

William, 75 79 86 96 
Steele, Dr. Samuel, 371 399 

Samuel, 289 
Stevens, George, 272 

Lieut. James, 61 62 67 

John, 53 55 

Oliver, 76 79 123 146 275 

Peter, 49 55 
Stewart, James, 49 56 

Kichard, 302 

Solomon, 49 52 55 59 60 

William, 52 
Stickney, Asa, 261 381 

Charles E., 272 282 381 
Stone, Lieut. Abel, 76 79 86 90 108 
116 118 119 122 124 140 

Capt. Salmon, 94 108 119 
122 136-140 144 145 238 
239 
Stowe, Benjamin, 260 261 

Benjamin, Jr., 304 

David, 261 269 293 318 406 

Warren, 304 

Mortimer M., 327 
Stratton, Ebenezer, 243 

Edward P., 318 

Josiah, 95 

Josiah, Jr., 269 271 328 381 

Julius, 321 

Lyman C, 95 
Streeter, James, 108 123 175 298 

Lucius, 261 



INDEX. 



7«7 



Stuart, Rev. W. H., 294 
Swan, Rev. Josiah, 186 

Dr. William, 277 371 
Swift, Rev. John, 210 
Symonds, Augustus F., 324 

Charles Wesley, 321 

John P., 2H0-262 328 416 

Dr. Sophia S., 370 

Sylvester T., 261 
Syms, Thomas, 49 55 

TARBELL, Lieut. Samuel, 94 108 
119 122 136 138 164 176 
299 
Samuel, 261 287 
Thomas 287 
Taylor, Aaron, 69 70 79 85 96 229 
Daniel, 49 56 
Father, 259 
Oliver Swain, 335 
Timothy, 49 51 56 
Templeton, Matthew, 267 
Thomas, Albert H., 324 
Eunice, 277 
Ezra, 217 225 226 388 406 

416 
George R., 226 
Moses, 131 135 141 168 
Lieut. :N'athaniel, 92 108 119 
123 126 141 164 275 384 
Capt. Othniel, 93 119 123 
136 138 165 167 168 207 
183 406 
Capt. Philip, 92 94 95 109- 
113 115 119 125 207 375 
Thomlinson, John, 35 42 55 
Thompson, Charles, 122 
Ichabod, 123 

John, 110 112 113 115 123 
Peter, 126 
Richard, 123 126 
William, 135 
Titcomb, Major Benj., 149 
Tolman, Major F. L., 322 
Todd, Addison, 53 72 300 

George W., Jr., 293 406 
Capt. Moses, 388 389 
Thomas, 239 
Thomas R., 318 
AVaUingford, 300 
Towne, Amos, 141 164 
Capt. Ezra, 111 
Dea. Francis, 92 94 103 108 
118 119 123 126 143 145 
165 167 181 201 204 205 
206 225 226 236 239 265 



275 280 

George W., 93 

Green, 289 

Jeremiah, 122 

Jonathan, 123 

Jonathan, Jr., 123 

Joshua C, 92 269 

Xehemiah, 108 122 126 

Sarah, 280 
Townsend, Dr. John, 95 122 12() 
277 364 

John, 289 364 
Treat, Dr. M., 143 
Tucker, Rev. W. J., 224 
Turner, Amasa, 76 79 122 197 205 

Nathaniel, 76 79 96 193-19(1 
Twitchel, Benjamin, 63 
Tyler, Asa, 124 

John, 26 28 29 31 33 

Joshua, 124 141 

UNDERWOOD, Nathan, 287 
Upton, Nathan, 259 
Peter, 256 

WALCOTT, Miss H. A., 329 
Wallace, Rev. C. W., 224 

Rodney, 396 
Wallingford, Thomas, 42 56 
Walker, Rev. Charles, 359 - 

Dana S., 364 373 388 

James (Esq.), 358 

Lawson, 392 

Mille, 308 

Samuel, 95 113 136 138 164 
167 

Thomas, 80 

Timothy, 113 187 188 
Walton, Izaak, 18 
Ward, Gen. Artemas, 111 

Benjamin, Esq., 293 372 
Ware, Dr. C. E., 67 285 
Waters, Rev, Cornelius, 213 
Watson, Dr. Henry A., 371 

Hon. Winslow C, 153 
Weare, Hon. Meschech, 104 121 
Webster, John L., 325 

Joshua, 72 79 123 

Peter, 110 113 114 126 135 
140 166 

Sargent A., 325 
Wellington, Gilman P., 93 283 287 

Joel, 261 305 308 309 397 
407 417 

Capt. Leonard, 308 392 

Leonard P., 318 



HISTORY OF EINDGE. 



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yy 



^Ventworth, eJohn, 41 55 56 82-84 

Joshua, 174 

Mark H.. 41 
Wetherbee, Abraham, 71 94 108 
122 

Benjamin. 71 79_94 

Benjamin, Jr., 171 

Ephraim, 28 

Hezekiah, 110 141 171 

John, 71 94 123 

Joseph F.. 294 

Joseph S., 94 328 

Thomas, 226 

Thomas, Jr.. 277 
W'hitaker, John, 122 
Whitcomb, Ephraim, 392 

Henry C^ , 324 

Capt. Jonathan, 111 

Simeon, 110 280 
White, John A., 324 

Oliver S., 314 
Whiting, Samuel, 123 131 162 

Seth, 308 
Whitney, B. D., 15 

Charles A., 306 309 

George A., 237 261 293 294 
306 .309 313 318 393 394 
407 417 

Dr. Isaiah, 364 389 416 

John, 262 

Jonathan, 49 51 53 56 57 59 

Lovell, 245 261 282 

Moses, 95 374 375 

Osborn A., 327 

Silas, 89 95 

Solomon, 95 123 

Thomas, 389 

Thomas S.. 318 

William L., 318 

Zachariah F., 261 328 

Zimri, 259 
^\^littemore, E. S., 395 
\Vibird, Richard, 41 55 
Wilder, Hon. Abel, 156 

Charles A., 236 

Miss E. Augusta, 329 

I^Irs. F. A., "329 330 



J. Warren, 324 

Col. Josiah, 280 291 293 375 
376 377 384 406 

Josiah, 376 378 

Samuel L., Esq., 217 222 249 
291 293 37.5-378 389 391 
406 416 

Hon. Marshall P., 245 266 
268 269 335-342 376 389 
393 395 

llev. Silas, 359 
Wilkins, Asa, 125 141 274 
Willard, J., 31 
Willey, Rev. Isaac, 268 
Wilson, Deliverance, 123 274 

George, 283 

Joseph, 89 95 108 125 14() 
171 
Winn, Caleb, 110 113 123 141 

Joseph, 49 56 
Withington, William A., 327 
Wood, Addison M., 304 305 

Elbridge, 304 

Eliphalet, 236 265 280 

Enoch, 280 

Isaac, 94 108 119 123 285 

Isaac, Jr., 304 

James, 95 122 126 277 285 

John E., 94 256 285 

Jonas, 94 285 

Rev. Leonard, 216 

Marshall P., 821 

Sarah, 277 

vSvlvester, 301 302 

Timothy, 123 164 

Eev. , 251 

Woodbury, Xathan, 73 
Worcester, Joseph, 76 79 86 96 
Wright, Rev. Joel, 213 

Joseph, 110 

Solomon, 242 
Wyman, Prof. C. M., 268 

Col. Isaac, 125 

Lewis, 400 

YOUNG, Dr. John, 157 



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